Provided by: xmlto_0.0.28-2_amd64 
NAME
xmlto - apply an XSL stylesheet to an XML document
SYNOPSIS
xmlto [-o output_dir] [-x custom_xsl] [-m xsl_fragment] [-v] [-p postprocessor_opts] [--extensions]
[--searchpath path] [--skip-validation] [--stringparam paramname=paramvalue] [--noclean]
[--noautosize] [--noextensions] [--profile] [--with-fop] [--with-dblatex] {format} {file}
xmlto {[--help] | [--version]}
DESCRIPTION
The purpose of xmlto is to convert an XML file to the desired format using whatever means necessary. This
may involve two steps:
1. The application of an appropriate XSL stylesheet using an XSL-T processor.
2. Further processing with other tools. This step may not be necessary.
To decide which stylesheet to use and what, if any, needs to be done to post-process the output, xmlto
makes use of format scripts, which are simple shell scripts that xmlto calls during the conversion.
The appropriate format script is selected based on the type of XML file and the desired output format.
xmlto comes with some format scripts for converting DocBook XML files to a variety of formats. You may
specify your own format script by using an absolute filename for format on the command line.
Firstly, if xmlto has not been told explicitly which stylesheet to use (with the -x option), the format
script will be called with $1 set to stylesheet. The environment variable XSLT_PROCESSOR contains the
base name of the executable that will be used to perform the XSL-T transformation (for example xsltproc).
The format script should write the name of the stylesheet to use to standard output and exit
successfully, or exit with a non-zero return code if there is no appropriate stylesheet to use (for
example, if the only available stylesheet is known not to work with the XSL-T processor that will be
used). If nothing is written to standard output but the script exits successfully, no XSL-T
transformation will be performed.
Secondly, after an XSL-T processor has been run using the stylesheet, the format script will be called
again, this time with $1 set to post-process. The format script should perform any necessary steps to
translate the XSL-T processed output into the desired output format, including copying the output to the
desired output directory. For post-processing, the format script is run in a temporary directory
containing just the processed output (whose name is stored in XSLT_PROCESSED and whose basename is that
of the original XML file with any filename extension replaced with .proc). INPUT_FILE is set to the name
of the original XML file, OUTPUT_DIR is set to the name of the directory that the output (and only the
output) must end up in, and SEARCHPATH is set to a colon-separate list of fallback directories in which
to look for input (for images, for example). If this step is unsuccessful the format script should exit
with a non-zero return code.
OPTIONS
-v
Be verbose (-vv for very verbose).
-x stylesheet
Use stylesheet instead of asking the format script to choose one.
-m fragment
Use the provided XSL fragment to modify the stylesheet.
-o directory
Put output in the specified directory instead of the current working directory.
-p postprocessor_opts
Pass postprocessor_opts to processing stages after stylesheet application (e.g. lynx or links when
going through HTML to text, or xmltex when going from through TeX to DVI). If -p is specified a
second time, the options specified will be passed to second-stage postprocessing; presently this is
only applicable when going through xmltex and dvips to PostScript.
--extensions
Turn on stylesheet extensions for the tool chain in use (use.extensions is turned on). The variables
turned on are the ones used by Norman Walsh's DocBook XSL stylesheets.
--searchpath path
Add the colon-separated list of directories in path as fallback directories for including input.
--skip-validation
Skip the validation step that is normally performed.
--stringparam paramname=paramvalue
Pass a named parameter paramname with value paramvalue to stylesheet from the command line.
--noclean
Temporary files are not deleted(their names are shown and kept in tmp directory). It could help with
analyzing problems.
--noautosize
By default, some XSL variables are overridden by autodetection (page.width and page.height for
paperconf (libpaper) use, paper.type for locale-based (LC_PAPER) selection). With this option, xmlto
doesn’t use this autodetection and user is able to modify defaults himself (either via default
param.xsl modification or by user-defined XSL fragment).
--noextensions
By default, xmlto enables XSL params passivetex.extensions for passivetex backend and fop.extensions
and fop1.extensions for fop backend. This usually produces better results. If you for some reason
don't want to use these parameters, just disable them using this option.
--profile
Pre-process the XML document with the profiling stylesheet.
--with-fop
Use fop for formatting. It is an experimental option, expects fop in specific location(detected at
configured time), could be changed manually in xmlto script by modification of FOP_PATH
--with-dblatex
Use dblatex for formatting. It is an experimental option, expects dblatex in specific
location(detected at configured time), could be changed manually in xmlto script by modification of
DBLATEX_PATH
--help
Display a short usage message. It will describe xmlto's options, and the available output formats.
--version
Display the version number of xmlto.
ENVIRONMENT
XSLT_PROCESSOR
Base name of the executable that will be used to perform the XSL-T transformation (default:
xsltproc(1)).
TMPDIR
Directory, where to create temporary stylesheets (default: /tmp).
DIAGNOSTICS
0
Everything went fine. This is the expected exit code.
1
xmlto was called with insufficient arguments.
2
mktemp(1) failed to create a file/directory. Make sure /tmp or TMPDIR is writable.
3
xmlto failed to find some binary on configured location. Make sure that all required packages are
installed and paths in xmlto script are set properly.
10+(Validation non-zero error code)
xmlto tried to validate a xml document, but validation failed. For better diagnostic, validation
output and xmllint exit code is provided. Consider either fixing your document or using
--skip-validation.
EXAMPLES
To convert a DocBook XML document to PDF, use:
xmlto pdf mydoc.xml
To convert a DocBook XML document to HTML and store the resulting HTML files in a separate directory use:
xmlto -o html-dir html mydoc.xml
To convert a DocBook XML document to a single HTML file use:
xmlto html-nochunks mydoc.xml
To modify the output using an XSL fragment use:
xmlto -m ulink.xsl pdf mydoc.xml
To specify which stylesheet to use (overriding the one that the format script would choose) use:
xmlto -x mystylesheet.xsl pdf mydoc.xml
AUTHORS
Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> Original author, maintainer until 0.0.18 Ondřej Vašík <ovasik@redhat.com> Maintainer since 0.0.19