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NAME
rst2s5 - convert reST documents to S5 slides
SYNOPSIS
rst2s5 [options] [<source> [<destination>]]
DESCRIPTION
Generate S5 HTML slideshow documents from standalone reStructuredText sources <
<https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/user/slide-shows.html> >. 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
--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.
--root-prefix=<path>
Base directory for absolute paths when reading from the local filesystem. Default
"/".
--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.
HTML Writer Options
--template=<file>
Template file. (UTF-8 encoded, default:
"/usr/share/docutils/writers/html4css1/template.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/docut 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
accessible 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:
"brackets")
--attribution=<format>
Format for block quote attributions: one of "dash" (em-dash prefix),
"parentheses"/"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".
S5 Slideshow Specific Options
For the S5/HTML writer, the --no-toc-backlinks option (defined in General Docutils Options
above) is the default, and should not be changed.
--theme=<name>
Specify an installed S5 theme by name. Overrides --theme-url. The default theme
name is "default". The theme files will be copied into a "ui/<theme>" directory,
in the same directory as the destination file (output HTML). Note that existing
theme files will not be overwritten (unless --overwrite-theme- files is used).
--theme-url=<URL>
Specify an S5 theme URL. The destination file (output HTML) will link to this
theme; nothing will be copied. Overrides --theme.
--overwrite-theme-files
Allow existing theme files in the ui/<theme> directory to be overwritten. The
default is not to overwrite theme files.
--keep-theme-files
Keep existing theme files in the ui/<theme> directory; do not overwrite any. This
is the default.
--view-mode=<mode>
Set the initial view mode to "slideshow" [default] or "outline".
--hidden-controls
Normally hide the presentation controls in slideshow mode. This is the default.
--visible-controls
Always show the presentation controls in slideshow mode. The default is to hide
the controls.
--current-slide
Enable the current slide indicator ("1 / 15"). The default is to disable it.
--no-current-slide
Disable the current slide indicator. This is the default.
RST2S5(1)