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: ascii: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://www.faqs.org/rfcs/").

--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=SMART_QUOTES

Change straight quotation marks to typographic form: one of "yes", "no", "alt[ernative]" (default "no").

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.