Provided by: xml2rfc_3.13.1-1_all 
NAME
xml2rfc - format RFCs using XML markup
DESCRIPTION
usage: xml2rfc [OPTIONS] SOURCE [OPTIONS]... Example: xml2rfc draft.xml -b draft-foo-19
--text --html
Positional arguments:
source Input XML file to render to one or more of the available formats.
Documentation options:
Some options to generate built-in documentation.
-h, --help
show a help message and exit
--docfile
generate a documentation XML file ready for formatting
--manpage
show paged text documentation
--country-help
show the recognized <country> strings
--pdf-help
show pdf generation requirements
--template-dir TEMPLATE_DIR
directory to pull the doc.xml and doc.yaml templates from. The default is the
"templates" directory of the xml2rfc package
--values
show option values and from where they come
-V, --version
display the version number and exit
Format selection:
One or more of the following output formats may be specified. The default is
--text. The destination filename will be based on the input filename, unless
--out=FILE or --basename=BASE is used.
--text outputs formatted text to file, with proper page breaks
--html outputs formatted HTML to file
--nroff
outputs formatted nroff to file (only v2 input)
--pdf (unavailable due to missing external library)
--raw outputs formatted text to file, unpaginated (only v2 input)
--expand
outputs XML to file with all references expanded
--v2v3 convert vocabulary version 2 XML to version 3
--preptool
run preptool on the input
--unprep
reduce prepped xml to unprepped
--info generate a JSON file with anchor to section lookup information
Generic Switch Options:
-C, --clear-cache
purge the cache and exit
--debug
Show debugging output
-n, --no-dtd
disable DTD validation step
-N, --no-network
don't use the network to resolve references
-O, --no-org-info
don't show author orgainzation info on page one (legacy only)
-q, --quiet
don't print anything while working
--skip-config-files
ignore config file settings
--allow-local-file-access
Allow local file system references
-r, --remove-pis
Remove XML processing instructions
-u, --utf8
generate utf8 output
-v, --verbose
print extra information
Generic Options with Values:
-b NAME, --basename NAME
specify the base name for output files
-c PATH, --cache PATH
specify a primary cache directory to write to; default: try [ /var/cache/xml2rfc,
~/.cache/xml2rfc ]
--config-file FILE
specify a configuration file
-d DTDFILE, --dtd DTDFILE
specify an alternate dtd file
-D DATE, --date DATE
run as if the date is DATE (format: yyyy-mm-dd). Default: Today's date
-f FILE, --filename FILE
Deprecated. The same as -o
-i INDENT, --indent INDENT
With some v3 formatters: Indentation to use when pretty-printing XML
-o FILE, --out FILE
specify an explicit output filename
-p PATH, --path PATH
specify the directory path for output files
-s STRING, --silence STRING
Silence any warning beginning with the given string
Generic Format Options:
--v3 with --text and --html: use the v3 formatter, rather than the legacy one
--legacy, --v2
with --text and --html: use the legacy output formatters, rather than the v3 ones
--id-is-work-in-progress
in references, refer to Internet-Drafts as "Work in Progress"
Text Format Options:
--no-headers
calculate page breaks, and emit form feeds and page top spacing, but omit headers
and footers from the paginated format
--legacy-list-symbols
use the legacy list bullet symbols, rather than the new ones
--legacy-date-format
use the legacy date format, rather than the new one
--no-legacy-date-format
don't use the legacy date format
--list-symbols 4*CHAR
use the characters given as list bullet symbols
--bom, --BOM
Add a BOM (unicode byte order mark) to the start of text files
--paginate, --pagination
do pagination
-P, --no-pagination
don't do pagination of v3 draft text format
--table-hyphen-breaks
More easily do line breaks after hyphens in table cells to give a more compact
table
--table-borders {full,light,minimal,min}
The style of table borders to use for text output; one of full/light/minimal
Html Format Options:
--css FILE
Use the given CSS file instead of the builtin
--external-css
place css in external files
--no-external-css
place css in external files
--external-js
place js in external files
--no-external-js
place js in external files
--rfc-base-url RFC_BASE_URL
Base URL for RFC links
--id-base-url ID_BASE_URL
Base URL for Internet-Draft links
--rfc-reference-base-url RFC_REFERENCE_BASE_URL
Base URL for RFC reference targets, replacing the target="..." value given in the
reference entry
--id-reference-base-url ID_REFERENCE_BASE_URL
Base URL for I-D reference targets
--metadata-js-url METADATA_JS_URL
URL for the metadata script
V2-V3 Converter Options:
--add-xinclude
replace reference elements with RFC and Internet-Draft seriesInfo with the
appropriate XInclude element
--draft-revisions, --draft-revs
Reference explicit draft revisions when inserting XIncludes for draft references
--strict
be strict about stripping some deprecated attributes
Preptool Options:
--accept-prepped
accept already prepped input