rst2conversionnotes.txt

### Create a Gedit "External Tool" configuration as follows, named rst2pdf, using a shortcut key of Ctrl+F5:


#!/bin/sh

SRCNAME=$GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_PATH

TMPNAME=$(echo $SRCNAME | sed s/.rst.txt//)
DSTNAME=${TMPNAME}.pdf
STYLENAME=${TMPNAME}.style

rst2pdf  "${SRCNAME}" --smart-quotes 2 -b 0 -s "${STYLENAME}" -o "${DSTNAME}" 

nohup evince "${DSTNAME}" &



### Create a Gedit "External Tool" configuration as follows, named rst2pdfslides, using a shortcut key of Ctrl+F6:


#!/bin/sh

SRCNAME=$GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_PATH

TMPNAME=$(echo $SRCNAME | sed s/.rst.txt//)
DSTNAME=${TMPNAME}_slides.pdf
STYLENAME=${TMPNAME}.slidestyle

rst2pdf  "${SRCNAME}" -b 4 -s "${STYLENAME}" -o "${DSTNAME}" 

nohup evince "${DSTNAME}" &


### Create a Gedit "External Tool" configuration as follows, named rst2html, using a shortcut key of Ctrl+F4:


#!/bin/sh

SRCNAME=$GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_PATH

TMPNAME=$(echo $SRCNAME | sed s/.rst.txt//)
DSTNAME=${TMPNAME}.html

rst2html "${SRCNAME}" "${DSTNAME}" 

firefox "${DSTNAME}"