Usage
=====
  docutils [options] [<source> [<destination>]]

Convert documents into useful formats.  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
------------------------
--output=<destination>  Output destination name. Obsoletes the <destination>
                        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.
--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
                        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: utf-8: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>
                        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.

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"
                        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
                        "PEP 258").
--pep-base-url=<URL>    Base URL for PEP references (default
                        "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
                        "RFC 822").
--rfc-base-url=<URL>    Base URL for RFC references (default
                        "https://tools.ietf.org/html/").
--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.
--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,...]>
                        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
                        (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.

HTML Writer Options
-------------------
--template=<file>       Template file. (UTF-8 encoded, default: [...])
--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: [...])
--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
                        simple field lists. (default)
--no-compact-field-lists
                        Disable compact simple field lists.
--table-style=TABLE_STYLE
                        Added to standard table classes. Defined styles:
                        borderless, booktabs, align-left, align-center, align-
                        right, 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.
--cloak-email-addresses
                        Obfuscate email addresses to confuse harvesters while
                        still keeping email links usable with standards-
                        compliant 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)

Docutils Application Options
----------------------------
Reader, writer, and parser settings influence the available options.
Example: use `--help --writer=latex` to see LaTeX writer options.

--reader=<reader>       Reader name (currently: "standalone").
--parser=<parser>       Parser name (currently: "rst").
--writer=<writer>       Writer name (currently: "html5").
