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reStructuredText_ is an easy-to-read, what-you-see-is-what-you-get plaintext markup syntax and parser system. It is useful for in-line program documentation (such as Python docstrings), for quickly creating simple web pages, and for stand-alone documents. !ReStructuredText is designed for extensibility for specific application domains. reStructuredText_ is a revision and re-interpretation of the !StructuredText and Setext lightweight markup systems.

Links
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* reStructuredText_
* `Quick Reference`__
* Docutils_

__ http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickref.html

WinEdt shortcuts
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Suppose docutils is installed properly in ::
 
 C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\docutils

and the docutils tools are copied to ::

 C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\docutils\tools

In WinEdit, add a Macro menu item, with *Macro* as::
 
 WinExe('','python C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\docutils\tools\rst2latex.py "%n%t" "%n_reST.tex" ','%p','reST to LaTeX',1110,0,'', '', '%N.log'); CMD("Errors...");

and *Require File Filter* as::

 %p\%n.txt

tick "Requires a Document" and "Save Input File to Disk". Then we are done.

Start a reST file with an .txt extenstion, say watever.txt, and run the macro from the menu, the generated LaTeX file whatever_reST.tex is ready to fly.


.. _reStructuredText: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html
.. _Docutils: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/