New functions for use as `rst2*` "console_scripts entry points".

The new functions allow the installation of `rst2*` command line scripts
via standard `entry points`__ instead of the current "scripts" list in
``setup.py`` after a transition period (cf. [feature-requests:#88]).

+ Works also for Windows.
+ Allows shorter command names (drop the extension), already in use
  in Debian and Ubuntu.

__ https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/entry-points/

git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/docutils/code/trunk@9325 929543f6-e4f2-0310-98a6-ba3bd3dd1d04

7 files changed, 579 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/docutils/HISTORY.txt b/docutils/HISTORY.txt
index e48567485..20e79dc21 100644
--- a/docutils/HISTORY.txt
+++ b/docutils/HISTORY.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Changes Since 0.19
 
   - Added new `publish_bytes()` function to explicitly return
     output as binary data in a `bytes` object.
+  - New functions `rst2…()` for use as "console_scripts" `entry point`_.
 
 * docutils/languages/
   docutils/parsers/rst/languages/
diff --git a/docutils/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/docutils/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index 6762d9ff2..67c7c5638 100644
--- a/docutils/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/docutils/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ Future changes
 
 * Usage:
 
-  - The ``rst2*.py`` `front end tools`_ will be renamed to ``rst2*``
-    (dropping the ``.py`` extension). [#]_
-    You may use ``docutils`` [#]_ as a future-proof command name,
-    for example:
+  - Docutils 0.21 will provide ``rst2*`` `"console_scripts" entry
+    points`_ (without the ``.py`` extension) instead of installing the
+    ``rst2*.py`` `front end tools`_ in the binary PATH. [#]_
+
+    You may use the `generic command line front end tool`_ as a
+    future-proof command, for example:
 
     .. code:: diff
 
@@ -37,18 +39,21 @@ Future changes
       available via ``python -m docutils.writers.odf_odt.prepstyles``.
 
       The ``rstpep2html.py`` script will be retired.
-      Use ``docutils --reader=pep --writer=pep_html`` for a PEP preview. [#]_
+      Use ``docutils --reader=pep --writer=pep_html`` for a PEP preview
+      (the final rendering is done by a Sphinx-based build system,
+      cf. :PEP:`676`).
+
 
     .. [#] Some Linux distributions already use the short names.
-    .. [#] The `generic command line front end tool`_.
-    .. [#] The final rendering is done by a Sphinx-based build system
-           (see :PEP:`676`).
 
+    .. _"console_scripts" entry points:
+        https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/entry-points/
+
+  - The `default HTML writer`__  will change in Docutils 2.0:
 
-  - The `default HTML writer`__  will change in Docutils 2.0.
+    The rst2html_ front end and ``get_writer_by_name('html')`` select
+    "html4css1" now and will select "html5" in Docutils 2.0 and later.
 
-    * The rst2html_ front end and ``get_writer_by_name('html')`` select
-      "html4css1" now and will select "html5" in Docutils 2.0 and later.
     * Use rst2html4_, ``docutils --writer=html4``, or
       ``get_writer_by_name('html4')`` if you depend on stability of the
       generated HTML code, e.g. because you use a custom style sheet or
diff --git a/docutils/docs/user/tools.txt b/docutils/docs/user/tools.txt
index 28456c47b..9a9078e91 100644
--- a/docutils/docs/user/tools.txt
+++ b/docutils/docs/user/tools.txt
@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@
 .. contents::
 
 .. note::
-   Docutils front-end tool support is currently `under discussion`__.
-   Tool names, install details and the set of auto-installed tools
-   will `change in future Docutils versions`__.
+   Docutils front-end tool names, install details and the set of
+   auto-installed tools will `change in Docutils 0.21`__.
 
