RST2XETEX(1) text processing RST2XETEX(1)NAMErst2xetex - convert reST documents to XeLaTeX
SYNOPSISrst2xetex [options] [<source> [<destination>]]
DESCRIPTION
Generates LaTeX documents from standalone reStructuredText sources for
compilation with the Unicode-aware TeX variants XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX.
Reads from <source> (default is stdin) and writes to <destination>
(default is stdout). See <‐
http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/latex.html> for the full ref‐
erence.
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. (Multi‐
ple-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. Experimen‐
tal.
Standalone Reader
--no-doc-title
Disable the promotion of a lone top-level section title to docu‐
ment 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 sub‐
titles (disabled by default).
--no-section-subtitles
Deactivate the promotion of lone subsection titles.
LaTeX-Specific Options
--documentclass=DOCUMENTCLASS
Specify documentclass. Default is "article".
--documentoptions=DOCUMENTOPTIONS
Specify document options. Multiple options can be given, sepa‐
rated by commas. Default is "a4paper".
--docutils-footnotes
Footnotes with numbers/symbols by Docutils. (default)
--footnote-references=<format>
Format for footnote references: one of "superscript" or "brack‐
ets". Default is "superscript".
--use-latex-citations
Use cite command for citations.
--figure-citations
Use figure floats for citations (might get mixed with real fig‐
ures). (default)
--attribution=<format>
Format for block quote attributions: one of "dash" (em-dash pre‐
fix), "parentheses"/"parens", or "none". Default is "dash".
--stylesheet=<file[,file,...]>
Specify LaTeX packages/stylesheets. A style is referenced with
usepackage if extension is ".sty" or omitted and with input
else. Overrides previous --stylesheet and --stylesheet-path
settings.
--stylesheet-path=<file[,file,...]>
Comma separated list of LaTeX packages/stylesheets. Relative
paths are expanded if a matching file is found in the
--stylesheet-dirs. With --link- stylesheet, the path is rewrit‐
ten relative to the output
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Inline emphasis start-string without end-string.
--link-stylesheet
Link to the stylesheet(s) in the output file. (default)
--embed-stylesheet
Embed the stylesheet(s) in the output file. Stylesheets must be
accessible during processing.
--stylesheet-dirs=<dir[,dir,...]>
Comma-separated list of directories where stylesheets are found.
Used by --stylesheet-path when expanding relative path argu‐
ments. Default: "."
--latex-preamble=LATEX_PREAMBLE
Customization by LaTeX code in the preamble. Default: select
"Linux Libertine" fonts.
--template=<file>
Template file. Default: "xelatex.tex".
--use-latex-toc
Table of contents by LaTeX. (default)
--use-docutils-toc
Table of contents by Docutils (without page numbers).
--use-part-section
Add parts on top of the section hierarchy.
--use-docutils-docinfo
Attach author and date to the document info table. (default)
--use-latex-docinfo
Attach author and date to the document title.
--topic-abstract
Typeset abstract as topic. (default)
--use-latex-abstract
Use LaTeX abstract environment for the document's abstract.
--hyperlink-color=HYPERLINK_COLOR
Color of any hyperlinks embedded in text (default: "blue",
"false" to disable).
--hyperref-options=HYPERREF_OPTIONS
Additional options to the "hyperref" package (default: "").
--compound-enumerators
Enable compound enumerators for nested enumerated lists (e.g.
"1.2.a.ii"). Default: disabled.
--no-compound-enumerators
Disable compound enumerators for nested enumerated lists. This
is the default.
--section-prefix-for-enumerators
Enable section ("." subsection ...) prefixes for compound enu‐
merators. This has no effect without --compound-enumera‐
tors.Default: disabled.
--no-section-prefix-for-enumerators
Disable section prefixes for compound enumerators. This is the
default.
--section-enumerator-separator=<char>
Set the separator between section number and enumerator for com‐
pound enumerated lists. Default is "-".
--literal-block-env=LITERAL_BLOCK_ENV
When possibile, use the specified environment for lit‐
eral-blocks. Default is quoting of whitespace and special chars.
--use-verbatim-when-possible
When possibile, use verbatim for literal-blocks. Compatibility
alias for "--literal-block- env=verbatim".
--table-style=<format>
Table style. "standard" with horizontal and vertical lines,
"booktabs" (LaTeX booktabs style) only horizontal lines above
and below the table and below the header or "borderless".
Default: "standard"
--graphicx-option=GRAPHICX_OPTION
LaTeX graphicx package option. Possible values are "dvips",
"pdftex". "auto" includes LaTeX code to use "pdftex" if process‐
ing with pdf(la)tex and dvips otherwise. Default is no option.
--reference-label=REFERENCE_LABEL
Per default the latex-writer puts the reference title into
hyperreferences. Specify "ref*" or "pageref*" to get the section
number or the page number.
--use-bibtex=USE_BIBTEX
Specify style and database for bibtex, for example "--use-bib‐
tex=mystyle,mydb1,mydb2".
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