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Docutils Configuration
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:Author: David Goodger
:Contact: goodger@python.org
:Revision: $Revision: 6333 $
:Date: $Date: 2010-06-01 14:18:37 +0200 (Die, 01 Jun 2010) $
:Copyright: This document has been placed in the public domain.
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.. contents::
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Configuration Files
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Configuration files are used for persistent customization; they can be
set once and take effect every time you use a front-end tool.
Configuration file settings override the built-in defaults, and
command-line options override all.
By default, Docutils checks the following places for configuration
files, in the following order:
1. ``/etc/docutils.conf``: This is a system-wide configuration file,
applicable to all Docutils processing on the system.
2. ``./docutils.conf``: This is a project-specific configuration file,
located in the current directory. The Docutils front end has to be
executed from the directory containing this configuration file for
it to take effect (note that this may have nothing to do with the
location of the source files). Settings in the project-specific
configuration file will override corresponding settings in the
system-wide file.
3. ``~/.docutils``: This is a user-specific configuration file,
located in the user's home directory. Settings in this file will
override corresponding settings in both the system-wide and
project-specific configuration files.
If more than one configuration file is found, all will be read but
later entries will override earlier ones. For example, a "stylesheet"
entry in a user-specific configuration file will override a
"stylesheet" entry in the system-wide file.
The default implicit config file paths can be overridden by the
``DOCUTILSCONFIG`` environment variable. ``DOCUTILSCONFIG`` should
contain a colon-separated (semicolon-separated on Windows) sequence of
config file paths to search for; leave it empty to disable implicit
config files altogether. Tilde-expansion is performed on paths.
Paths are interpreted relative to the current working directory.
Empty path items are ignored.
In addition, a configuration file may be explicitly specified with the
"--config" command-line option. This configuration file is read after
the three implicit ones listed above (or the ones defined by the
``DOCUTILSCONFIG`` environment variable), and its entries will have
priority.
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Configuration File Syntax
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Configuration files are UTF-8-encoded text files. The
ConfigParser.py_ module from Python_'s standard library is used to
read them. From its documentation:
The configuration file consists of sections, lead by a "[section]"
header and followed by "name: value" entries, with continuations
in the style of `RFC 822`_; "name=value" is also accepted. Note
that leading whitespace is removed from values. ... Lines
beginning with "#" or ";" are ignored and may be used to provide
comments.
.. Note:: No format string interpolation is done.
Configuration file entry names correspond to internal runtime
settings. Underscores ("_") and hyphens ("-") can be used
interchangably in entry names; hyphens are automatically converted to
underscores.
For on/off switch settings (booleans), the following values are
recognized:
* On: "true", "yes", "on", "1"
* Off: "false", "no", "off", "0", "" (no value)
Example
=======
This is the contents of the ``tools/docutils.conf`` configuration file
supplied with Docutils::
# These entries affect all processing:
[general]
source-link: yes
datestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M UTC
generator: on
# These entries affect HTML output:
[html4css1 writer]
# Required for docutils-update, the website build system:
stylesheet-path: ../docutils/writers/html4css1/html4css1.css
embed-stylesheet: no
field-name-limit: 20
Individual configuration sections and settings are described in the
following section.
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Configuration File Sections & Entries
-------------------------------------
Below are the Docutils runtime settings, listed by config file
section. Any setting may be specified in any section, but only
settings from active sections will be used. Sections correspond to
Docutils components (module name or alias; section names are always in
lowercase letters). Each `Docutils application`_ uses a specific set
of components; corresponding configuration file sections are applied
when the application is used. Configuration sections are applied in
general-to-specific order, as follows:
1. `[general]`_
2. `[parsers]`_, parser dependencies, and the section specific to the
Parser used ("[... parser]"). Currently, only `[restructuredtext
parser]`_ is applicable.
3. `[readers]`_, reader dependencies, and the section specific to the
Reader used ("[... reader]"). For example, `[pep reader]`_ depends
on `[standalone reader]`_.
4. `[writers]`_, writer dependencies, and the section specific to the
Writer used ("[... writer]"). For example, `[pep_html writer]`_
depends on `[html4css1 writer]`_.
5. `[applications]`_, application dependencies, and the section
specific to the Application (front-end tool) in use
("[... application]").
Since any setting may be specified in any section, this ordering
allows component- or application-specific overrides of earlier
settings. For example, there may be Reader-specific overrides of
general settings; Writer-specific overrides of Parser settings;
Application-specific overrides of Writer settings; and so on.
