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NAME

       rst2xml - convert reST documents to XML

SYNOPSIS

       rst2xml [options] [<source> [<destination>]]

DESCRIPTION

       Generates  Docutils-native  XML  from  standalone  reStructuredText  sources.   Reads from
       <source> (default is  stdin)  and  writes  to  <destination>  (default  is  stdout).   See
       https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/user/config.html for a detailed settings 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:
              <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
              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.

   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[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. Experimental.

   Standalone Reader Options
       --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.

   "Docutils XML" Writer Options
       --newlines
              Generate XML with newlines before and after tags.

       --indents
              Generate XML with indents and newlines.

       --no-xml-declaration
              Omit the XML declaration.  Use with caution.

       --no-doctype
              Omit the DOCTYPE declaration.

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