---
name: "monodocs2html"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mono"
version: "6.12.0.206-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/monodocs2html"
---

# monodocs2html(1)

Translate Monodoc XML to HTML

## NAME

monodocs2html - Translate Monodoc XML to HTML

## SYNOPSIS

**monodocs2html** -source:SOURCE\_DIR -dest:DEST\_DIR \[OPTIONS\]\*

## DESCRIPTION

*monodocs2html* has been obsoleted by [**mdoc**(1)](/mdoc/1.md).  See the [**mdoc-export-html**(1)](/mdoc-export-html/1.md) man page.

*monodocs2html* is a program that creates HTML documentation from the Monodoc documentation XML files.

## OPTIONS

- *-dest:DEST\_DIR*

  Write the HTML files into the directory *DEST\_DIR* .

- *-dumptemplate*

  Dump the default page template to standard output so that you can use it as a base for a new template for use with the  *-template* option.

- *-ext:FILE\_EXTENSION*

  *FILE\_EXTENSION* is the file extension for generated files.

  This defaults to *html* .

- *-?, -help*

  Show program argument information.

- *-onlytype:TYPE*

  Only generate HTML for the type *TYPE* .

- *-source:SOURCE\_DIR*

  *SOURCE\_DIR* is the base directory containing the Monodoc XML documentation.

  This directory should contain an *index.xml* file, the *namespace-name.xml* files (one for each namespace), and *namespace-name* directories (one for each namespace), which will contain the  *type.xml* files holding the monodoc documentation.

- *-template:TEMPLATE*

  Generate HTML using the page template *TEMPLATE* .

- *-V, -version*

  Display version and licensing information.

## TEMPLATE FORMAT

The template file is an XSLT which needs to process the following input XML document:

```
	<Page>
	  <CollectionTitle>Collection Title</CollectionTitle>
	  <PageTitle>Page Title</PageTitle>
	  <Summary>Page Summary</Summary>
	  <Signature>Type Declaration</Signature>
	  <Remarks>Type Remarks</Remarks>
	  <Members>Type Members</Members>
	  <Copyright>Documentation Copyright</Copyright>
	</Page>
```

The generated HTML also makes use of the following CSS classes, which should be defined so that output is nicely formatted:

- *.CollectionTitle*

  - *.PageTitle*

  - *.Summary*

  - *.Signature*

  - *.Remarks*

  - *.Members*

  - *.Copyright*

  - *.Section*

  - *.SectionBox*

  - *.NamespaceName*

  - *.NamespaceSummary*

  - *.MemberName*

  - *.MemberSignature*

  - *.MemberBox*

  - *.Subsection*

  - *.SubsectionBox*

  - *.SignatureTable*

  - *.EnumerationsTable*

  - *.CodeExampleTable*

  - *.MembersListing*

  - *.TypesListing*

  - *.InnerSignatureTable*

  - *.TypePermissionsTable*

  ## HTML LINKS

All members within the HTML file have a *id* attribute to permit linking to a specific member.  The value of the  *id* attribute is the String ID of the specified member. See the  **STRING ID FORMAT** section of the  **monodocer** man page for more information.

## MAILING LISTS

- Visit http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-docs-list for details.

  ## WEB SITE

Visit http://www.mono-project.com for details