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rst2xml: convert reST documents to XML
NAME
rst2xml - convert reST documents to XML
SYNOPSIS
rst2xml [options] [<source> [<destination>]]
DESCRIPTION
Generates Docutils-native XML from standalone reStructuredText sources. Reads from <source> (default is stdin) and writes to <destination> (default is stdout). See <http://docutils.sf.net/docs/user/config.html> for the full reference.
OPTIONS
General Docutils Options
- --title=TITLE
- Specify the document title as metadata.
- --generator, -g
- Include a "Generated by Docutils" credit and link.
- --no-generator
- Do not include a generator credit.
- --date, -d
- Include the date at the end of the document (UTC).
- --time, -t
- Include the time & date (UTC).
- --no-datestamp
- Do not include a datestamp of any kind.
- --source-link, -s
- Include a "View document source" link.
- --source-url=<URL>
- Use <URL> for a source link; implies --source-link.
- --no-source-link
- Do not include a "View document source" link.
- --toc-entry-backlinks
- Link from section headers to TOC entries. (default)
- --toc-top-backlinks
- Link from section headers to the top of the TOC.
- --no-toc-backlinks
- Disable backlinks to the table of contents.
- --footnote-backlinks
- Link from footnotes/citations to references. (default)
- --no-footnote-backlinks
- Disable backlinks from footnotes and citations.
- --section-numbering
- Enable section numbering by Docutils. (default)
- --no-section-numbering
- Disable section numbering by Docutils.
- --strip-comments
- Remove comment elements from the document tree.
- --leave-comments
- Leave comment elements in the document tree. (default)
- --strip-elements-with-class=<class>
- Remove all elements with classes="<class>" from the document tree. Warning: potentially dangerous; use with caution. (Multiple-use option.)
- --strip-class=<class>
- Remove all classes="<class>" attributes from elements in the document tree. Warning: potentially dangerous; use with caution. (Multiple-use option.)
- --report=<level>, -r <level>
- Report system messages at or higher than <level>: "info" or "1", "warning"/"2" (default), "error"/"3", "severe"/"4", "none"/"5"
- --verbose, -v
- Report all system messages. (Same as "--report=1".)
- --quiet, -q
- Report no system messages. (Same as "--report=5".)
- --halt=<level>
- Halt execution at system messages at or above <level>. Levels as in --report. Default: 4 (severe).
- --strict
- Halt at the slightest problem. Same as "--halt=info".
- --exit-status=<level>
- Enable a non-zero exit status for non-halting system messages at or above <level>. Default: 5 (disabled).
- --debug
- Enable debug-level system messages and diagnostics.
- --no-debug
- Disable debug output. (default)
- --warnings=<file>
- Send the output of system messages to <file>.
- --traceback
- Enable Python tracebacks when Docutils is halted.
- --no-traceback
- Disable Python tracebacks. (default)
- --input-encoding=<name[:handler]>, -i <name[:handler]>
- Specify the encoding and optionally the error handler of input text. Default: <locale-dependent>:strict.
- --input-encoding-error-handler=INPUT_ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLER
- Specify the error handler for undecodable characters. Choices: "strict" (default), "ignore", and "replace".
- --output-encoding=<name[:handler]>, -o <name[:handler]>
- Specify the text encoding and optionally the error handler for output. Default: UTF-8:strict.
- --output-encoding-error-handler=OUTPUT_ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLER
- Specify error handler for unencodable output characters; "strict" (default), "ignore", "replace", "xmlcharrefreplace", "backslashreplace".
- --error-encoding=<name[:handler]>, -e <name[:handler]>
- Specify text encoding and error handler for error output. Default text encoding: system encoding. Default error handler: backslashreplace.
- --error-encoding-error-handler=ERROR_ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLER
- Specify the error handler for unencodable characters in error output. Default: backslashreplace.
- --language=<name>, -l <name>
- Specify the language (as BCP 47 language tag). Default: en.
- --record-dependencies=<file>
- Write output file dependencies to <file>.
- --config=<file>
- Read configuration settings from <file>, if it exists.
- --version, -V
- Show this program's version number and exit.
- --help, -h
- Show this help message and exit.
reStructuredText Parser Options
- --pep-references
- Recognize and link to standalone PEP references (like "PEP 258").
- --pep-base-url=<URL>
- Base URL for PEP references (default "http://www.python.org/dev/peps/").
- --pep-file-url-template=<URL>
- Template for PEP file part of URL. (default "pep-%04d")
- --rfc-references
- Recognize and link to standalone RFC references (like "RFC 822").
- --rfc-base-url=<URL>
- Base URL for RFC references (default "http://tools.ietf.org/html/").
- --tab-width=<width>
- Set number of spaces for tab expansion (default 8).
- --trim-footnote-reference-space
- Remove spaces before footnote references.
- --leave-footnote-reference-space
- Leave spaces before footnote references.
- --no-file-insertion
- Disable directives that insert the contents of external file ("include" & "raw"); replaced with a "warning" system message.
- --file-insertion-enabled
- Enable directives that insert the contents of external file ("include" & "raw"). Enabled by default.
- --no-raw
- Disable the "raw" directives; replaced with a "warning" system message.
- --raw-enabled
- Enable the "raw" directive. Enabled by default.
- --syntax-highlight=<format>
- Token name set for parsing code with Pygments: one of "long", "short", or "none (no parsing)". Default is "long".
- --smart-quotes=<yes/no/alt>
- Change straight quotation marks to typographic form: one of "yes", "no", "alt[ernative]" (default "no").
- --smartquotes-locales=<language:quotes[,language:quotes,...]>
- Characters to use as "smart quotes" for <language>.
- --word-level-inline-markup
- Inline markup recognized at word boundaries only (adjacent to punctuation or whitespace). Force character-level inline markup recognition with "" (backslash + space). Default.
- --character-level-inline-markup
- Inline markup recognized anywhere, regardless of surrounding characters. Backslash-escapes must be used to avoid unwanted markup recognition. Useful for East Asian languages. Experimental.
Standalone Reader
- --no-doc-title
- Disable the promotion of a lone top-level section title to document title (and subsequent section title to document subtitle promotion; enabled by default).
- --no-doc-info
- Disable the bibliographic field list transform (enabled by default).
- --section-subtitles
- Activate the promotion of lone subsection titles to section subtitles (disabled by default).
- --no-section-subtitles
- Deactivate the promotion of lone subsection titles.
Docutils XML Writer Options
- --newlines
- Generate XML with newlines before and after tags.
- --indents
- Generate XML with indents and newlines.
- --no-xml-declaration
- Omit the XML declaration. Use with caution.
- --no-doctype
-
Omit the DOCTYPE declaration.