ddoc patterns

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-04-07 19:27, spir wrote:
> On 04/07/2011 03:32 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>> On 2011-04-07 12:25, spir wrote:
>>> On 04/07/2011 10:20 AM, spir wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> In D stdlib's ddoc the idiom "$(D some d code) is constantly used. But
>>>> it does
>>>> not work by me. Not only it's not interpreted, but the contents are
>>>> stripped
>>>> out all together. (A *very* big bug of ddoc.)
>>>> First, I'd like to know why.
>>>> Second, there is another pattern $(D_CODE some d code), but it place
>>>> the code
>>>> on a separate block. Is this intended?
>>>> Third, http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/ddoc.html seems to imply one
>>>> can define
>>>> new patterns. How to do that? I tried following the example, but my
>>>> code ends
>>>> up interpreted and stripped out.
>>>
>>> OK found it: pattern defs must be places under a "Macro:" section title.
>>>
>>> I take the opprtunity to ask another question: does anyone know how to
>>> tag a *span* of text as literal/uninterpreted (either in html or css).
>>> The issue is <pre> makes a *block*, even if not inside a <div> or <p>; I
>>> desperately need the same feature for inline pieces of code.
>>>
>>> Denis
>>
>> Have a look at the CSS display property:
>> http://w3schools.com/css/pr_class_display.asp
>
> Great, does the trick!
> But is there else really no other way to suspend interpretation as
> <pre>? I find this strange... how are we supposed to insert "code
> phrases" in the flow of normal text?
>
> Denis

Do you always need <pre> for that. I guess it depends on what the code 
contains.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg