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rst2odt (Docutils 0.13.1 [release], Python 3.5.3, on linux)
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Usage
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rst2odt [options] [<source> [<destination>]]
Generates OpenDocument/OpenOffice/ODF documents 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=SMART_QUOTES
Change straight quotation marks to typographic form:
one of "yes", "no", "alt[ernative]" (default "no").
--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.
ODF-Specific Options
--------------------
--stylesheet=STYLESHEET
Specify a stylesheet. Default:
"/usr/share/docutils/writers/odf_odt/styles.odt"
--odf-config-file=<file>
Specify a configuration/mapping file relative to the
current working directory for additional ODF options.
In particular, this file may contain a section named
"Formats" that maps default style names to names to be
used in the resulting output file allowing for
adhering to external standards. For more info and the
format of the configuration/mapping file, see the
odtwriter doc.
--cloak-email-addresses
Obfuscate email addresses to confuse harvesters while
still keeping email links usable with standards-
compliant browsers.
--no-cloak-email-addresses
Do not obfuscate email addresses.
--table-border-thickness=TABLE_BORDER_THICKNESS
Specify the thickness of table borders in thousands of
a cm. Default is 35.
--add-syntax-highlighting
Add syntax highlighting in literal code blocks.
--no-syntax-highlighting
Do not add syntax highlighting in literal code blocks.
(default)
--create-sections Create sections for headers. (default)
--no-sections Do not create sections for headers.
--create-links Create links.
--no-links Do not create links. (default)
--endnotes-end-doc Generate endnotes at end of document, not footnotes at
bottom of page.
--no-endnotes-end-doc Generate footnotes at bottom of page, not endnotes at
end of document. (default)
--generate-list-toc Generate a bullet list table of contents, not an
ODF/oowriter table of contents.
--generate-oowriter-toc
Generate an ODF/oowriter table of contents, not a
bullet list. (default)
--custom-odt-header=CUSTOM_HEADER
Specify the contents of an custom header line. See
odf_odt writer documentation for details about special
field character sequences.
--custom-odt-footer=CUSTOM_FOOTER
Specify the contents of an custom footer line. See
odf_odt writer documentation for details about special
field character sequences.