Re: [Docutils-develop] DocFactory : Newbie's Questions : Settings in conf file

[David G. <go...@py...>]

Pierre-Yves Delens wrote:
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> docutils.conf
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> When trying to edit a project's local docutils.conf file,
> I'm refering to the sourcefourge../docs/tools.htm,
> wich gives a table with entries AND commandline options.
> 
> I'm stuck when departing fom default settings : the commandline
> syntax --date, or date seems unsuitable for the conf file

The --date option actually changes the "datestamp" setting, which
contains a format string for Python's ``time.strftime``.  See the time
module documentation:

    http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-time.html

(I've added this link to docs/tools.txt.)

There is no command-line option to directly pass a strftime-format
string.

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> idem for
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> footnote_references = footnote-references
> footnote_references = --footnote-references

I don't understand this.  Please explain.

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