If multiple configuration files are applicable, the process is
completed (all sections are applied in the order given) for each one
before going on to the next. For example, a "[pep_html writer]
stylesheet" setting in an earlier configuration file would be
overridden by an "[html4css1 writer] stylesheet" setting in a later
file.
Some knowledge of Python_ is assumed for some attributes.
.. _ConfigParser.py:
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-ConfigParser.html
.. _Python: http://www.python.org/
.. _RFC 822: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc822.txt
.. _Docutils application: tools.html
[general]
=========
Settings in the "[general]" section are always applied.
_`auto_id_prefix`
Prefix prepended to all auto-generated IDs generated within the
document, after id_prefix_.
Default: "id". Options: ``--auto-id-prefix`` (hidden, intended
mainly for programmatic use).
_`datestamp`
Include a time/datestamp in the document footer. Contains a
format string for Python's ``time.strftime``. See the `time
module documentation`__.
Default: None. Options: ``--date, -d, --time, -t,
--no-datestamp``.
Configuration file entry examples::
# Equivalent to --date command-line option, results in
# ISO 8601 extended format datestamp, e.g. "2001-12-21":
datestamp: %Y-%m-%d
# Equivalent to --time command-line option, results in
# date/timestamp like "2001-12-21 18:43 UTC":
datestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M UTC
# Disables datestamp; equivalent to --no-datestamp:
datestamp:
__ http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-time.html
_`debug`
Report debug-level system messages.
Default: don't (None). Options: ``--debug, --no-debug``.
_`dump_internals`
At the end of processing, write all internal attributes of the
document (``document.__dict__``) to stderr.
Default: don't (None). Options: ``--dump-internals`` (hidden, for
development use only).
_`dump_pseudo_xml`
At the end of processing, write the pseudo-XML representation of
the document to stderr.
Default: don't (None). Options: ``--dump-pseudo-xml`` (hidden,
for development use only).
_`dump_settings`
At the end of processing, write all Docutils settings to stderr.
Default: don't (None). Options: ``--dump-settings`` (hidden, for
development use only).
_`dump_transforms`
At the end of processing, write a list of all transforms applied
to the document to stderr.
Default: don't (None). Options: ``--dump-transforms`` (hidden,
for development use only).
_`error_encoding`
The text encoding for error output.
Default: "ascii". Options: ``--error-encoding, -e``.
_`error_encoding_error_handler`
The error handler for unencodable characters in error output. See
output_encoding_error_handler_ for acceptable values.
Default: "backslashreplace" for Python 2.3 and later; "replace"
otherwise. Options: ``--error-encoding-error-handler,
--error-encoding, -e``.
_`exit_status_level`
A system message level threshold; non-halting system messages at
or above this level will produce a non-zero exit status at normal
exit. Exit status is the maximum system message level plus 10 (11
for INFO, etc.).
Default: disabled (5). Options: ``--exit-status``.
_`expose_internals`
List of internal attribues to expose as external attributes (with
"internal:" namespace prefix). To specify multiple attributes in
configuration files, use colons to separate names; on the command
line, the option may be used more than once.
Default: don't (None). Options: ``--expose-internal-attribute``
(hidden, for development use only).
_`footnote_backlinks`
Enable or disable backlinks from footnotes and citations to their
references.
Default: enabled (1). Options: ``--footnote-backlinks,
--no-footnote-backlinks``.
_`generator`
Include a "Generated by Docutils" credit and link in the document
footer.
Default: off (None). Options: ``--generator, -g,
--no-generator``.
_`halt_level`
The threshold at or above which system messages are converted to
exceptions, halting execution immediately. If `traceback`_ is
set, the exception will propagate; otherwise, Docutils will exit.
Default: severe (4). Options: ``--halt, --strict``.
_`id_prefix`
Prefix prepended to all IDs generated within the document. See
also auto_id_prefix_.
Default: "" (empty). Options: ``--id-prefix`` (hidden, intended
mainly for programmatic use).
_`input_encoding`
The text encoding for input.
Default: auto-detect (None). Options: ``--input-encoding, -i``.
_`input_encoding_error_handler`
The error handler for undecodable characters in the input.
Acceptable values include:
strict
Raise an exception in case of an encoding error.
replace
Replace malformed data with the official Unicode replacement
character, U+FFFD.
ignore
Ignore malformed data and continue without further notice.
Acceptable values are the same as for the "error" parameter of
Python's ``unicode`` function; other values may be defined in
applications or in future versions of Python.
