cm2latex1
Convert commonmark file to latex source
Usage
cm2latex [options]
[<source>
[<destination>]]
Overview
Generate latex document from markdown sources. 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:
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--output=<destination> -
Output destination name. Obsoletes the <destination> positional argument. Default: None (stdout).
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--title=<title> -
Specify the document title as metadata.
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--generator, -g -
Include a "Generated by Docutils" credit and link.
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--no-generator -
Do not include a generator credit.
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--date, -d -
Include the date at the end of the document (UTC).
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--time, -t -
Include the time & date (UTC).
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--no-datestamp -
Do not include a datestamp of any kind.
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--root-prefix=<path> -
Base directory for absolute paths when reading from the local filesystem. Default "/".
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--source-link, -s -
Include a "View document source" link.
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--source-url=<URL> -
Use <URL> for a source link; implies
--source-link.
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--no-source-link -
Do not include a "View document source" link.
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--toc-entry-backlinks -
Link from section headers to TOC entries. (default)
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--toc-top-backlinks -
Link from section headers to the top of the TOC.
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--no-toc-backlinks -
Disable backlinks to the table of contents.
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--footnote-backlinks -
Link from footnotes/citations to references. (default)
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--no-footnote-backlinks -
Disable backlinks from footnotes and citations.
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--section-numbering -
Enable section numbering by Docutils. (default)
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--no-section-numbering -
Disable section numbering by Docutils.
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--strip-comments -
Remove comment elements from the document tree.
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--leave-comments -
Leave comment elements in the document tree. (default)
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--strip-elements-with-class=<class> -
Remove all elements with classes="<class>" from the document tree. Warning: potentially dangerous; use with caution. (Multiple-use option.)
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--strip-class=<class> -
Remove all classes="<class>" attributes from elements in the document tree. Warning: potentially dangerous; use with caution. (Multiple-use option.)
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--report=<level>, -r <level> -
Report system messages at or higher than <level>: "info" or "1", "warning"/"2" (default), "error"/"3", "severe"/"4", "none"/"5"
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--verbose, -v -
Report all system messages. (Same as "--report=1".)
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--quiet, -q -
Report no system messages. (Same as "--report=5".)
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--halt=<level> -
Halt execution at system messages at or above <level>. Levels as in
--report. Default: 4 (severe).
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--strict -
Halt at the slightest problem. Same as "--halt=info".
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--exit-status=<level> -
Enable a non-zero exit status for non-halting system messages at or above <level>. Default: 5 (disabled).
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--debug -
Enable debug-level system messages and diagnostics.
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--no-debug -
Disable debug output. (default)
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--warnings=<file> -
Send the output of system messages to <file>.
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--traceback -
Enable Python tracebacks when Docutils is halted.
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--no-traceback -
Disable Python tracebacks. (default)
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--input-encoding=<name[:handler]>, -i <name[:handler]> -
Specify the encoding and optionally the error handler of input text. Default: <auto-detect>:strict.
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--input-encoding-error-handler=INPUT_ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLER -
Specify the error handler for undecodable characters. Choices: "strict" (default), "ignore", and "replace".
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--output-encoding=<name[:handler]>, -o <name[:handler]> -
Specify the text encoding and optionally the error handler for output. Default: utf-8:strict.
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--output-encoding-error-handler=OUTPUT_ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLER -
Specify error handler for unencodable output characters; "strict" (default), "ignore", "replace", "xmlcharrefreplace", "backslashreplace".
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--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.
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--error-encoding-error-handler=ERROR_ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLER -
Specify the error handler for unencodable characters in error output. Default: backslashreplace.
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--language=<name>, -l <name> -
Specify the language (as BCP 47 language tag). Default: en.
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--record-dependencies=<file> -
Write output file dependencies to <file>.
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--config=<file> -
Read configuration settings from <file>, if it exists.
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--version, -V -
Show this program's version number and exit.
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--help, -h -
Show this help message and exit.
Generic Parser Options:
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--no-file-insertion -
Disable directives that insert the contents of an external file; replaced with a "warning" system message.
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--file-insertion-enabled -
Enable directives that insert the contents of an external file. (default)
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--no-raw -
Disable the "raw" directive; replaced with a "warning" system message.
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--raw-enabled -
Enable the "raw" directive. (default)
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--line-length-limit=<length> -
Maximal number of characters in an input line. Default 10 000.
Standalone Reader Options:
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--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).
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--no-doc-info -
Disable the bibliographic field list transform (enabled by default).
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--section-subtitles -
Activate the promotion of lone subsection titles to section subtitles (disabled by default).
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--no-section-subtitles -
Deactivate the promotion of lone subsection titles.
LaTeX-Specific Options:
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--documentclass=DOCUMENTCLASS -
Specify LaTeX documentclass. Default: "article".
