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NAME

       xmlto - apply an XSL stylesheet to an XML document

SYNOPSIS

       xmlto [-o output_dir] [-x custom_xsl] [-m xsl_fragment] [-v] [-p postprocessor_opts] [--extensions] [--searchpath path] [--skip-validation]
	     [--stringparam paramname=paramvalue] [--noclean] [--noautosize] [--with-fop] [--with-dblatex] {format} {file}

       xmlto {[--help] | [--version]}

DESCRIPTION

       The purpose of xmlto is to convert an XML file to the desired format using whatever means necessary. This may involve two steps:

	1. The application of an appropriate XSL stylesheet using an XSL-T processor.

	2. Further processing with other tools. This step may not be necessary.

       To decide which stylesheet to use and what, if any, needs to be done to post-process the output, xmlto makes use of format scripts, which
       are simple shell scripts that xmlto calls during the conversion.

       The appropriate format script is selected based on the type of XML file and the desired output format.  xmlto comes with some format
       scripts for converting DocBook XML files to a variety of formats. You may specify your own format script by using an absolute filename for
       format on the command line.

       Firstly, if xmlto has not been told explicitly which stylesheet to use (with the -x option), the format script will be called with $1 set
       to stylesheet. The environment variable XSLT_PROCESSOR contains the base name of the executable that will be used to perform the XSL-T
       transformation (for example xsltproc). The format script should write the name of the stylesheet to use to standard output and exit
       successfully, or exit with a non-zero return code if there is no appropriate stylesheet to use (for example, if the only available
       stylesheet is known not to work with the XSL-T processor that will be used). If nothing is written to standard output but the script exits
       successfully, no XSL-T transformation will be performed.

       Secondly, after an XSL-T processor has been run using the stylesheet, the format script will be called again, this time with $1 set to
       post-process. The format script should perform any necessary steps to translate the XSL-T processed output into the desired output format,
       including copying the output to the desired output directory. For post-processing, the format script is run in a temporary directory
       containing just the processed output (whose name is stored in XSLT_PROCESSED and whose basename is that of the original XML file with any
       filename extension replaced with .proc).  INPUT_FILE is set to the name of the original XML file, OUTPUT_DIR is set to the name of the
       directory that the output (and only the output) must end up in, and SEARCHPATH is set to a colon-separate list of fallback directories in
       which to look for input (for images, for example). If this step is unsuccessful the format script should exit with a non-zero return code.

OPTIONS

       -v
	   Be verbose (-vv for very verbose).

       -x stylesheet
	   Use stylesheet instead of asking the format script to choose one.

       -m fragment
	   Use the provided XSL fragment to modify the stylesheet.

       -o directory
	   Put output in the specified directory instead of the current working directory.

       -p postprocessor_opts
	   Pass postprocessor_opts to processing stages after stylesheet application (e.g.  lynx or links when going through HTML to text, or
	   xmltex when going from through TeX to DVI). If -p is specified a second time, the options specified will be passed to second-stage
	   postprocessing; presently this is only applicable when going through xmltex and dvips to PostScript.

       --extensions
	   Turn on stylesheet extensions for the tool chain in use (for example, this might turn on passivetex.extensions and use.extensions if
	   PassiveTeX is being used). The variables turned on are the ones used by Norman Walsh's DocBook XSL stylesheets.

       --searchpath path
	   Add the colon-separated list of directories in path as fallback directories for including input.

       --skip-validation
	   Skip the validation step that is normally performed.

       --stringparam paramname=paramvalue
	   Pass a named parameter paramname with value paramvalue to stylesheet from the command line.

       --noclean
	   Temporary files are not deleted(their names are shown and kept in tmp directory). It could help with analyzing problems.

       --noautosize
	   By default, some XSL variables are overriden by autodetection (page.width and page.height for paperconf (libpaper) use, paper.type for
	   locale-based (LC_PAPER) selection). With this option, xmlto doesn't use this autodetection and user is able to modify defaults himself
	   (either via default param.xsl modification or by user-defined XSL fragment).

       --with-fop
	   Use fop for formatting. It is an experimental option, expects fop in specific location(detected at configured time), could be changed
	   manually in xmlto script by modification of FOP_PATH

       --with-dblatex
	   Use dblatex for formatting. It is an experimental option, expects dblatex in specific location(detected at configured time), could be
	   changed manually in xmlto script by modification of DBLATEX_PATH

       --help
	   Display a short usage message. It will describe xmlto's options, and the available output formats.

       --version
	   Display the version number of xmlto.

ENVIRONMENT

       XSLT_PROCESSOR
	   Base name of the executable that will be used to perform the XSL-T transformation (default: xsltproc(1)).

       TMPDIR
	   Directory, where to create temporary stylesheets (default: /tmp).

DIAGNOSTICS

       0
	   Everything went fine. This is the expected exit code.

       1
	   xmlto was called with insufficient arguments.

       2
	   mktemp(1) failed to create a file/directory. Make sure /tmp or TMPDIR is writable.

       3
	   xmlto failed to find some binary on configured location. Make sure that all required packages are installed and paths in xmlto script
	   are set properly.

       10+(Validation non-zero error code)
	   xmlto tried to validate a xml document, but validation failed. For better diagnostic, validation output and xmllint exit code is
	   provided. Consider either fixing your document or using --skip-validation.

EXAMPLES

       To convert a DocBook XML document to PDF, use:

	   xmlto pdf mydoc.xml

       To convert a DocBook XML document to HTML and store the resulting HTML files in a separate directory use:

	   xmlto -o html-dir html mydoc.xml

       To convert a DocBook XML document to a single HTML file use:

	   xmlto html-nochunks mydoc.xml

       To modify the output using an XSL fragment use:

	   xmlto -m ulink.xsl pdf mydoc.xml

       To specify which stylesheet to use (overriding the one that the format script would choose) use:

	   xmlto -x mystylesheet.xsl pdf mydoc.xml

AUTHORS

       Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>
	   Original author, maintainer until 0.0.18

       Ondej Vaik <ovasik@redhat.com>
	   Maintainer since 0.0.19

COPYRIGHT

xmlto 0.0.23							  September 2009							  XMLTO(1)