Render a single rST file to HTML

By default, HTML is generated. If no target file is specified, the input file name is taken, and its extension replaced with the correct one for the output format.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="example" basedir="." default="single">
  <target name="single" description="render a single rST file to HTML">

    <rST file="path/to/file.rst" />

  </target>
</project>

Render a single rST file to any supported format

The format attribute determines the output format:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="example" basedir="." default="single">
  <target name="single" description="render a single rST file to S5 HTML">

    <rST file="path/to/file.rst" format="s5" />

  </target>
</project>

Specifying the output file name

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="example" basedir="." default="single">
  <target name="single" description="render a single rST file">

    <rST file="path/to/file.rst" destination="path/to/output/file.html" />

  </target>
</project>

Rendering multiple files

A nested fileset tag may be used to specify multiple files.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="example" basedir="." default="multiple">
  <target name="multiple" description="renders several rST files">

    <rST>
     <fileset dir=".">
       <include name="README.rst" />
       <include name="docs/*.rst" />
     </fileset>
    </rST>

  </target>
</project>

Rendering multiple files to another directory

A nested mapper may be used to determine the output file names.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="example" basedir="." default="multiple">
  <target name="multiple" description="renders several rST files">

    <rST>
     <fileset dir=".">
       <include name="README.rst" />
       <include name="docs/*.rst" />
     </fileset>
     <mapper type="glob" from="*.rst" to="path/to/my/*.xhtml"/>
    </rST>

  </target>
</project>

Modifying files after rendering

You may have variables in your rST code that can be replaced after rendering, i.e. the version of your software.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="example" basedir="." default="filterchain">
  <target name="filterchain" description="renders several rST files">

    <rST>
     <fileset dir=".">
       <include name="README.rst" />
       <include name="docs/*.rst" />
     </fileset>
     <filterchain>
       <replacetokens begintoken="##" endtoken="##">
         <token key="VERSION" value="1.23.0" />
       </replacetokens>
     </filterchain>
    </rST>

  </target>
</project>

Rendering changed files only

The uptodate attribute determines if only those files should be rendered that are newer than their output file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="example" basedir="." default="multiple">
  <target name="multiple" description="renders several rST files">

    <rST uptodate="true">
     <fileset dir=".">
       <include name="docs/*.rst" />
     </fileset>
    </rST>

  </target>
</project>

Specify a custom CSS file

You may pass any additional parameters to the rst conversion tools with the toolparam attribute.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="example" basedir="." default="single">
  <target name="single" description="render a single rST file to S5 HTML">

    <rST file="path/to/file.rst" toolparam="--stylesheet-path=custom.css" />

  </target>
</project>