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@@ -36,21 +36,29 @@ installed) and handled in a smart way:
highlighted as Python).
* The highlighting language can be changed using the ``highlight`` directive,
- used as follows::
+ used as follows:
- .. highlight:: c
+ .. rst:directive:: .. highlight:: language
- This language is used until the next ``highlight`` directive is encountered.
+ Example::
+
+ .. highlight:: c
+
+ This language is used until the next ``highlight`` directive is encountered.
* For documents that have to show snippets in different languages, there's also
a :rst:dir:`code-block` directive that is given the highlighting language
- directly::
+ directly:
+
+ .. rst:directive:: .. code-block:: language
+
+ Use it like this::
- .. code-block:: ruby
+ .. code-block:: ruby
- Some Ruby code.
+ Some Ruby code.
- The directive's alias name :rst:dir:`sourcecode` works as well.
+ The directive's alias name :rst:dir:`sourcecode` works as well.
* The valid values for the highlighting language are: