[OpenStack-docs] Anchor tag conventions
Andreas Jaeger
aj at suse.com
Thu May 14 05:30:49 UTC 2015
On 05/13/2015 11:50 PM, Meg McRoberts wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am creating files for the ha-guide content and have a question about
> what the OpenStack docs call
> "embedded anchor pointers" and the Sphinx docs call labels. Basically,
> this is the string that you use
> in a :ref: construct to link to a section. It is coded just above the
> section title. For example:
>
> .. _anchor-for-ha-intro:
>
> ============================================
> Introduction to Highly Available OpenStack environments
> ============================================
>
> It makes sense to use the file name (minus the .rst extension) for the
> labels, except that the Structure
> standard specifies using underbar as the space delimiter, and underbars
> in these labels can confuse
> Sphinx.
>
> I would suggest one of the following:
>
> - Use hyphen rather than underscore for RST source file names, then use
> that name as the top-level label
> for that section, so the filename would be intro-ha.rst rather than
> intro_ha.rst (preferred)
> - Replace the underbars in file names with hyphens for labels.
>
> What does everyone else think?
You can reference files by name, can't you?
Andreas
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