Using RestructuredText and Sphinx to include a preformatted file

documentation-generation, python-sphinx, restructuredtext

Solution

I think the .. literalinclude:: directive should give you what you want.

Problem

I'm trying to make this fragment work: ``` Version History --------------- These are the versions over time:: .. include:: ../../CHANGES.txt ``` That is, use the include directive so that a file is included as a block quote. Once inside a block quote, the directive is quoted. I want the contents of the file in a block quote. Any idea how to do this?

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