NAME¶
rst2latex - convert reST documents to LaTeX
SYNOPSIS¶
rst2latex [options] [<source> [<destination>]]
DESCRIPTION¶
Generates LaTeX documents from standalone reStructuredText sources. 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
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.
LaTeX-Specific Options¶
- --documentclass=DOCUMENTCLASS
- Specify documentclass. Default is "article".
- --documentoptions=DOCUMENTOPTIONS
- Specify document options. Multiple options can be given, separated by
commas. Default is "a4paper".
- --docutils-footnotes
- Footnotes with numbers/symbols by Docutils. (default)
- --use-latex-footnotes
- Alias for --docutils-footnotes (deprecated)
- --figure-footnotes
- Use figure floats for footnote text (deprecated)
- --footnote-references=<format>
- Format for footnote references: one of "superscript" or
"brackets". Default is "superscript".
- --use-latex-citations
- Use cite command for citations.
- --figure-citations
- Use figure floats for citations (might get mixed with real figures).
(default)
- --attribution=<format>
- Format for block quote attributions: one of "dash" (em-dash
prefix), "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 rewritten relative to the output
*
.tex file.
- System Message: WARNING/2 (debian/tmp/man/rst2latex.txt:, line 169)
- 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 arguments. Default:
"."
- --latex-preamble=LATEX_PREAMBLE
- Customization by LaTeX code in the preamble. Default: select PDF standard
fonts (Times, Helvetica, Courier).
- --template=<file>
- Specify the template file. Default: "default.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
enumerators. This has no effect without --compound-enumerators.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 compound
enumerated lists. Default is "-".
- --literal-block-env=LITERAL_BLOCK_ENV
- When possibile, use the specified environment for literal-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 processing with pdf(la)tex and dvips otherwise.
Default is no option.
- --font-encoding=FONT_ENCODING
- LaTeX font encoding. Possible values are "", "T1"
(default), "OT1", "LGR,T1" or any other combination of
options to the fontenc package.
- --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-bibtex=mystyle,mydb1,mydb2".