---
name: "mystnb-docutils-html5"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-myst-nb"
version: "1.1.2-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mystnb-docutils-html5"
---

# mystnb-docutils-html5(1)

mystnb-docutils-html5

## NAME

mystnb-docutils-html5 - mystnb-docutils-html5

## DESCRIPTION

Usage =====

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  mystnb-docutils-html5 \[options\] \[\<source\> \[\<destination\>\]\]

Generates HTML5 documents from standalone MyST Notebook 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. External outputs are written to \`--nb-output-folder\`.

Options ======= General Docutils Options **------------------------** **--output=**\<destination\>  Output destination name. Obsoletes the \<destination\>

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  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

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  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**

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  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\>

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  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.

MyST-NB options **---------------** **--nb-read-as-md=**\<boolean\>

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  Read as the MyST Markdown format (default: False)

**--nb-metadata-key=**\<str\>

- Notebook level metadata key for config overrides

  (default: (default: 'mystnb'))

**--nb-cell-metadata-key=**\<str\>

- Cell level metadata key for config overrides (default:

  (default: 'mystnb'))

**--nb-eval-name-regex=**\<str\>

- Regex that matches permitted values of eval

  expressions (default: (default: '^\[a-zAZ\_\]\[a-zA-Z0-9\_\]\*$'))

**--nb-execution-mode=**\<'off'\|'force'\|'auto'\|'cache'\|'inline'\>

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  Execution mode for notebooks (default: 'auto')

**--nb-execution-cache-path=**\<str\>

- Path to folder for caching notebooks (default:

  \<outdir\>) (default: (default: ''))

**--nb-execution-timeout=**\<int\>

-

  Execution timeout (seconds) (default: 30)

**--nb-execution-in-temp=**\<boolean\>

- Use temporary folder for the execution current working

  directory (default: False)

**--nb-execution-allow-errors=**\<boolean\>

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  Allow errors during execution (default: False)

**--nb-execution-raise-on-error=**\<boolean\>

- Raise an exception on failed execution, rather than

  emitting a warning (default: False)

**--nb-execution-show-tb=**\<boolean\>

- Print traceback to stderr on execution error (default:

  False)

**--nb-merge-streams=**\<boolean\>

- Merge stdout/stderr execution output streams (default:

  False)

**--nb-render-plugin=**\<str\>

- The entry point for the execution output render class

  (in group \`myst\_nb.output\_renderer\`) (default: (default: 'default'))

**--nb-remove-code-source=**\<boolean\>

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  Remove code cell source (default: False)

**--nb-remove-code-outputs=**\<boolean\>

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  Remove code cell outputs (default: False)

**--nb-code-prompt-show=**\<str\>

- Prompt to expand hidden code cell

  {content\|source\|outputs} (default: (default: 'Show code cell {type}'))

**--nb-code-prompt-hide=**\<str\>

- Prompt to collapse hidden code cell

  {content\|source\|outputs} (default: (default: 'Hide code cell {type}'))

**--nb-number-source-lines=**\<boolean\>

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  Number code cell source lines (default: False)

**--nb-builder-name=**\<str\>

- Builder name, to select render priority for mime types

  (default: (default: 'html'))

**--nb-output-stderr=**\<'show'\|'remove'\|'remove-warn'\|'warn'\|'error'\|'severe'\>

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  Behaviour for stderr output (default: 'show')

**--nb-render-text-lexer=**\<str\>

- Pygments lexer applied to stdout/stderr and text/plain

  outputs (default: (default: 'myst-ansi'))

**--nb-render-error-lexer=**\<str\>

- Pygments lexer applied to error/traceback outputs

  (default: (default: 'ipythontb'))

**--nb-render-markdown-format=**\<'commonmark'\|'gfm'\|'myst'\>

- The format to use for text/markdown rendering

  (default: 'commonmark')

**--nb-output-folder=**\<str\>

- Folder for external outputs (like images), skipped if

  empty (default: (default: 'build'))

**--nb-append-css=**\<boolean\>

- Add default MyST-NB CSS to HTML outputs (default:

  True)

**--nb-metadata-to-fm=**\<boolean\>

- Convert unhandled metadata to frontmatter (default:

  False)

MyST options **------------** **--myst-commonmark-only=**\<boolean\>

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  Use strict CommonMark parser (default: False)

**--myst-gfm-only=**\<boolean\>

- Use strict Github Flavoured Markdown parser (default:

