Fix #3188

ralsina · ralsina · commit cc6b03acecd5 · 2018-12-11T13:38:14.000-03:00
diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ Bugfixes
 * Remove mention of Twitter cards requiring an opt-in.
   This is not true anymore - anyone can use them.
 
+Features
+--------
+
+* Support for docutils.conf (Issue #3188)
+
 New in v8.0.1
 =============
 
diff --git a/docs/manual.rst b/docs/manual.rst
@@ -2837,7 +2837,7 @@ with a ``True`` argument, eg. ``all=True``.
    ReStructured Text is "compiled" by docutils, which supports a number of 
    configuration options. It would be difficult to integrate them all into
    Nikola's configuration, so you can just put a ``docutils.conf`` next
-   to your ``conf.py`` and it will be used.
+   to your ``conf.py`` and any settings in its ``[nikola]`` section will be used.
 
    More information in the `docutils configuration reference <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/config.html>`__ 
 
diff --git a/nikola/plugins/compile/rest/__init__.py b/nikola/plugins/compile/rest/__init__.py
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ def observer(msg):
 class NikolaReader(docutils.readers.standalone.Reader):
     """Nikola-specific docutils reader."""
 
+    config_section = 'nikola'
+
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Initialize the reader."""
         self.transforms = kwargs.pop('transforms', [])
@@ -303,7 +305,7 @@ def rst2html(source, source_path=None, source_class=docutils.io.StringInput,
              destination_path=None, reader=None,
              parser=None, parser_name='restructuredtext', writer=None,
              writer_name='html', settings=None, settings_spec=None,
-             settings_overrides=None, config_section=None,
+             settings_overrides=None, config_section='nikola',
              enable_exit_status=None, logger=None, l_add_ln=0, transforms=None):
     """Set up & run a ``Publisher``, and return a dictionary of document parts.
 
