Role names are case-insensitive. #24.

CHANGES

@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ Bugs fixed
 
 * Fix LaTeX build for some description environments with ``:noindex:``.
 
+* Don't crash on weird casing of role names (like ``:Class:``).
+
 
 Release 0.4.3 (Oct 8, 2008)
 ===========================

sphinx/roles.py

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ def indexmarkup_role(typ, rawtext, etext, lineno, inliner, options={}, content=[
     env = inliner.document.settings.env
     if not typ:
         typ = env.config.default_role
+    else:
+        typ = typ.lower()
     text = utils.unescape(etext)
     targetid = 'index-%s' % env.index_num
     env.index_num += 1
@@ -112,6 +114,8 @@ def xfileref_role(typ, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner, options={}, content=[]):
     env = inliner.document.settings.env
     if not typ:
         typ = env.config.default_role
+    else:
+        typ = typ.lower()
     text = utils.unescape(text)
     # if the first character is a bang, don't cross-reference at all
     if text[0:1] == '!':
@@ -190,7 +194,7 @@ _litvar_re = re.compile('{([^}]+)}')
 def emph_literal_role(typ, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner, options={}, content=[]):
     text = utils.unescape(text)
     pos = 0
-    retnode = nodes.literal(role=typ)
+    retnode = nodes.literal(role=typ.lower())
     for m in _litvar_re.finditer(text):
         if m.start() > pos:
             txt = text[pos:m.start()]

tests/root/markup.txt

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ Stuff [#]_
 
 This is a side note.
 
+This tests :CLASS:`role names in uppercase`.
+
 .. centered:: LICENSE AGREEMENT
 
 .. acks::