Default: "strict". Options: ``--input-encoding-error-handler,
--input-encoding, -i``.
_`language_code`
`ISO 639`_ 2-letter language code (3-letter codes used only if no
2-letter code exists).
Default: English ("en"). Options: ``--language, -l``.
_`output_encoding`
The text encoding for output.
Default: "UTF-8". Options: ``--output-encoding, -o``.
_`output_encoding_error_handler`
The error handler for unencodable characters in the output.
Acceptable values include:
strict
Raise an exception in case of an encoding error.
replace
Replace malformed data with a suitable replacement marker,
such as "?".
ignore
Ignore malformed data and continue without further notice.
xmlcharrefreplace
Replace with the appropriate XML character reference, such as
"``†``".
backslashreplace
(Python 2.3+) Replace with backslashed escape sequences, such
as "``\u2020``".
Acceptable values are the same as for the "error" parameter of
Python's ``encode`` string method; other values may be defined in
applications or in future versions of Python.
Default: "strict". Options: ``--output-encoding-error-handler,
--output-encoding, -o``.
_`record_dependencies`
Path to a file where Docutils will write a list of files that the
input and output depend on [#dependencies]_, e.g. due to file
inclusion. [#pwd]_ The format is one filename per line. This
option is particularly useful in conjunction with programs like
``make``.
Set to ``-`` in order to write dependencies to stdout.
Default: None. Option: ``--record-dependencies``.
_`report_level`
Verbosity threshold at or above which system messages are
reported.
Default: warning (2). Options: ``--report, -r, --verbose, -v,
--quiet, -q``.
_`sectnum_xform`
Enable or disable automatic section numbering by Docutils
(docutils.transforms.parts.SectNum) associated with the `sectnum
directive`_.
If disabled, section numbers might be added to the output by the
renderer (e.g. LaTeX or via a CSS style definition).
Default: enabled (1). Options: ``--section-numbering``,
``--no-section-numbering``.
.. _sectnum directive: ../ref/rst/directives.html#sectnum
_`source_link`
Include a "View document source" link in the document footer. URL
will be relative to the destination.
Default: don't (None). Options: ``--source-link, -s,
--no-source-link``.
_`source_url`
An explicit URL for a "View document source" link, used verbatim.
Default: compute if source_link (None). Options: ``--source-url,
--no-source-link``.
_`strict_visitor`
When processing a document tree with the Visitor pattern, raise an
error if a writer does not support a node type listed as optional.
For transitional development use.
Default: disabled (None). Option: ``--strict-visitor`` (hidden,
for development use only).
_`strip_classes`
List of "classes" attribute values to remove from all elements in
the document tree.
.. WARNING:: Potentially dangerous; use with caution.
Default: disabled (None). Option: ``--strip-class``.
_`strip_comments`
Enable the removal of comment elements from the document tree.
Default: disabled (None). Options: ``--strip-comments``,
``--leave-comments``.
_`strip_elements_with_classes`
List of "classes" attribute values; matching elements to be
removed from the document tree.
.. WARNING:: Potentially dangerous; use with caution.
Default: disabled (None). Option: ``--strip-element-with-class``.
_`title`
The document title as metadata, which does not become part of the
document body. It overrides a document-supplied title. For
example, in HTML output the metadata document title appears in the
title bar of the browser window.
Default: none. Option: ``--title``.
_`toc_backlinks`
Enable backlinks from section titles to table of contents entries
("entry"), to the top of the TOC ("top"), or disable ("none").
Default: "entry". Options: ``--toc-entry-backlinks,
--toc-top-backlinks, --no-toc-backlinks``.
_`traceback`
Enable Python tracebacks when halt-level system messages and other
exceptions occur. Useful for debugging, and essential for issue
reports. Exceptions are allowed to propagate, instead of being
caught and reported (in a user-friendly way) by Docutils.
Default: disabled (None) unless Docutils is run programmatically
using the `Publisher Interface`_. Options: ``--traceback,
--no-traceback``.
.. _Publisher Interface: ../api/publisher.html
_`warning_stream`
Path to a file for the output of system messages (warnings)
[#pwd]_.
Default: stderr (None). Options: ``--warnings``.
[parsers]
---------
Docutils currently supports only one parser, for reStructuredText.
[restructuredtext parser]
`````````````````````````
_`file_insertion_enabled`
Enable or disable directives that insert the contents of external
files, such as the "include_" & "raw_". A "warning" system
message (including the directive text) is inserted instead. (See
also raw_enabled_ for another security-relevant setting.)
