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rst2s5 (Docutils 0.13.1 [release], Python 3.5.3, on linux)
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Usage
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rst2s5 [options] [<source> [<destination>]]
Generates S5 (X)HTML slideshow 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.
HTML-Specific Options
---------------------
--template=<file> Specify the template file (UTF-8 encoded). Default is
"/usr/share/docutils/writers/html4css1/template.txt".
--stylesheet=<URL[,URL,...]>
Comma separated list of stylesheet URLs. Overrides
previous --stylesheet and --stylesheet-path settings.
--stylesheet-path=<file[,file,...]>
Comma separated list of stylesheet paths. Relative
paths are expanded if a matching file is found in the
--stylesheet-dirs. With --link-stylesheet, the path is
rewritten relative to the output HTML file. Default:
"html4css1.css"
--embed-stylesheet Embed the stylesheet(s) in the output HTML file. The
stylesheet files must be accessible during processing.
This is the default.
--link-stylesheet Link to the stylesheet(s) in the output HTML file.
Default: embed stylesheets.
--stylesheet-dirs=<dir[,dir,...]>
Comma-separated list of directories where stylesheets
are found. Used by --stylesheet-path when expanding
relative path arguments. Default: "['.',
'/usr/share/docutils/writers/html4css1',
'/usr/share/docutils/writers/html5_polyglot']"
--initial-header-level=<level>
Specify the initial header level. Default is 1 for
"<h1>". Does not affect document title & subtitle
(see --no-doc-title).
--field-name-limit=<level>
Specify the maximum width (in characters) for one-
column field names. Longer field names will span an
entire row of the table used to render the field list.
Default is 14 characters. Use 0 for "no limit".
--option-limit=<level> Specify the maximum width (in characters) for options
in option lists. Longer options will span an entire
row of the table used to render the option list.
Default is 14 characters. Use 0 for "no limit".
--footnote-references=<format>
Format for footnote references: one of "superscript"
or "brackets". Default is "brackets".
--attribution=<format> Format for block quote attributions: one of "dash"
(em-dash prefix), "parentheses"/"parens", or "none".
Default is "dash".
--compact-lists Remove extra vertical whitespace between items of
"simple" bullet lists and enumerated lists. Default:
enabled.
--no-compact-lists Disable compact simple bullet and enumerated lists.
--compact-field-lists Remove extra vertical whitespace between items of
simple field lists. Default: enabled.
--no-compact-field-lists
Disable compact simple field lists.
--table-style=TABLE_STYLE
Added to standard table classes. Defined styles:
"borderless". Default: ""
--math-output=MATH_OUTPUT
Math output format, one of "MathML", "HTML", "MathJax"
or "LaTeX". Default: "HTML math.css"
--no-xml-declaration Omit the XML declaration. Use with caution.
--cloak-email-addresses
Obfuscate email addresses to confuse harvesters while
still keeping email links usable with standards-
compliant browsers.
S5 Slideshow Specific Options
-----------------------------
For the S5/HTML writer, the --no-toc-backlinks option (defined in General
Docutils Options above) is the default, and should not be changed.
--theme=<name> Specify an installed S5 theme by name. Overrides
--theme-url. The default theme name is "default".
The theme files will be copied into a "ui/<theme>"
directory, in the same directory as the destination
file (output HTML). Note that existing theme files
will not be overwritten (unless --overwrite-theme-
files is used).
--theme-url=<URL> Specify an S5 theme URL. The destination file (output
HTML) will link to this theme; nothing will be copied.
Overrides --theme.
--overwrite-theme-files
Allow existing theme files in the ``ui/<theme>``
directory to be overwritten. The default is not to
overwrite theme files.
--keep-theme-files Keep existing theme files in the ``ui/<theme>``
directory; do not overwrite any. This is the default.
--view-mode=<mode> Set the initial view mode to "slideshow" [default] or
"outline".
--hidden-controls Normally hide the presentation controls in slideshow
mode. This is the default.
--visible-controls Always show the presentation controls in slideshow
mode. The default is to hide the controls.
--current-slide Enable the current slide indicator ("1 / 15"). The
default is to disable it.
--no-current-slide Disable the current slide indicator. This is the
default.