  False)

**--myst-enable-extensions=**\<comma-delimited\>

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  Enable syntax extensions

**--myst-disable-syntax=**\<comma-delimited\>

-

  Disable Commonmark syntax elements

**--myst-all-links-external=**\<boolean\>

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  Parse all links as simple hyperlinks (default: False)

**--myst-links-external-new-tab=**\<boolean\>

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  Open all external links in a new tab (default: False)

**--myst-url-schemes=**\<comma-delimited\>\|\<yaml-dict\>

- URI schemes that are converted to external links

  (default: http,https,mailto,ftp)

**--myst-fence-as-directive=**\<comma-delimited\>

- Interpret a code fence as a directive, for certain

  language names. This can be useful for fences like dot and mermaid, and interoperability with other Markdown renderers.

**--myst-number-code-blocks=**\<comma-delimited\>

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  Add line numbers to code blocks with these languages

**--myst-title-to-header=**\<boolean\>

- Convert a \`title\` field in the front-matter to a H1

  header (default: False)

**--myst-heading-anchors=**\<int\>

- Heading level depth to assign HTML anchors (default:

  0\)

**--myst-heading-slug-func=**\<str\>

- Function for creating heading anchors, or a python

  import path e.g. \`my\_package.my\_module.my\_function\` (default: (default: 'None'))

**--myst-html-meta=**\<yaml-dict\>

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  HTML meta tags

**--myst-footnote-sort=**\<boolean\>

- Move all footnotes to the end of the document, and

  sort by reference order (default: True)

**--myst-footnote-transition=**\<boolean\>

- Place a transition before sorted footnotes (default:

  True)

**--myst-words-per-minute=**\<int\>

-

  For reading speed calculations (default: 200)

**--myst-substitutions=**\<yaml-dict\>

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  Substitutions mapping

**--myst-linkify-fuzzy-links=**\<boolean\>

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  Recognise URLs without schema prefixes (default: True)

**--myst-dmath-allow-labels=**\<boolean\>

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  Parse \`$$...$$ (label)\` (default: True)

**--myst-dmath-allow-space=**\<boolean\>

- Allow initial/final spaces in \`$ ... $\` (default:

  True)

**--myst-dmath-allow-digits=**\<boolean\>

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  Allow initial/final digits \`1$ ...$2\` (default: True)

**--myst-dmath-double-inline=**\<boolean\>

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  Parse inline \`$$ ... $$\` (default: False)

**--myst-enable-checkboxes=**\<boolean\>

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  Enable checkboxes (default: False)

**--myst-suppress-warnings=**\<comma-delimited\>

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  A list of warning types to suppress warning messages

**--myst-highlight-code-blocks=**\<boolean\>

- Syntax highlight code blocks with pygments (default:

  True)

**--myst-inventories=**\<yaml-dict\>

- Mapping of key to (url, inv file), for intra-project

  referencing

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"

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  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

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  "PEP 258").

**--pep-base-url=**\<URL\>    Base URL for PEP references (default

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  "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

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  "RFC 822").

**--rfc-base-url=**\<URL\>    Base URL for RFC references (default

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  "https://tools.ietf.org/html/").

**--tab-width=**\<width\>     Set number of spaces for tab expansion (default 8). **--trim-footnote-reference-space**

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  Remove spaces before footnote references.

**--leave-footnote-reference-space**

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  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\[,language:quotes,...\]\>

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  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

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  (enabled by default).

**--section-subtitles**     Activate the promotion of lone subsection titles to

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  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/do

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  cutils/writers/html5\_polyglot/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: "minimal.css,plain.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/docutils/writers/html5\_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: 2 for "\<h2\>")

**--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

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  simple field lists. (default)

**--no-compact-field-lists**

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  Disable compact simple field lists.

**--table-style**=*TABLE\_STYLE*

- Added to standard table classes. Defined styles:

  borderless, booktabs, align-left, align-center, alignright, 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. **--no-xml-declaration**    Omit the XML declaration (default). **--cloak-email-addresses**

- Obfuscate email addresses to confuse harvesters while

  still keeping email links usable with standardscompliant browsers.

HTML5 Writer Options **--------------------** **--image-loading**=*IMAGE\_LOADING*

- Suggest at which point images should be loaded:

  "embed", "link" (default), or "lazy".

**--section-self-link**     Append a self-link to section headings. **--no-section-self-link**  Do not append a self-link to section headings.

-

  (default)
