Currently, items (and attributes) are defined and rendered through the same directive, item (respectively, item-attribute, although the latter is just for the description).
I would like to be able to re-render existing items by reference in multiple locations. These referenced items could have a distinct visual style from the "canonical" definition (e.g. green instead of blue), but should otherwise be identical to the real deal.
I'm almost able to do so through item-list:
.. item-list::
:filter: RQT-
:showcontents:
But the resulting render is quite different (no relationships, for starters).
I propose to add an item-render directive (alternative names: item-display, item-present, item-reference) with a similar syntax to item-list that generates "full-fat" renders of matching items:
Attributes could have a similar attribute-render (item-attribute-render?) directive.
This decoupling could eventually allow importing item definitions from external sources, such as a (yet to be defined) JSON importer, and describing attributes directly in conf.py, alongside their definition.
Currently, items (and attributes) are defined and rendered through the same directive,
item(respectively,item-attribute, although the latter is just for the description).I would like to be able to re-render existing items by reference in multiple locations. These referenced items could have a distinct visual style from the "canonical" definition (e.g. green instead of blue), but should otherwise be identical to the real deal.
I'm almost able to do so through
item-list:But the resulting render is quite different (no relationships, for starters).
I propose to add an
item-renderdirective (alternative names:item-display,item-present,item-reference) with a similar syntax toitem-listthat generates "full-fat" renders of matching items:Attributes could have a similar
attribute-render(item-attribute-render?) directive.This decoupling could eventually allow importing item definitions from external sources, such as a (yet to be defined) JSON importer, and describing attributes directly in
conf.py, alongside their definition.