Usage ===== rst2latex.py [options] [ []] Generates LaTeX documents from standalone reStructuredText sources. Reads from (default is stdin) and writes to (default is stdout). See 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= Use 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= Remove all elements with classes="" from the document tree. Warning: potentially dangerous; use with caution. (Multiple-use option.) --strip-class= Remove all classes="" attributes from elements in the document tree. Warning: potentially dangerous; use with caution. (Multiple-use option.) --report=, -r Report system messages at or higher than : "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= Halt execution at system messages at or above . Levels as in --report. Default: 4 (severe). --strict Halt at the slightest problem. Same as "--halt=info". --exit-status= Enable a non-zero exit status for non-halting system messages at or above . Default: 5 (disabled). --debug Enable debug-level system messages and diagnostics. --no-debug Disable debug output. (default) --warnings= Send the output of system messages to . --traceback Enable Python tracebacks when Docutils is halted. --no-traceback Disable Python tracebacks. (default) --input-encoding=, -i Specify the encoding and optionally the error handler of input text. Default: :strict. --input-encoding-error-handler=INPUT_ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLER Specify the error handler for undecodable characters. Choices: "strict" (default), "ignore", and "replace". --output-encoding=, -o 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=, -e Specify text encoding and optionally error handler for error output. Default: utf-8:backslashreplace. --error-encoding-error-handler=ERROR_ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLER Specify the error handler for unencodable characters in error output. Default: backslashreplace. --language=, -l Specify the language (as BCP 47 language tag). Default: en. --record-dependencies= Write output file dependencies to . --config= Read configuration settings from , 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= 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= Base URL for PEP references (default "https://peps.python.org/"). --pep-file-url-template= 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= Base URL for RFC references (default "https://tools.ietf.org/html/"). --tab-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= Token name set for parsing code with Pygments: one of "long", "short", or "none" (no parsing). Default is "long". --smart-quotes= Change straight quotation marks to typographic form: one of "yes", "no", "alt[ernative]" (default "no"). --smartquotes-locales= Characters to use as "smart quotes" for . --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. LaTeX-Specific Options ---------------------- --documentclass=DOCUMENTCLASS Specify LaTeX documentclass. Default: "article". --documentoptions=DOCUMENTOPTIONS Specify document options. Multiple options can be given, separated by commas. Default: "a4paper". --footnote-references= Format for footnote references: one of "superscript" or "brackets". Default: "superscript". --use-latex-citations Use \cite command for citations. (future default) --figure-citations Use figure floats for citations (might get mixed with real figures). (provisional default) --attribution= Format for block quote attributions: one of "dash" (em-dash prefix), "parentheses"/"parens", or "none". Default: "dash". --stylesheet= Specify LaTeX packages/stylesheets. A style is referenced with "\usepackage" if extension is ".sty" or omitted and with "\input" else. Overrides previous --stylesheet and --stylesheet-path settings. --stylesheet-path= Comma separated list of LaTeX packages/stylesheets. 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 *.tex file. --link-stylesheet Link to the stylesheet(s) in the output file. (default) --embed-stylesheet Embed the stylesheet(s) in the output file. Stylesheets must be accessible during processing. --stylesheet-dirs= Comma-separated list of directories where stylesheets are found. Used by --stylesheet-path when expanding relative path arguments. Default: ".". --latex-preamble=LATEX_PREAMBLE Customization by LaTeX code in the preamble. Default: select PDF standard fonts (Times, Helvetica, Courier). --template= Specify the template file. Default: "default.tex". --use-latex-toc Table of contents by LaTeX. (default) --use-docutils-toc Table of contents by Docutils (without page numbers). --use-part-section Add parts on top of the section hierarchy. --use-docutils-docinfo Attach author and date to the document info table. (default) --use-latex-docinfo Attach author and date to the document title. --topic-abstract Typeset abstract as topic. (default) --use-latex-abstract Use LaTeX abstract environment for the document's abstract. --hyperlink-color=HYPERLINK_COLOR Color of any hyperlinks embedded in text. Default: "blue" (use "false" to disable). --hyperref-options=HYPERREF_OPTIONS Additional options to the "hyperref" package. --compound-enumerators Enable compound enumerators for nested enumerated lists (e.g. "1.2.a.ii"). --no-compound-enumerators Disable compound enumerators for nested enumerated lists. (default) --section-prefix-for-enumerators Enable section ("." subsection ...) prefixes for compound enumerators. This has no effect without --compound-enumerators. --no-section-prefix-for-enumerators Disable section prefixes for compound enumerators. (default) --section-enumerator-separator= Set the separator between section number and enumerator for compound enumerated lists. Default: "-". --literal-block-env=LITERAL_BLOCK_ENV When possible, use the specified environment for literal-blocks. Default: "" (fall back to "alltt"). --use-verbatim-when-possible Deprecated alias for "--literal-block-env=verbatim". --table-style= Table style. "standard" with horizontal and vertical lines, "booktabs" (LaTeX booktabs style) only horizontal lines above and below the table and below the header, or "borderless". Default: "standard" --graphicx-option=GRAPHICX_OPTION LaTeX graphicx package option. Possible values are "dvipdfmx", "dvips", "dvisvgm", "luatex", "pdftex", and "xetex".Default: "". --font-encoding=FONT_ENCODING LaTeX font encoding. Possible values are "", "T1" (default), "OT1", "LGR,T1" or any other combination of options to the `fontenc` package. --reference-label=REFERENCE_LABEL Per default the latex-writer puts the reference title into hyperreferences. Specify "ref*" or "pageref*" to get the section number or the page number. --use-bibtex=USE_BIBTEX Specify style and database for bibtex, for example "-- use-bibtex=mystyle,mydb1,mydb2". --legacy-class-functions Use legacy functions with class value list for \DUtitle and \DUadmonition. --new-class-functions Use \DUrole and "DUclass" wrappers for class values. Place admonition content in an environment. (default) --legacy-column-widths Use legacy algorithm to determine table column widths. (provisional default) --new-column-widths Use new algorithm to determine table column widths. (future default) --docutils-footnotes Footnotes with numbers/symbols by Docutils. (default) (The alternative, --latex-footnotes, is not implemented yet.)