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[06/13] docs/qapidoc: fix nested parsing under untagged sections

Message ID 20240619003012.1753577-7-jsnow@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series qapi: convert "Note" and "Example" sections to rST | expand

Commit Message

John Snow June 19, 2024, 12:30 a.m. UTC
Sphinx does not like sections without titles, because it wants to
convert every section into a reference. When there is no title, it
struggles to do this and transforms the tree inproperly.

Depending on the rST used, this may result in an assertion error deep in
the docutils HTMLWriter.

(Observed when using ".. admonition:: Notes" under such a section - When
this is transformed with its own <title> element, Sphinx is fooled into
believing this title belongs to the section and incorrect mutates the
docutils tree, leading to errors during rendering time.)

When parsing an untagged section (free paragraphs), skip making a hollow
section and instead append the parse results to the prior section.

Many Bothans died to bring us this information.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 docs/sphinx/qapidoc.py | 16 +++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Comments

Markus Armbruster June 19, 2024, 12:05 p.m. UTC | #1
John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com> writes:

> Sphinx does not like sections without titles, because it wants to
> convert every section into a reference. When there is no title, it
> struggles to do this and transforms the tree inproperly.
>
> Depending on the rST used, this may result in an assertion error deep in
> the docutils HTMLWriter.
>
> (Observed when using ".. admonition:: Notes" under such a section - When
> this is transformed with its own <title> element, Sphinx is fooled into
> believing this title belongs to the section and incorrect mutates the
> docutils tree, leading to errors during rendering time.)
>
> When parsing an untagged section (free paragraphs), skip making a hollow
> section and instead append the parse results to the prior section.
>
> Many Bothans died to bring us this information.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
> ---
>  docs/sphinx/qapidoc.py | 16 +++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/sphinx/qapidoc.py b/docs/sphinx/qapidoc.py
> index f2f2005dd5f..66cf254a624 100644
> --- a/docs/sphinx/qapidoc.py
> +++ b/docs/sphinx/qapidoc.py
> @@ -286,14 +286,20 @@ def _nodes_for_sections(self, doc):
>              if section.tag and section.tag == 'TODO':
>                  # Hide TODO: sections
>                  continue
> +
> +            if not section.tag:
> +                # Sphinx cannot handle sectionless titles;
> +                # Instead, just append the results to the prior section.
> +                container = nodes.container()
> +                self._parse_text_into_node(section.text, container)
> +                nodelist += container.children
> +                continue
> +
>              snode = self._make_section(section.tag)
> -            if section.tag and section.tag.startswith('Example'):
> +            if section.tag.startswith('Example'):
>                  snode += self._nodes_for_example(dedent(section.text))
>              else:
> -                self._parse_text_into_node(
> -                    dedent(section.text) if section.tag else section.text,
> -                    snode,
> -                )
> +                self._parse_text_into_node(dedent(section.text), snode)
>              nodelist.append(snode)
>          return nodelist

Acked-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/sphinx/qapidoc.py b/docs/sphinx/qapidoc.py
index f2f2005dd5f..66cf254a624 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/qapidoc.py
+++ b/docs/sphinx/qapidoc.py
@@ -286,14 +286,20 @@  def _nodes_for_sections(self, doc):
             if section.tag and section.tag == 'TODO':
                 # Hide TODO: sections
                 continue
+
+            if not section.tag:
+                # Sphinx cannot handle sectionless titles;
+                # Instead, just append the results to the prior section.
+                container = nodes.container()
+                self._parse_text_into_node(section.text, container)
+                nodelist += container.children
+                continue
+
             snode = self._make_section(section.tag)
-            if section.tag and section.tag.startswith('Example'):
+            if section.tag.startswith('Example'):
                 snode += self._nodes_for_example(dedent(section.text))
             else:
-                self._parse_text_into_node(
-                    dedent(section.text) if section.tag else section.text,
-                    snode,
-                )
+                self._parse_text_into_node(dedent(section.text), snode)
             nodelist.append(snode)
         return nodelist