Default: enabled (1). Options: ``--file-insertion-enabled,
--no-file-insertion``.
.. _include: ../ref/rst/directives.html#include
.. _raw: ../ref/rst/directives.html#raw
_`pep_references`
Recognize and link to standalone PEP references (like "PEP 258").
Default: disabled (None); enabled (1) in PEP Reader. Options:
``--pep-references``.
_`pep_base_url`
Base URL for PEP references.
Default: "http://www.python.org/peps/". Option:
``--pep-base-url``.
_`pep_file_url_template`
Template for PEP file part of URL, interpolated with the PEP
number and appended to pep_base_url_.
Default: "pep-%04d". Option: ``--pep-file-url``.
_`raw_enabled`
Enable or disable the "raw_" directive. A "warning" system
message (including the directive text) is inserted instead. (See
also file_insertion_enabled_ for another security-relevant
setting.)
Default: enabled (1). Options: ``--raw-enabled, --no-raw``.
_`rfc_references`
Recognize and link to standalone RFC references (like "RFC 822").
Default: disabled (None); enabled (1) in PEP Reader. Options:
``--rfc-references``.
_`rfc_base_url`
Base URL for RFC references.
Default: "http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/". Option: ``--rfc-base-url``.
_`tab_width`
Number of spaces for hard tab expansion.
Default: 8. Options: ``--tab-width``.
_`trim_footnote_reference_space`
Remove spaces before footnote references.
Default: don't (None); may be overriden by a writer-specific
footnote_references__ default though. Options:
``--trim-footnote-reference-space,
--leave-footnote-reference-space``.
__ `footnote_references [latex2e writer]`_
[readers]
---------
[standalone reader]
```````````````````
_`docinfo_xform`
Enable or disable the bibliographic field list transform
(docutils.transforms.frontmatter.DocInfo).
Default: enabled (1). Options: ``--no-doc-info``.
_`doctitle_xform`
Enable or disable the promotion of a lone top-level section title
to document title (and subsequent section title to document
subtitle promotion; docutils.transforms.frontmatter.DocTitle).
Default: enabled (1). Options: ``--no-doc-title``.
_`sectsubtitle_xform`
Enable or disable the promotion of the title of a lone subsection
to a subtitle (docutils.transforms.frontmatter.SectSubTitle).
Default: disabled (0). Options: ``--section-subtitles,
--no-section-subtitles``.
[pep reader]
````````````
The `pep_references`_ and `rfc_references`_ settings
(`[restructuredtext parser]`_) are set on by default.
[python reader]
```````````````
Under construction.
[writers]
---------
[docutils_xml writer]
`````````````````````
_`doctype_declaration`
Generate XML with a DOCTYPE declaration.
Default: do (1). Options: ``--no-doctype``.
_`indents`
Generate XML with indents and newlines.
Default: don't (None). Options: ``--indents``.
_`newlines`
Generate XML with newlines before and after tags.
Default: don't (None). Options: ``--newlines``.
.. _xml_declaration [docutils_xml writer]:
xml_declaration
Generate XML with an XML declaration. Also defined for the
`HTML Writer`__.
.. Caution:: The XML declaration carries text encoding
information, without which standard tools may be unable to read
the generated XML.
Default: do (1). Options: ``--no-xml-declaration``.
__ `xml_declaration [html4css1 writer]`_
[html4css1 writer]
``````````````````
.. _attribution [html4css1 writer]:
attribution
Format for block quote attributions: one of "dash" (em-dash
prefix), "parentheses"/"parens", or "none". Also defined for the
`LaTeX Writer`__.
Default: "dash". Options: ``--attribution``.
__ `attribution [latex2e writer]`_
_`cloak_email_addresses`
Scramble email addresses to confuse harvesters. In the reference
URI, the "@" will be replaced by %-escapes (as of RFC 1738). In
the visible text (link text) of an email reference, the "@" and
all periods (".") will be surrounded by ``<span>`` tags.
Furthermore, HTML entities are used to encode these characters in
order to further complicate decoding the email address. For
example, "abc@example.org" will be output as::
<a class="reference" href="mailto:abc%40example.org">
abc<span>@</span>example<span>.</span>org</a>
.. Note:: While cloaking email addresses will have little to no
impact on the rendering and usability of email links in most
browsers, some browsers (e.g. the ``links`` browser) may decode
cloaked email addresses incorrectly.
