Sphinx inline code highlight

Question

I use Sphinx to make a website that contains code samples. I\'m successful using the .. code-block directive to get syntax highlighting. But I can\'t get inline syn

Answer 1

syntax_highlight is an ordinary docutils setting, which can be set in docutils.conf. This file is respected by Sphinx too, if placed in the Sphinx's configuration directory (where conf.py resides):

[restructuredtext parser]
syntax_highlight = short

This is much better than patching docutils or sphinx code or creating a long name CSS file.