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+(myst-sphinx)=
+
+# FAQ
+
+## How-tos
+
+These sections describe some common scenarios and use-cases for writing MyST with Sphinx.
+
+(howto/include-rst)=
+### Include rST files into a Markdown file
+
+As explained in [this section](syntax/directives/parsing), all MyST directives will parse their content as Markdown.
+Therefore, using the conventional `include` directive, will parse the file contents as Markdown:
+
+````md
+```{include} snippets/include-md.md
+```
+````
+
+```{include} snippets/include-md.md
+```
+
+To include rST, we must first "wrap" the directive in the [eval-rst directive](syntax/directives/parsing):
+
+````md
+```{eval-rst}
+.. include:: snippets/include-rst.rst
+```
+````
+
+```{eval-rst}
+.. include:: snippets/include-rst.rst
+```
+
+(howto/include-md)=
+### Include Markdown files into an rST file
+
+To include a MyST file within a ReStructuredText file, we can use the `parser` option of the `include` directive:
+
+```rst
+.. include:: include.md
+ :parser: myst_parser.sphinx_
+```
+
+```{important}
+The `parser` option requires `docutils>=0.17`
+```
+
+### Use MyST in Jupyter Notebooks
+
+The [MyST-NB](https://myst-nb.readthedocs.io) tool provides a Sphinx extension for parsing **Jupyter Notebooks written with MyST Markdown**. It includes features like automatically executing notebooks during documentation builds, storing notebook cell outputs in order to insert them elsewhere in your documentation, and more. See the [MyST-NB documentation](https://myst-nb.readthedocs.io) for more information.
+
+(howto/include-readme)=
+### Include a file from outside the docs folder (like README.md)
+
+You can include a file, including one from outside the project using e.g.:
+
+````md
+```{include} ../README.md
+```
+````
+
+**However**, including a file will not usually resolve local links correctly, like `![](my-image.png)`, since it treats the text as if it originated from the "including file".
+
+As of myst-parser version 0.12.7, a new, experimental feature has been added to resolve such links.
+You can now use for example:
+
+````md
+Source:
+```{literalinclude} ../../example.md
+:language: md
+```
+Included:
+```{include} ../../example.md
+:relative-docs: docs/
+:relative-images:
+```
+````
+
+Source:
+
+```{literalinclude} ../../example-include.md
+:language: md
+```
+
+Included:
+
+```{include} ../../example-include.md
+:relative-docs: docs/
+:relative-images:
+```
+
+The include here attempts to re-write local links, to reference them from the correct location!
+The `relative-docs` must be given the prefix of any links to re-write, to distinguish them from sphinx cross-references.
+
+:::{important}
+The current functionality only works for Markdown style images and links.
+
+If you encounter any issues with this feature, please don't hesitate to report it.
+:::
+
+(howto/autodoc)=
+### Use `sphinx.ext.autodoc` in Markdown files
+
+The [Sphinx extension `autodoc`](sphinx:sphinx.ext.autodoc), which pulls in code documentation from docstrings, is currently hard-coded to parse reStructuredText.
+It is therefore incompatible with MyST's Markdown parser.
+However, the special [`eval-rst` directive](syntax/directives/parsing) can be used to "wrap" `autodoc` directives:
+
+````md
+```{eval-rst}
+.. autoclass:: myst_parser.mocking.MockRSTParser
+ :show-inheritance:
+ :members: parse
+```
+````
+
+```{eval-rst}
+.. autoclass:: myst_parser.mocking.MockRSTParser
+ :show-inheritance:
+ :members: parse
+```
+
+As with other objects in MyST, this can then be referenced:
+
+- Using the role `` {py:class}`myst_parser.mocking.MockRSTParser` ``: {py:class}`myst_parser.mocking.MockRSTParser`
+- Using the Markdown syntax `[MockRSTParser](myst_parser.mocking.MockRSTParser)`: [MockRSTParser](myst_parser.mocking.MockRSTParser)
+
+```{warning}
+This expects docstrings to be written in reStructuredText.
+We hope to support Markdown in the future, see [GitHub issue #228](https://github.com/executablebooks/MyST-Parser/issues/228).
