Glossary ======== .. glossary:: :sorted: directive Directives are extension blocks that provides certain functionality into document. A distinctive difference with :term:`roles ` is that the latter are in-line definitions. .. code-block:: rst RST document with directive: .. directivename:: optional argument :option1: opt value1 :option2: content role In-line extensions. Usually used for defining part of the content: .. code-block:: rst Some text containing :rolename:`target-name` as well as other kind of :rolename:`targets ` .. code-block:: rst Copy the :file:`app.conf` to :directory:`/etc/` regexp Regular expression: a specific textual syntax used to match with the string. Powerful but somewhat complicated. See `further information from Wikipedia `_.