Default: don't cloak (None). Option: ``--cloak-email-addresses``.
_`compact_lists`
Remove extra vertical whitespace between items of bullet lists and
enumerated lists, when list items are all "simple" (i.e., items
each contain one paragraph and/or one "simple" sublist only). The
behaviour can be specified directly via "class" attributes (values
"compact" and "open") in the document.
Default: enabled (1). Options: ``--compact-lists,
--no-compact-lists``.
_`compact_field_lists`
Remove extra vertical whitespace between items of field lists that
are "simple" (i.e., all field bodies each contain at most one
paragraph). The behaviour can be specified directly via "class"
attributes (values "compact" and "open") in the document.
Default: enabled (1). Options: ``--compact-field-lists,
--no-compact-field-lists``.
.. _embed_stylesheet [html4css1 writer]:
embed_stylesheet
Embed the stylesheet in the output HTML file. The stylesheet file
must specified by the stylesheet_path__ setting and must be
accessible during processing.
Also defined for the `LaTeX Writer`__.
Default: enabled. Options: ``--embed-stylesheet,
--link-stylesheet``.
__ `stylesheet_path [html4css1 writer]`_
__ `embed_stylesheet [latex2e writer]`_
_`field_name_limit`
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. 0 indicates "no limit". See also
option_limit_.
Default: 14 characters. Option: ``--field-name-limit``.
.. _footnote_references [html4css1 writer]:
footnote_references
Format for footnote references, one of "superscript" or
"brackets". Also defined for the `LaTeX Writer`__.
Overrides [#override]_ trim_footnote_reference_space_, if
applicable. [#footnote_space]_
Default: "brackets". Option: ``--footnote-references``.
__ `footnote_references [latex2e writer]`_
_`initial_header_level`
The initial level for header elements. This does not affect the
document title & subtitle; see doctitle_xform_.
Default: 1 (for "<h1>"). Option: ``--initial-header-level``.
_`option_limit`
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. 0 indicates "no limit". See also
field_name_limit_.
Default: 14 characters. Option: ``--option-limit``.
.. _stylesheet [html4css1 writer]:
stylesheet
A comma-separated list of CSS stylesheet URLs, used verbatim.
Also defined for the `LaTeX Writer`__.
Overrides also stylesheet-path__. [#override]_
Default: None. Options: ``--stylesheet``.
__ `stylesheet_path [html4css1 writer]`_
__ `stylesheet [latex2e writer]`_
.. _stylesheet_path [html4css1 writer]:
stylesheet_path
A comma-separated list of paths [#pwd]_ to CSS stylesheets.
If embed_stylesheet__ is False, paths are rewritten relative to the
output HTML file. Also defined for the `LaTeX Writer`__.
Also overrides "stylesheet". [#override]_
Pass an empty string (to either "stylesheet" or "stylesheet_path") to
deactivate stylesheet inclusion.
Default: "html4css1.css" in the docutils/writers/html4css1/
directory (installed automatically; for the exact machine-specific
path, use the ``--help`` option). Options: ``--stylesheet-path``.
__ `embed_stylesheet [html4css1 writer]`_
__ `stylesheet_path [latex2e writer]`_
.. _table_style [html4css1 writer]:
table_style
Added to standard table classes to allow styling with CSS.
The default sylesheet defines:
borderless
no borders around the table.
.. TODO: booktabs
a line above and below the table and one after the head.
Default: "". Option: ``--table-style``.
.. _template [html4css1 writer]:
template
Path to template file, which must be encoded in UTF-8 [#pwd]_.
Also defined for the `LaTeX Writer`__.
Default: "template.txt" in the docutils/writers/html4css1/
directory (installed automatically; for the exact machine-specific
path, use the ``--help`` option). Options: ``--template``.
__ `template [latex2e writer]`_
.. _xml_declaration [html4css1 writer]:
xml_declaration
Generate XML with an XML declaration. Also defined for the
`Docutils XML Writer`__.
.. Caution:: The XML declaration carries text encoding
information, without which standard tools may be unable to read
the generated XML.
Default: do (1). Options: ``--no-xml-declaration``.
__ `xml_declaration [docutils_xml writer]`_
[pep_html writer]
.................
The PEP/HTML Writer derives from the standard HTML Writer, and shares
all settings defined in the `[html4css1 writer]`_ section. The
"[html4css1 writer]" section of configuration files is processed
before the "[pep_html writer]" section.
_`no_random`
Do not use a random banner image. Mainly used to get predictable
results when testing.
