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PROGRAM:

NAME

rst2man - generate unix manpages from reStructured text

SYNOPSIS

rst2man [options] [<source> [<destination>]]

DESCRIPTION

Generates plain unix manual documents. Reads from <source> (default is stdin) and writes
to <destination> (default is stdout). See <http://docutils.sf.net/docs/user/config.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.

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