xmlto - apply an XSL stylesheet to an XML document

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

       OndřejVašík <ovasik@redhat.com>
           Maintainer since 0.0.19

xmlto 0.0.25                                      November 2011                                         XMLTO(1)

       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.

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

       1xmlto was called with insufficient arguments.

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

       3xmlto 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+(Validationnon-zeroerrorcode)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.

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).

       To convert a DocBook XML document to PDF, use:

           xmltopdfmydoc.xml

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

           xmlto-ohtml-dirhtmlmydoc.xml

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

           xmltohtml-nochunksmydoc.xml

       To modify the output using an XSL fragment use:

           xmlto-mulink.xslpdfmydoc.xml

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

           xmlto-xmystylesheet.xslpdfmydoc.xml

       xmlto - apply an XSL stylesheet to an XML document

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

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

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

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

       -ppostprocessor_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 (use.extensions is turned on). The variables
           turned on are the ones used by Norman Walsh's DocBook XSL stylesheets.

       --searchpathpath
           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.

       --stringparamparamname=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 overridden 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).

       --noextensions
           By default, xmlto enables XSL params passivetex.extensions for passivetex backend and fop.extensions
           and fop1.extensions for fop backend. This usually produces better results. If you for some reason
           don't want to use these parameters, just disable them using this option.

       --profile
           Pre-process the XML document with the profiling stylesheet.

       --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.

xmlto [-ooutput_dir] [-xcustom_xsl] [-mxsl_fragment] [-v] [-ppostprocessor_opts] [--extensions]
             [--searchpathpath] [--skip-validation] [--stringparamparamname=paramvalue] [--noclean]
             [--noautosize] [--noextensions] [--profile] [--with-fop] [--with-dblatex] {format} {file}

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