I added a branch of manuel to the Zope SVN that fixes the codeblock plugin when you use codeblock "roles" such as: .. code-block:: python :linenos: Currently it only works without roles, e.g.: .. code-block:: python The branch is at svn+ssh://svn.zope.org/repos/main/manuel/branches/chrism-codeblocks The diff against the current head is as follows: [chrism@snowpro manuel]$ svn diff =================================================================== --- src/manuel/codeblock.py (.../branches/chrism-codeblocks) (revision 107071) +++ src/manuel/codeblock.py (.../trunk) (revision 107071) @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ import manuel import textwrap -CODEBLOCK_START = re.compile( - r'(^\.\.\s*(invisible-)?code-block::?\s*python\b(?:\s*\:\w+\:)*)', - re.MULTILINE) +CODEBLOCK_START = re.compile(r'^\.\.\s*(invisible-)?code-block::?\s*python\b', re.MULTILINE) CODEBLOCK_END = re.compile(r'(\n\Z|\n(?=\S))') @@ -15,8 +13,7 @@ def find_code_blocks(document): for region in document.find_regions(CODEBLOCK_START, CODEBLOCK_END): - start_end = CODEBLOCK_START.search(region.source).end() - source = textwrap.dedent(region.source[start_end:]) + source = textwrap.dedent('\n'.join(region.source.splitlines()[1:])) source_location = '%s:%d' % (document.location, region.lineno) code = compile(source, source_location, 'exec', 0, True) document.claim_region(region) I submit it for Benji's consideration.