Reference

rst2newlatex(1)

convert reST documents to LaTeX (deprecated version)

NAME

rst2newlatex - convert reST documents to LaTeX (deprecated version)

UNMAINTAINED

rst2newlatex is not maintained; please use rst2latex instead. It will eventually be removed from Debian packages of python-docutils.

USAGE

rst2newlatex [options] [<source> [<destination>]]

Generates LaTeX documents from standalone reStructuredText sources. This writer is EXPERIMENTAL and should not be used in a production environment. Reads from <source> (default is stdin) and writes to <destination> (default is stdout). See <http://docutils.sf.net/docs/user/config.html> 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-url=<URL>

Use <URL> for a source link; implies --source-link.

--toc-entry-backlinks

Link from section headers to TOC entries. (default)

--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: <locale-dependent>: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 error handler for error output. Default: ascii: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 2-letter code). Default: en.

--record-dependencies=<file>

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.

reStructuredText Parser Options

--pep-references

Recognize and link to standalone PEP references (like "PEP 258").

--pep-base-url=<URL>

Base URL for PEP references (default "http://www.python.org/dev/peps/").

--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 "RFC 822").

--rfc-base-url=<URL>

Base URL for RFC references (default "http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/").

--tab-width=<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.

--no-file-insertion

Disable directives that insert the contents of external file ("include" & "raw"); replaced with a "warning" system message.

--file-insertion-enabled

Enable directives that insert the contents of external file ("include" & "raw"). Enabled by default.

--no-raw

Disable the "raw" directives; replaced with a "warning" system message.

--raw-enabled

Enable the "raw" directive. Enabled by default.

Standalone Reader

--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

Note that this LaTeX writer is still EXPERIMENTAL and not feature-complete.

--stylesheet=<file>

Specify a stylesheet file. The path is used verbatim to include the file. Overrides --stylesheet-path.

--stylesheet-path=<file>

Specify a stylesheet file, relative to the current working directory. Overrides --stylesheet. Default: "docutils/writers/newlatex2e/base.tex"

--user-stylesheet=<file>

Specify a user stylesheet file. See --stylesheet.

--user-stylesheet-path=<file>

Specify a user stylesheet file. See --stylesheet- path.

History

--config since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --date since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --debug since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --error-encoding-error-handler since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --exit-status since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --file-insertion-enabled since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --footnote-backlinks since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --generator since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --halt since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --help since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --input-encoding-error-handler since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --leave-comments since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --leave-footnote-reference-space since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --no-datestamp since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --no-debug since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --no-doc-info since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --no-doc-title since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --no-file-insertion since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --no-footnote-backlinks since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --no-generator since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --no-raw since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --no-section-numbering since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --no-section-subtitles since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --no-source-link since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --no-toc-backlinks since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --no-traceback since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --output-encoding-error-handler since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --pep-base-url since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --pep-file-url-template since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --pep-references since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --quiet since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --raw-enabled since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --record-dependencies since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --rfc-base-url since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --rfc-references since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --section-numbering since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --section-subtitles since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --source-link since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --source-url since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --strict since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --strip-class since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --strip-comments since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --strip-elements-with-class since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --stylesheet since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --stylesheet-path since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --tab-width since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --time since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --title since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --toc-entry-backlinks since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --toc-top-backlinks since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --traceback since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --trim-footnote-reference-space since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --user-stylesheet since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --user-stylesheet-path since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --verbose since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --version since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --warnings since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -V since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -d since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -g since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -h since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -q since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -s since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -t since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -v since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).

--error-encoding until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --input-encoding until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --language until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --output-encoding until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --report until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -e until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -i until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -l until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -o until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -r until Debian 5.0 (Lenny).