+```
+
+(howto/autosectionlabel)=
+### Automatically create targets for section headers
+
+:::{important}
+
+New in `v0.13.0` ✨, myst-parser now provides a separate implementation of `autosectionlabel`, which implements GitHub Markdown style bookmark anchors, like `[](file.md#header-anchor)`.
+
+See the [](syntax/header-anchors) section of extended syntaxes.
+
+:::
+
+If you'd like to *automatically* generate targets for each of your section headers,
+check out the [`autosectionlabel`](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions/autosectionlabel.html)
+sphinx feature. You can activate it in your Sphinx site by adding the following to your
+`conf.py` file:
+
+```python
+extensions = [
+ 'sphinx.ext.autosectionlabel',
+]
+
+# Prefix document path to section labels, to use:
+# `path/to/file:heading` instead of just `heading`
+autosectionlabel_prefix_document = True
+```
+
+So, if you have a page at `myfolder/mypage.md` (relative to your documentation root)
+with the following structure:
+
+```md
+# Title
+
+## My Subtitle
+```
+
+Then the `autosectionlabel` feature will allow you to reference the section headers
+like so:
+
+```md
+{ref}`path/to/file_1:My Subtitle`
+```
+
+(howto/warnings)=
+### Suppress warnings
+
+In general, if your build logs any warnings, you should either fix them or [raise an Issue](https://github.com/executablebooks/MyST-Parser/issues/new/choose) if you think the warning is erroneous.
+However, in some circumstances if you wish to suppress the warning you can use the [`suppress_warnings`](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#confval-suppress_warnings) configuration option.
+All myst-parser warnings are prepended by their type, e.g. to suppress:
+
+```md
+# Title
+### Subtitle
+```
+
+```
+WARNING: Non-consecutive header level increase; H1 to H3 [myst.header]
+```
+
+Add to your `conf.py`:
+
+```python
+suppress_warnings = ["myst.header"]
+```
+
+
+### Sphinx-specific page front matter
+
+Sphinx intercepts front matter and stores them within the global environment
+(as discussed [in the deflists documentation](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/field-lists.html)).
+There are certain front-matter keys (or their translations) that are also recognised specifically by docutils and parsed to inline Markdown:
+
+- `author`
+- `authors`
+- `organization`
+- `address`
+- `contact`
+- `version`
+- `revision`
+- `status`
+- `date`
+- `copyright`
+- `dedication`
+- `abstract`
+
+A classic use-case is to specify 'orphan' documents, that are not specified in any toctrees.
+For example, inserting the following syntax at the top of a page will cause Sphinx to treat it as an orphan page:
+
+```md
+---
+orphan: true
+---
+
+This is an orphan document, not specified in any toctrees.
+```
+
+### Migrate pre-existing rST into MyST
+
+If you've already got some reStructuredText files that you'd like to convert into MyST Markdown, try the [`rst-to-myst`](https://github.com/executablebooks/rst-to-myst) tool, which allows you to convert single rST files to MyST markdown documents.
+
+## Disable Markdown syntax for the parser
+
+If you'd like to either enable or disable custom markdown syntax, use `myst_disable_syntax`.
+Anything in this list will no longer be parsed by the MyST parser.
+
+For example, to disable the `emphasis` in-line syntax, use this configuration:
+
+```python
+myst_disable_syntax = ["emphasis"]
+```
+
+emphasis syntax will now be disabled. For example, the following will be rendered
+*without* any italics:
+
+```md
+*emphasis is now disabled*
+```
+
+For a list of all the syntax elements you can disable, see the [markdown-it parser guide](markdown_it:using).
+
+## Common errors and questions
+
+These are common issues and gotchas that people may experience when using the MyST Sphinx extension.
+
+### What markup language should I use inside directives?
+
+If you need to parse content *inside* of another block of content (for example, the
+content inside a **note directive**), note that the MyST parser will be used for this
+nested parsing as well.
+
+### Why doesn't my role/directive recognize markdown link syntax?
+
+There are some roles/directives that _hard-code_ syntax into
+their behavior. For example, many roles allow you to supply titles for links like so:
+`` {role}`My title <myref>` ``. While this looks like reStructuredText, the role may
+be explicitly expecting the `My title <myref>` structure, and so MyST will behave the same way.
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+Hallo I'm from a Markdown file, [with a reference](howto/autodoc).
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+Hallo I'm from an rST file, :ref:`with a reference <howto/autodoc>`.