Usage
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  rst2html [options] [<source> [<destination>]]

Generate HTML documents from standalone reStructuredText sources
<https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/user/html.html#html>.  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
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General Docutils Options
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--output-path=<destination>, --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.
--root-prefix=<path>    Base directory for absolute paths when reading from
                        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
                        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]>
                        Specify the encoding and optionally the error handler
                        of input text.  Default: utf-8.
--output-encoding=<name[:handler]>
                        Specify the text encoding and optionally the error
                        handler for output.  Default: utf-8.
--error-encoding=<name[:handler]>, -e <name[:handler]>
                        Specify text encoding and optionally the error handler
                        for error output.  Default: utf-8.
--language=<tag>, -l <tag>
                        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.
--validate              Validate the document tree after parsing.
--no-validation         Do not validate the document tree. (default)

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
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--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:
                        "html4css1.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: 1 for "<h1>")
--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=<style>   Class value(s) assigned to all tables. Defined styles:
                        borderless, booktabs, align-left, align-center, align-
                        right, colwidths-auto, colwidths-grid.
--math-output=<format [option(s)]>
                        Math output format (one of "MathML", "HTML",
                        "MathJax", or "LaTeX") and option(s). (default: "HTML
                        math.css")
--xml-declaration       Prepend an XML declaration (default).
--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.

HTML4 Writer Options
--------------------
--field-name-limit=<level>
                        Specify the maximum width (in characters) for one-
                        column field names.  Longer field names will span an
                        entire row of the table used to render the field list.
                        Default is 14 characters.  Use 0 for "no limit".
--option-limit=<level>  Specify the maximum width (in characters) for options
                        in option lists.  Longer options will span an entire
                        row of the table used to render the option list.
                        Default is 14 characters.  Use 0 for "no limit".
