Flexirest

Flexirest is a Python utility that has been developed with the aim of allowing users to write everyday documents, such as letters and invoices, using the reStructuredText format. The creator of Flexirest was motivated by their longstanding interest in reStructuredText and their desire to move away from traditional word processors to a more comfortable toolchain for document creation.

One of the key features of Flexirest is its ability to strike a balance between docutils command line tools which are viewed as minimalistic and Sphinx which can be quite heavy to use for casual document creation. The ultimate goal of Flexirest is to provide users with the means to use reStructuredText formatting for everyday documents with minimum fuss.

By using Flexirest, users can stay within the comfortable environment of their text editors and toolchains while still being able to check in documents in text format into their version control system of choice. Furthermore, the tool allows for reuse of styles that need to be created only once. Although there are several modestly advanced tricks that can be done with Flexirest, the primary goal is to enable basic document creation using reStructuredText.

Installation of Flexirest is quite easy with the use of easy_install. A Python egg can be downloaded and installed from PyPI using setuptools with the command: sudo easy_install flexirest. Overall, Flexirest is a great utility that provides a powerful document creation tool while still keeping things simple and straightforward.