[Docutils-develop] [docutils:patches] #187 Rename .txt files to .rst

- **status**: open-fixed --> closed-fixed
- **Comment**:

The issue is fixed in Docutils 0.22 released 2025-07-29.
Thank you for the patch.




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**[patches:#187] Rename .txt files to .rst**

**Status:** closed-fixed
**Group:** None
**Created:** Wed Jan 05, 2022 05:51 PM UTC by Adam  Turner
**Last Updated:** Thu Aug 15, 2024 08:20 AM UTC
**Owner:** Adam  Turner


This change is in two parts -- the first commit does the rename and the second goes through and updates references to .txt files. All tests pass.

The benefit of this change is primarily for people -- on user interfaces with syntax highlighting (e.g. IntelliJ / VSCode / Notepad++ editors, code mirrors, etc), the text is presented natively as reStructuredText, and editor features can assist with e.g. autocompletion.

Docutils itself of course does not care which file extension is used. 

I have not renamed any of the include files or template files in `docutils.parsers` or `docutils.writers`, as they form part of the public API and would need a deprecation cycle (or aliasing in the parsing code)

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Please see https://github.com/AA-Turner/docutils/pull/3 and https://github.com/AA-Turner/docutils/pull/3.patch for the commits and patch.


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