docutils.__main__.CliSettingsSpec

class documentation

class CliSettingsSpec(docutils.SettingsSpec): (source)

Runtime settings & command-line options for the generic CLI. Configurable reader, parser, and writer components. The "--writer" default will change to 'html' when this becomes an alias for 'html5'.

Class Variable	`config_section`	The name of the config file section specific to this component (lowercase, no brackets). Override in subclasses.
Class Variable	`config_section_dependencies`	A list of names of config file sections that are to be applied before `config_section`, in order (from general to specific). In other words, the settings in `config_section` are to be overlaid on top of the settings from these sections...
Class Variable	`settings_spec`	Runtime settings specification. Override in subclasses.

Inherited from SettingsSpec:

Class Variable	`relative_path_settings`	Settings containing filesystem paths. Override in subclasses. Settings listed here are to be interpreted relative to the current working directory.
Class Variable	`settings_default_overrides`	A dictionary of auxiliary defaults, to override defaults for settings defined in other components' `setting_specs`. Override in subclasses.
Class Variable	`settings_defaults`	A dictionary of defaults for settings not in `settings_spec` (internal settings, intended to be inaccessible by command-line and config file). Override in subclasses.

config_section: str = (source)

overrides docutils.SettingsSpec.config_section

The name of the config file section specific to this component (lowercase, no brackets). Override in subclasses.

config_section_dependencies: tuple[str, ...] = (source)

overrides docutils.SettingsSpec.config_section_dependencies

A list of names of config file sections that are to be applied before `config_section`, in order (from general to specific). In other words, the settings in `config_section` are to be overlaid on top of the settings from these sections. The "general" section is assumed implicitly. Override in subclasses.

settings_spec: tuple = (source)

overrides docutils.SettingsSpec.settings_spec

Runtime settings specification. Override in subclasses. Defines runtime settings and associated command-line options, as used by `docutils.frontend.OptionParser`. This is a tuple of: - Option group title (string or `None` which implies no group, just a list of single options). - Description (string or `None`). - A sequence of option tuples. Each consists of: - Help text (string) - List of option strings (e.g. ``['-Q', '--quux']``). - Dictionary of keyword arguments sent to the OptionParser/OptionGroup ``add_option`` method. Runtime setting names are derived implicitly from long option names ('--a-setting' becomes ``settings.a_setting``) or explicitly from the 'dest' keyword argument. Most settings will also have a 'validator' keyword & function. The validator function validates setting values (from configuration files and command-line option arguments) and converts them to appropriate types. For example, the ``docutils.frontend.validate_boolean`` function, **required by all boolean settings**, converts true values ('1', 'on', 'yes', and 'true') to 1 and false values ('0', 'off', 'no', 'false', and '') to 0. Validators need only be set once per setting. See the `docutils.frontend.validate_*` functions. See the optparse docs for more details. - More triples of group title, description, options, as many times as needed. Thus, `settings_spec` tuples can be simply concatenated.