Re: [docs] is there any way to render content in italics in a code block?

[Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@cherry.de>]

Hi Robert,

On 1/8/26 10:33 PM, Robert P. J. Day via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> 
>    one aspect of sphinx that gripes my wagger is that there does not
> seem to be any easy way to tag something in italics in a code block.
> 
> here:
> 
> https://docs.yoctoproject.org/bitbake/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-execution.html
> 
> the code line:
> 
>   $ bitbake target
> 
> really needs the word "target" in italics to show that it's meant to
> be replaced. and, no, this isn't minor nitpicking -- the whole section
> on overrides desperately needs to be able to show what things a
> developer is meant to replace.
> 
>    is there any way to do this?
> 

Not that I know of.

Another option is to follow conventions from manpages for example or 
something people are most familiar with.

bitbake [target]...

maybe? I'm not versed in manpages.

Also, you can simply specify after the code-block what must be changed 
by the user. It doesn't *have* to be a technical solution.

code-blocks have :emphasize-lines: maybe there's room for adding 
emphasize-columns or something like that such that we can specify what 
to highlight in a line.

Cheers,
Quentin