---
name: "py.rest"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python-codespeak-lib"
version: "0.9.1-3"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/py.rest"
---

# py.rest(1)

pylib rest converter

## NAME

py.rest - pylib rest converter

## SYNOPSIS

**py.rest** \[*option*\] \[*filenames...*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **py.rest** command.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in html available in /usr/share/doc/python-codespeak-lib/.

**py.rest** is a program that convert ReST file to HTML or PDF formats. For more information on ReST: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickref.html.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-´). A summary of options is included below.

- **-h** **--help**

  Show summary of options.

- **--topdf**

  transform to pdf instead of html.

- **--stylesheet=STYLESHEET**

  use specified LaTeX stylesheet for pdf conversion.

- **--debug**

  print debug output and don´t delete intermediary files.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Alexandre Fayolle \<afayolle@debian.org\> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

## AUTHOR

**Alexandre Fayolle**

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  Author.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2007 Alexandre Fayolle\