Default: random enabled (None). Options: ``--no-random``
(hidden).
_`pep_home`
Home URL prefix for PEPs.
Default: current directory ("."). Options: ``--pep-home``.
_`python_home`
Python's home URL.
Default: parent directory (".."). Options: ``--python-home``.
The PEP/HTML Writer's default for the following settings differ from
those of the standard HTML Writer:
* ``stylesheet_path``: The default is
``docutils/writers/pep_html/pep.css`` in the installation directory.
For the exact machine-specific path, use the ``--help`` option.
* ``template``: The default is
``docutils/writers/pep_html/template.txt`` in the installation
directory. For the exact machine-specific path, use the ``--help``
option.
[s5_html writer]
.................
The S5/HTML Writer derives from the standard HTML Writer, and shares
all settings defined in the `[html4css1 writer]`_ section. The
"[html4css1 writer]" section of configuration files is processed
before the "[s5_html writer]" section.
_`hidden_controls`
Auto-hide the presentation controls in slideshow mode, or or keep
them visible at all times.
Default: auto-hide (1). Options: ``--hidden-controls``,
``--visible-controls``.
_`current_slide`
Enable or disable the current slide indicator ("1/15").
Default: disabled (None). Options: ``--current-slide``,
``--no-current-slide``.
_`overwrite_theme_files`
Allow or prevent the overwriting of existing theme files in the
``ui/<theme>`` directory. This has no effect if "theme_url_" is
used.
Default: keep existing theme files (None). Options:
``--keep-theme-files``, ``--overwrite-theme-files``.
_`theme`
Name of an installed S5 theme, to be copied into a ``ui/<theme>``
subdirectory, beside the destination file (output HTML). Note
that existing theme files will not be overwritten; the existing
theme directory must be deleted manually.
Also overrides the "theme_url_" setting. [#override]_
Default: "default". Option: ``--theme``.
_`theme_url`
The URL of an S5 theme directory. The destination file (output
HTML) will link to this theme; nothing will be copied. Also overrides
the "theme_" setting. [#override]_
Default: None. Option: ``--theme-url``.
_`view_mode`
The initial view mode, either "slideshow" or "outline".
Default: "slidewhow". Option: ``--view-mode``.
The S5/HTML Writer's default for the following settings differ
from those of the standard HTML Writer:
* ``compact_lists``: The default here is to disable compact lists.
* ``template``: The default is
``docutils/writers/s5_html/template.txt`` in the installation
directory. For the exact machine-specific path, use the ``--help``
option.
[latex2e writer]
````````````````
_`use_latex_toc`
To get pagenumbers in the table of contents the table of contents
must be generated by LaTeX. Usually latex must be run twice to get
numbers correct.
Default: on. Options: ``--use-latex-toc, --use-docutils-toc``.
_`use_latex_docinfo`
Attach author and date to the document title
instead of the document info table.
Default: off. Options: ``--use-latex-docinfo, --use-docutils-docinfo``
_`docutils_footnotes`
Use the Docutils-specific macros ``\DUfootnote`` and
``\DUfootnotetext`` for footnotes.
Default: on. Option: ``--docutils-footnotes``.
_`use_latex_footnotes`
Backwards-compatibility alias for docutils_footnotes_ (deprecated).
*Note*: the planned new option _`latex_footnotes` will use the
``\footnote`` command and footnote numbering by LaTeX.
_`figure_footnotes`
Typeset footnote text in a figure float.
This may lead to footnotes, citations, and figures being
mixed at page foot.
*Deprecated:* This setting will be removed in a future Docutils
version.
Default: off. Option: ``--figure-footnotes``.
_`use_latex_citations`
Use \cite for citations instead of a simulation with figure-floats.
Default: off. Options: ``--use-latex-citations, --figure-citations``.
_`use_latex_abstract`
Use LaTeX abstract environment for the document's abstract.
Default: off. Options: ``--use-latex-abstract, --topic-abstract``.
_`hyperlink_color`
Color of any hyperlinks embedded in text. Use "0" to disable
coloring of links.
Default: "blue". Option: ``--hyperlink-color``.
_`documentclass`
Specify latex documentclass.
Default: "article". Option: ``--documentclass``.
_`documentoptions`
Specify document options. Multiple options can be given, separated by
commas.
Default: "10pt,a4paper". Option: ``--documentoptions``.
