a. That's not a child bullet, it's a paragraph continuation. This exactly demonstrates the problem with RST. Check the specification: http://docutils.sourcefor

a. That's not a child bullet, it's a paragraph continuation. This exactly demonstrates the problem with RST. Check the specification: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#bullet-lists http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtex... See "examples of incorrectly formatted bullet lists", or http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/dev/rst/problems.html#blank-lines-in-lists http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/dev/rst/problems.html#b... or http://docutils.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html#could-the-requirement-for-blank-lines-around-lists-be-relaxed http://docutils.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html#could-the-requireme... It's a well known problem. b. Check the spec. It must be exactly aligned. If it's not exact it's not a child list. It's just an independent list with random indentation. See e.g. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5550089/how-to-create-a-nested-list-in-restructuredtext http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5550089/how-to-create-a-n...