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RST-BUILDHTML(1)                           text processing                          RST-BUILDHTML(1)

NAME
       rst-buildhtml  -  convert  many  reST  documents to HTML View document source.  Generated on:
       2023-11-30 11:16 UTC.  Generated by Docutils from reStructuredText source.


SYNOPSIS
       rst-buildhtml [options] [<directory> ...]

DESCRIPTION
       Generates .html from all the reStructuredText .txt files (including PEPs) in each <directory>
       (default is the current directory).

OPTIONS
   General Docutils Options
       --output=<destination>
              Output destination name. Obsoletes the  <destination>  positional  argument.  Default:
              None (stdout).

       --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: poten‐
              tially 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" (de‐
              fault), "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.   De‐
              fault: 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:
              <auto-detect>: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 optionally error handler for error output.  Default text en‐
              coding: 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: back‐
              slashreplace.

       --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.

   PEP Reader Option Defaults
       The --pep-references and --rfc-references options (for the reStructuredText parser) are on by
       default.

   Generic Parser Options
       --no-file-insertion
              Disable directives that insert the contents of  an  external  file;  replaced  with  a
              "warning" system message.

       --file-insertion-enabled
              Enable directives that insert the contents of an external file. (default)

       --no-raw
              Disable the "raw" directive; replaced with a "warning" system message.

       --raw-enabled
              Enable the "raw" directive. (default)

       --line-length-limit=<length>
              Maximal number of characters in an input line. Default 10 000.

   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 "https://peps.python.org/").

       --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 "https://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.

       --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[erna‐
              tive]" (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 white‐
              space). Force character-level inline markup recognition with "" (backslash  +  space).
              Default.

       --character-level-inline-markup
              Inline markup recognized anywhere, regardless of surrounding characters. Backslash-es‐
              capes  must  be  used to avoid unwanted markup recognition. Useful for East Asian lan‐
              guages. Experimental.

   HTML Writer Options
       --template=<file>
              Template file. (UTF-8  encoded,  default:  "/usr/share/docutils/writers/html4css1/tem‐
              plate.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")

       --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/do‐
              cut ils/writers/html4css1,/usr/share/docutils/writers/html 5_polyglot")

       --embed-stylesheet
              Embed the stylesheet(s) in the output HTML file.  The stylesheet files must be  acces‐
              sible during processing.  (default)

       --link-stylesheet
              Link to the stylesheet(s) in the output HTML file.

       --initial-header-level=<level>
              Specify  the  initial  header  level.  Does  not affect document title & subtitle (see
              --no-doc-title).  (default: 1 for "<h1>")

       --footnote-references=<format>
              Format for footnote references: one of "superscript" or "brackets". (default:  "brack‐
              ets")

       --attribution=<format>
              Format  for  block  quote  attributions:  one  of  "dash" (em-dash prefix), "parenthe‐
              ses"/"parens", or "none".  (default: "dash")

       --compact-lists
              Remove extra vertical whitespace between items of "simple" bullet lists and enumerated
              lists. (default)

       --no-compact-lists
              Disable compact simple bullet and enumerated lists.

       --compact-field-lists
              Remove extra vertical whitespace between items of simple field lists. (default)

       --no-compact-field-lists
              Disable compact simple field lists.

       --table-style=TABLE_STYLE
              Added to standard table classes. Defined  styles:  borderless,  booktabs,  align-left,
              align-center, align- right, colwidths-auto, colwidths-grid.

       --math-output=MATH_OUTPUT
              Math  output  format  (one  of "MathML", "HTML", "MathJax", or "LaTeX") and option(s).
              (default: "HTML math.css")

       --xml-declaration
              Prepend an XML declaration (default).

       --no-xml-declaration
              Omit the XML declaration.

       --cloak-email-addresses
              Obfuscate email addresses to confuse harvesters while still keeping email links usable
              with standards- compliant browsers.

   HTML4 Writer Options
       --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".

   PEP/HTML Writer Options
       For   the   PEP/HTML   writer,   the  default  value  for  the  --stylesheet-path  option  is
       "/usr/share/docutils/writers/pep_html/pep.css", and  the  default  value  for  --template  is
       "/usr/share/docutils/writers/pep_html/template.txt". See HTML Writer Options above.

       --python-home=<URL>
              Python's home URL.  Default is "https://www.python.org".

       --pep-home=<URL>
              Home URL prefix for PEPs.  Default is "." (current directory).

   Build-HTML Options
       --recurse
              Recursively scan subdirectories for files to process.  This is the default.

       --local
              Do not scan subdirectories for files to process.

       --prune=<directory>
              Do  not  process  files in <directory> (shell globbing patterns, separated by colons).
              This option may be used more than once  to  specify  multiple  directories.   Default:
              ".hg:.bzr:.git:.svn:CVS".

       --ignore=<patterns>
              Recursively  ignore files matching any of the given wildcard (shell globbing) patterns
              (separated by colons).

       --writer=<writer>
              Docutils writer, one of "html", "html4", "html5".  Default: "html" (use Docutils'  de‐
              fault HTML writer).

       --silent
              Work silently (no progress messages).  Independent of "--quiet".

       --dry-run
              Do not process files, show files that would be processed.


                                                                                    RST-BUILDHTML(1)
rst-buildhtml(1)
NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS
General Docutils Options --no-generator --no-datestamp --no-source-link --toc-entry-backlinks --toc-top-backlinks --no-toc-backlinks --footnote-backlinks --no-footnote-backlinks --section-numbering --no-section-numbering --strip-comments --leave-comments --strict --debug --no-debug --traceback --no-traceback PEP Reader Option Defaults Generic Parser Options --no-file-insertion --file-insertion-enabled --no-raw --raw-enabled reStructuredText Parser Options --pep-references --rfc-references --trim-footnote-reference-space --leave-footnote-reference-space --word-level-inline-markup --character-level-inline-markup HTML Writer Options --embed-stylesheet --link-stylesheet --compact-lists --no-compact-lists --compact-field-lists --no-compact-field-lists --xml-declaration --no-xml-declaration --cloak-email-addresses HTML4 Writer Options PEP/HTML Writer Options Build-HTML Options --recurse --local --silent --dry-run

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