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sphinx-roles

sphinx-roles contains the literalref and spellexception roles.

Basic usage

literalref

To add a monospaced reference to your document, pass the target or URL to the literalref role:

:literalref:`link text <ref-target>`

:literalref:`link text <https://example.com>`

spellexception

To exempt a string from spell checking, wrap it in the spellexception role:

:spellexception:`Lorem ipsum`

Project setup

sphinx-roles is published on PyPI and can be installed with:

pip install sphinx-roles

After adding sphinx-roles to your Python project, update your Sphinx's conf.py file to include sphinx_roles as an extension:

extensions = [
    "sphinx_roles"
]

Community and support

You can report any issues or bugs on the project's GitHub repository.

sphinx-roles is covered by the Ubuntu Code of Conduct.

sphinx-roles is released under the GPL-3.0 license.

© 2025 Canonical Ltd.

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