symbols

For example, how to insert “tick” symbol. Find code of symbol here: Unicode Characters

unicode:: U+2714

To insert new line:

substitutions

|tick| My table cell test |br|
continues in new line.
 
.. |br| raw:: html
 
   <br />
 
.. |tick| unicode:: U+2714

Conditional substitution:

.. only:: html
 
   .. raw:: html
 
      <a href="http://www.google.com">google</a>
 
.. only:: latex
 
   latex specific

Workaround for different conditionals for html and latex

.. |br| replace:: |br_html| |br_latex|
 
.. |br_html| raw:: html
 
   <br>
 
.. |br_latex| raw:: latex
 
   \newline

Or Sphinx project wide:

conf.py

rst_prolog = r"""
.. |br| replace:: |br_html| |br_latex|
 
.. |br_html| raw:: html
 
   <br />
 
.. |br_latex| raw:: latex
 
   \newline
"""