_`font_encoding`
Specify LaTeX font encoding. Multiple options can be given, separated
by commas. Possible values are "", "T1", "OT1", "LGR,T1" or any other
combination of `LaTeX font encodings`_.
Default: "T1". Option: ``--font-encoding``.
.. _LaTeX font encodings:
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/doc/encguide.pdf
.. _embed_stylesheet [latex2e writer]:
embed_stylesheet
Embed the stylesheet(s) in the header of the output file. The
stylesheets must be accessible during processing. Currently, this
fails if the file is not available via the given path (i.e. the
file is *not* searched in the `TeX input path`_).
Also defined for the `HTML Writer`__ (with default *on*).
Default: off. Options: ``--embed-stylesheet, --link-stylesheet``.
__ `embed_stylesheet [html4css1 writer]`_
.. _stylesheet [latex2e writer]:
stylesheet
A comma-separated list of style files.
Also defined for the `HTML Writer`__.
Overrides also stylesheet_path__. [#override]_
If `embed_stylesheet`__ is False (default), the stylesheet files are
referenced with ``\usepackage`` (extension ``.sty`` or no extension) or
``\input`` (any other extension).
LaTeX will search the specified files in the `TeX input path`_.
Default: no stylesheet (""). Option: ``--stylesheet``.
__ `stylesheet_path [latex2e writer]`_
__ `embed_stylesheet [latex2e writer]`_
__ `stylesheet [html4css1 writer]`_
.. _TeX input path:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=what-TDS
.. _stylesheet_path [latex2e writer]:
stylesheet_path
Similar to stylesheet__, however paths [#pwd]_ are rewritten relative to
the output file (if there is a common part in the given path and the
output file path). Also defined for the `HTML Writer`__.
Run ``latex`` from the directory containing the output file. Fails for
files in the TEXINPUTS path; use stylesheet__ in this case.
Also overrides stylesheet__. [#override]_
Default: no stylesheet (""). Option: ``--stylesheet-path``.
__ `stylesheet [latex2e writer]`_
__ `stylesheet_path [html4css1 writer]`_
__
__ `stylesheet [latex2e writer]`_
_`latex_preamble`
LaTeX code that will be inserted in the document preamble.
Can be used to load packages with options or (re-) define LaTeX
macros without writing a custom style file (new in Docutils 0.7).
Default: Load the "PDF standard fonts" (Times, Helvetica,
Courier)::
\usepackage{mathptmx} % Times
\usepackage[scaled=.90]{helvet}
\usepackage{courier}
Option: ``--latex-preamble``
.. _template [latex2e writer]:
template
Path to template file, which must be encoded in UTF-8 [#pwd]_.
Also defined for the `HTML Writer`__.
Default: "default.tex" in the docutils/writers/latex2e/
directory (installed automatically; for the exact machine-specific
path, use the ``--help`` option). Options: ``--template``.
__ `template [html4css1 writer]`_
.. _footnote_references [latex2e writer]:
footnote_references
Format for footnote references: one of "superscript" or
"brackets". Also defined for the `HTML Writer`__.
Overrides [#override]_ trim_footnote_reference_space_, if
applicable [#footnote_space]_.
Default: "superscript". Option: ``--footnote-references``.
__ `footnote_references [html4css1 writer]`_
.. _attribution [latex2e writer]:
attribution
Format for block quote attributions, the same as for the
html-writer: one of "dash" (em-dash prefix),
"parentheses"/"parens" or "none". Also defined for the `HTML
Writer`__.
Default: "dash". Option: ``--attribution``.
__ `attribution [html4css1 writer]`_
_`compound_enumerators`
Enable or disable compound enumerators for nested enumerated lists
(e.g. "1.2.a.ii").
Default: disabled (None). Options: ``--compound-enumerators``,
``--no-compound-enumerators``.
_`literal_block_env`
When possibile\ [#]_, use the specified environment for literal-blocks.
Default: "" (quoting of whitespace and special chars)
Option: ``--literal-block-env``
.. [#] A literal-block element, when processed by a Docutils writer might
have it's origin in a markup with "::" syntax or a "..
parsed-literal::" directive.
A LaTeX verbatim environment is only usable if there is no other
markup contained in the literal-block.
_`section_prefix_for_enumerators`
Enable or disable section ("." subsection ...) prefixes for
compound enumerators. This has no effect unless
`compound_enumerators`_ are enabled.
Default: disabled (None). Options:
``--section-prefix-for-enumerators``,
``--no-section-prefix-for-enumerators``.