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--documentoptions=DOCUMENTOPTIONS -
Specify document options. Multiple options can be given, separated by commas. Default: "a4paper".
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--footnote-references=<format> -
Format for footnote references: one of "superscript" or "brackets". Default: "superscript".
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--use-latex-citations -
Use \cite command for citations. (future default)
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--figure-citations -
Use figure floats for citations (might get mixed with real figures). (provisional default)
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--attribution=<format> -
Format for block quote attributions: one of "dash" (em-dash prefix), "parentheses"/"parens", or "none". Default: "dash".
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--stylesheet=<file[,file,...]> -
Specify LaTeX packages/stylesheets. A style is referenced with "\usepackage" if extension is ".sty" or omitted and with "\input" else. Overrides previous
--stylesheetand--stylesheet-pathsettings.
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--stylesheet-path=<file[,file,...]> -
Comma separated list of LaTeX packages/stylesheets. Relative paths are expanded if a matching file is found in the
--stylesheet-dirs. With--linkstylesheet, the path is rewritten relative to the output *.tex file.
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--link-stylesheet -
Link to the stylesheet(s) in the output file. (default)
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--embed-stylesheet -
Embed the stylesheet(s) in the output file. Stylesheets must be accessible during processing.
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--stylesheet-dirs=<dir[,dir,...]> -
Comma-separated list of directories where stylesheets are found. Used by
--stylesheet-pathwhen expanding relative path arguments. Default: ".".
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--latex-preamble=LATEX_PREAMBLE -
Customization by LaTeX code in the preamble. Default: select PDF standard fonts (Times, Helvetica, Courier).
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--template=<file> -
Specify the template file. Default: "default.tex".
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--use-latex-toc -
Table of contents by LaTeX. (default)
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--use-docutils-toc -
Table of contents by Docutils (without page numbers).
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--use-part-section -
Add parts on top of the section hierarchy.
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--use-docutils-docinfo -
Attach author and date to the document info table. (default)
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--use-latex-docinfo -
Attach author and date to the document title.
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--topic-abstract -
Typeset abstract as topic. (default)
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--use-latex-abstract -
Use LaTeX abstract environment for the document's abstract.
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--hyperlink-color=HYPERLINK_COLOR -
Color of any hyperlinks embedded in text. Default: "blue" (use "false" to disable).
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--hyperref-options=HYPERREF_OPTIONS -
Additional options to the "hyperref" package.
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--compound-enumerators -
Enable compound enumerators for nested enumerated lists (e.g. "1.2.a.ii").
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--no-compound-enumerators -
Disable compound enumerators for nested enumerated lists. (default)
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--section-prefix-for-enumerators -
Enable section ("." subsection ...) prefixes for compound enumerators. This has no effect without
--compound-enumerators.
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--no-section-prefix-for-enumerators -
Disable section prefixes for compound enumerators. (default)
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--section-enumerator-separator=<char> -
Set the separator between section number and enumerator for compound enumerated lists. Default: "-".
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--literal-block-env=LITERAL_BLOCK_ENV -
When possible, use the specified environment for literal-blocks. Default: "" (fall back to "alltt").
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--use-verbatim-when-possible -
Deprecated alias for "--literal-block-env=verbatim".
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--table-style=<format> -
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"
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--graphicx-option=GRAPHICX_OPTION -
LaTeX graphicx package option. Possible values are "dvipdfmx", "dvips", "dvisvgm", "luatex", "pdftex", and "xetex".Default: "".
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--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.
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--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.
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--use-bibtex=<style,bibfile[,bibfile,...]> -
Specify style and database(s) for bibtex, for example "--use-bibtex=unsrt,mydb1,mydb2". Provisional!
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--legacy-class-functions -
Use legacy functions with class value list for \DUtitle and \DUadmonition.
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--new-class-functions -
Use \DUrole and "DUclass" wrappers for class values. Place admonition content in an environment. (default)
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--legacy-column-widths -
Use legacy algorithm to determine table column widths. (provisional default)
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--new-column-widths -
Use new algorithm to determine table column widths. (future default)
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--docutils-footnotes -
Footnotes with numbers/symbols by Docutils. (default) (The alternative,
--latex-footnotes, is not implemented yet.)
History
- Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
- Debian 12 (Bookworm)
- Debian 11 (Bullseye)
- Debian 10 (Buster)
- Debian 9 (Stretch)
--file-insertion-enabled since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--legacy-class-functions since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--legacy-column-widths since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--line-length-limit since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--new-class-functions since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--new-column-widths since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-file-insertion since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--no-raw since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--output since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--raw-enabled since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--root-prefix since Debian 13 (Trixie).
--figure-footnotes until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--use-latex-footnotes until Debian 9 (Stretch).