3. Glossary

directive

Directives are extension blocks that provides certain functionality into document. A distinctive difference with roles is that the latter are in-line definitions.

RST document with directive:

.. directivename:: optional argument
   :option1: opt value1
   :option2:

   content

regexp

Regular expression: a specific textual syntax used to match with the string. Powerful but somewhat complicated.

See further information from Wikipedia.

role

In-line extensions. Usually used for defining part of the content:

Some text containing :rolename:`target-name` as well as
other kind of :rolename:`targets <target-name>`

Copy the :file:`app.conf` to :directory:`/etc/`