_`section_enumerator_separator`
The separator between section number prefix and enumerator for
compound enumerated lists (see `compound_enumerators`_).
Generally it isn't recommended to use both sub-sections and nested
enumerated lists with compound enumerators. This setting avoids
ambiguity in the situation where a section "1" has a list item
enumerated "1.1", and subsection "1.1" has list item "1". With a
separator of ".", these both would translate into a final compound
enumerator of "1.1.1". With a separator of "-", we get the
unambiguous "1-1.1" and "1.1-1".
Default: "-". Option: ``--section-enumerator-separator``.
.. _table_style [latex2e writer]:
table_style
Specify the drawing of separation lines.
Supported values:
standard
lines around and between cells.
booktabs
a line above and below the table and one after the head.
borderless
no lines.
Default: "standard". Option: ``--table-style``.
[pseudoxml writer]
``````````````````
No settings are defined for this Writer.
[applications]
--------------
[buildhtml application]
```````````````````````
_`ignore`
List of wildcard (shell globing) patterns to silently ignore. To
specify multiple patterns in configuration files, use
colon-separated patterns; on the command line, the option may be
used more than once.
Default: ['.svn', 'CVS']. Options: ``--ignore``.
_`prune`
List of directories not to process. To specify multiple
directories in configuration files, use colon-separated paths; on
the command line, the option may be used more than once.
Default: none ([]). Options: ``--prune``.
_`recurse`
Recursively scan subdirectories, or ignore subdirectories.
Default: recurse (1). Options: ``--recurse, --local``.
_`silent`
Work silently (no progress messages). Independent of
"report_level".
Default: show progress (None). Options: ``--silent``.
[docfactory application]
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(To be completed.)
Other Settings
==============
Command-Line Only
-----------------
These settings are only effective as command-line options; setting
them in configuration files has no effect.
_`config`
Path to a configuration file to read (if it exists) [#pwd]_.
Settings may override defaults and earlier settings. The config
file is processed immediately. Multiple ``--config`` options may
be specified; each will be processed in turn.
Filesystem path settings contained within the config file will be
interpreted relative to the config file's location (*not* relative
to the current working directory).
Default: None. Options: ``--config``.
Internal Settings
-----------------
These settings are for internal use only; setting them in
configuration files has no effect, and there are no corresponding
command-line options.
_`_config_files`
List of paths of applied configuration files.
Default: None. No command-line options.
_`_directories`
(``buildhtml.py`` front end.) List of paths to source
directories, set from positional arguments.
Default: current working directory (None). No command-line
options.
_`_disable_config`
Prevent standard configuration files from being read. For
programmatic use only.
Default: config files enabled (None). No command-line options.
_`_destination`
Path to output destination, set from positional arguments.
Default: stdout (None). No command-line options.
_`_source`
Path to input source, set from positional arguments.
Default: stdin (None). No command-line options.
.. _ISO 639: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php
.. [#pwd] Path relative to the working directory of the process at
launch.
.. [#override] The overridden setting will automatically be set to
``None`` for command-line options and config file settings. Client
programs which specify defaults that override other settings must
do the overriding explicitly, by assigning ``None`` to the other
settings.
.. [#dependencies] Some notes on the dependency recorder:
* Images are only added to the dependency list if the
reStructuredText parser extracted image dimensions from the file.
* Stylesheets are only added if they are embedded.
* For practical reasons, the output of the LaTeX writer is
considered merely an *intermediate* processing stage. The
dependency recorder records all files the *rendered* file
(e.g. in PDF or DVI format) depends on. Thus, images and
stylesheets are both unconditionally recorded as dependencies
when using the LaTeX writer.
.. [#footnote_space] The footnote space is trimmed if the reference
style is "superscript", and it is left if the reference style is
"brackets".
The overriding only happens if the parser supports the
trim_footnote_reference_space option.
------------------------------
Old-Format Configuration Files
------------------------------
Formerly, Docutils configuration files contained a single "[options]"
section only. This was found to be inflexible, and in August 2003
Docutils adopted the current component-based configuration file
sections as described above. Docutils will still recognize the old
"[options]" section, but complains with a deprecation warning.
To convert existing config files, the easiest way is to change the
section title: change "[options]" to "[general]". Most settings
haven't changed. The only ones to watch out for are these:
===================== =====================================
Old-Format Setting New Section & Setting
===================== =====================================
pep_stylesheet [pep_html writer] stylesheet
pep_stylesheet_path [pep_html writer] stylesheet_path
pep_template [pep_html writer] template
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