Task 6: Embed Images

Embedding Images

Images

RST has directives for images and figures. Figures extend the capabilities of images. If you need a caption, use a figure.

You can embed images (a) inline or (b) using a substitution.

The inline directive uses similar syntax to the code block that includes optional parameters.

Essential Inline .. image:: directives

.. image:: path/filename.png

Inline .. image:: directives with parameters

.. image:: picture.jpeg
    :height: 100px
    :width: 200 px
    :scale: 50 %
    :alt: alternate text
    :align: right

.. image:: images/the_great_sphinx_david_roberts.jpg
    :width: 350
    :alt: The Great Sphinx and Pyramids of Gizeh (Giza) by David Roberts
    :align: center

A substitution is an element definition that lets you reuse that element. Some of the parameters apply to the substitution as to the inline directives.

1. Define the image in a substitution

2. The image displays where ever the substitution is

substitution .. image:: directives

.. |substitution-name| image:: path/filename.png

.. |David Roberts: The Great Sphinx| image:: images/the_great_sphinx_david_roberts.jpg
    :alt: The Great Sphinx and Pyramids of Gizeh (Giza) by David Roberts
    :width: 200

Using a substitution

Below is the famous The Great Sphinx and Pyramids of Gizeh (Giza),
17 July 1839, by David Roberts (Public domain Wikimedia Commons).

|David Roberts: The Great Sphinx|

Below is the famous The Great Sphinx and Pyramids of Gizeh (Giza), 17 July 1839, by David Roberts (Public domain Wikimedia Commons).

Figures

A figure is an image with a caption, legend, or other data. Use the .. figure:: filename.png directly without creating a substitution.

.. figure:: directive

.. figure:: path/filename.png

.. figure:: images/the_great_sphinx_david_roberts.jpg
    :alt: The Great Sphinx and Pyramids of Gizeh (Giza) by David Roberts
    :width: 300
    :align: center

    The Great Sphinx and Pyramids of Gizeh (Giza) by David Roberts
    Public domain from https://commons.wikimedia.org/

The Great Sphinx and Pyramids of Gizeh (Giza) by David Roberts Public domain from https://commons.wikimedia.org/

References

• https://sublime-and-sphinx-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/images.html

• https://sphinx-rtd-theme.readthedocs.io/en/stable/demo/demo.html#figures

• https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/directives.html#figure

• https://thomas-cokelaer.info/tutorials/sphinx/rest_syntax.html#what-are-directives

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Task

Task 6: Add images and code block nested in a list.

1. Download and save this image to a sub folder to the .rst file.

   

2. Add the code blocks indented or nested in the list.

3. Add the code block nested in point 1. Highlight HTML

4. Create a named substitution, such as |default-theme|

5. Add the image nested in point 2.

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Text to Add

We can configure Sphinx to *auto-build* the output when it detects
a change, or we can initiate a manual build.

The command to generate output is ``make <output>``. Sphinx can convert RST
to various formats. You can run the ``make command`` without any args to
view the possible output types.

root@26f88a20b58c:/opt/sphinx# make
Sphinx v2.3.1
Please use `make target` where target is one of
html        to make standalone HTML files
dirhtml     to make HTML files named index.html in directories
singlehtml  to make a single large HTML file
pickle      to make pickle files
json        to make JSON files
htmlhelp    to make HTML files and an HTML help project
qthelp      to make HTML files and a qthelp project
devhelp     to make HTML files and a Devhelp project
epub        to make an epub
latex       to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter
latexpdf    to make LaTeX and PDF files (default pdflatex)
latexpdfja  to make LaTeX files and run them through platex/dvipdfmx
text        to make text files
man         to make manual pages
texinfo     to make Texinfo files
info        to make Texinfo files and run them through makeinfo
gettext     to make PO message catalogs
changes     to make an overview of all changed/added/deprecated items
xml         to make Docutils-native XML files
pseudoxml   to make pseudoxml-XML files for display purposes
linkcheck   to check all external links for integrity
doctest     to run all doctests embedded in the documentation (if enabled)
coverage    to run coverage check of the documentation (if enabled)

Our desired output is HTML.

1. Build the HTML by executing command ``make html``

root@1a40c1841674:/opt/sphinx# make html
Running Sphinx v2.3.1
making output directory... done
building [mo]: targets for 0 po files that are out of date
building [html]: targets for 1 source files that are out of date
updating environment: [new config] 1 added, 0 changed, 0 removed
reading sources... [100%] index
looking for now-outdated files... none found
pickling environment... done
checking consistency... done
preparing documents... done
writing output... [100%] index
generating indices...  genindexdone
writing additional pages...  searchdone
copying static files... ... done
copying extra files... done
dumping search index in English (code: en)... done
dumping object inventory... done
build succeeded.

2. Navigate to the URL of the Sphinx instance to view rendered HTML.

|image-substitution|

Source & license

Reproduced verbatim, without modification from © 2022, BilimEdtech Labs, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Source page: https://labs.bilimedtech.com/workshops/rst/writing-rst-6.html

See LICENSE for the full license text.