code block not working for me

[jhood]

The following code

;+ 
; This procedure parses echo repeater delay information from the 
; NAD. It is expected to be found in the NAD/targets directory. The 
; file should be of the form:: 
; 
;     DELAY 
;     BUSTER 
;     DD-MMM-YY HH:MM:SS.sss Delay(s) 
;     29-JUL-07 13:49:15 2.500 
;     29-JUL-07 17:13:53 2.500 
;     29-JUL-07 17:50:13 4.000 
; 
; @pre This function requires that the following folder structure be ; in place: NAD/targets/*.txt 
; @author Joe Hood, Akoostix Inc. 
; @todo modify other parsers to use this pattern which requires much 
; less code and change log to use a star_log 
;- 
PRO parse_repeater_delays

Isn't generating the expected code block. In fact the whole top portion ends up looking like one paragraph in the html.

[mgalloy]

Ah, this can be done, but you have to get your styles right: the format style is idldoc and the markup style is rst. So either put:

; docformat = 'idldoc rst'

as the first line of the file to set the styles for just that file or use:

IDL> idldoc, root=root, output=output, format_style='idldoc', markup_style='rst'

to make those the default styles for all your files.