-   __ https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/feature-requests/88/
    __ ../../RELEASE-NOTES.html#future-changes
 
 --------------
@@ -73,11 +71,12 @@ list.
 Generic Command Line Front End
 ==============================
 
-:Readers: Standalone (default), PEP
-:Parsers: reStructuredText (default), Markdown (requires 3rd party packages)
-:Writers: html_, html4css1_, html5_ (default), latex2e_, manpage_,
-          odt_, pep_html_, pseudo-xml_, s5_html_, xelatex_, xml_,
-:Config_: `[docutils application]`_
+:CLI name: ``docutils``
+:Readers:  Standalone (default), PEP
+:Parsers:  reStructuredText (default), Markdown (requires 3rd party packages)
+:Writers:  html_, html4css1_, html5_ (default), latex2e_, manpage_,
+           odt_, pep_html_, pseudo-xml_, s5_html_, xelatex_, xml_,
+:Config_:  `[docutils application]`_
 
 Since Docutils 0.19, you can start the generic front end like::
 
diff --git a/docutils/docutils/core.py b/docutils/docutils/core.py
index 4629b0b23..d9b62860c 100644
--- a/docutils/docutils/core.py
+++ b/docutils/docutils/core.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ custom component objects first, and pass *them* to
 
 __docformat__ = 'reStructuredText'
 
+import locale
 import pprint
 import os
 import sys
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ class Publisher:
             output = self.writer.write(self.document, self.destination)
             self.writer.assemble_parts()
         except SystemExit as error:
-            exit = 1
+            exit = True
             exit_status = error.code
         except Exception as error:
             if not self.settings:       # exception too early to report nicely
@@ -757,3 +758,60 @@ def publish_programmatically(source_class, source, source_path,
     publisher.set_destination(destination, destination_path)
     output = publisher.publish(enable_exit_status=enable_exit_status)
     return output, publisher
+
+
+# "Entry points" with functionality of the "tools/rst2*.py" scripts
+# cf. https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/entry-points/
+
+def rst2something(writer, documenttype, doc_path=''):
+    # Helper function for the common parts of rst2...
+    #   writer:       writer name
+    #   documenttype: output document type
+    #   doc_path:     documentation path (relative to the documentation root)
+    description = (
+        f'Generate {documenttype} documents '
+        'from standalone reStructuredText sources '
+        f'<https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/{doc_path}>.  '
+        + default_description)
+    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
+    publish_cmdline(writer_name=writer, description=description)
+
+
+def rst2html():
+    rst2something('html', 'HTML', 'user/html.html#html')
+
+
+def rst2html4():
+    rst2something('html4', 'XHTML 1.1', 'user/html.html#html4css1')
+
+
+def rst2html5():
+    rst2something('html5', 'HTML5', 'user/html.html#html5-polyglot')
+
+
+def rst2latex():
+    rst2something('latex', 'LaTeX', 'user/latex.html')
+
+
+def rst2man():
+    rst2something('manpage', 'Unix manual (troff)', 'user/manpage.html')
+
+
+def rst2odt():
+    rst2something('odt', 'OpenDocument text (ODT)', 'user/odt.html')
+
+
+def rst2pseudoxml():
+    rst2something('pseudoxml', 'pseudo-XML (test)', 'ref/doctree.html')
+
+
+def rst2s5():
+    rst2something('s5', 'S5 HTML slideshow', 'user/slide-shows.html')
+
+
+def rst2xetex():
+    rst2something('xetex', 'LaTeX (XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX)', 'user/latex.html')
+
+
+def rst2xml():
+    rst2something('xml', 'Docutils-native XML', 'ref/doctree.html')
diff --git a/docutils/test/data/help/rst2html.txt b/docutils/test/data/help/rst2html.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc4975991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docutils/test/data/help/rst2html.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+Usage
+=====
+  rst2html [options] [<source> [<destination>]]
+
+Generate HTML documents from standalone reStructuredText sources
+<https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/user/html.html#html>.  Reads from
+<source> (default is stdin) and writes to <destination> (default is stdout).
+See https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/user/config.html for a detailed
+settings reference.
+
+Options
+=======
+General Docutils Options
+------------------------
+--title=TITLE           Specify the document title as metadata.
+--generator, -g         Include a "Generated by Docutils" credit and link.
+--no-generator          Do not include a generator credit.
+--date, -d              Include the date at the end of the document (UTC).
+--time, -t              Include the time & date (UTC).
+--no-datestamp          Do not include a datestamp of any kind.
+--source-link, -s       Include a "View document source" link.
+--source-url=<URL>      Use <URL> for a source link; implies --source-link.
+--no-source-link        Do not include a "View document source" link.
+--toc-entry-backlinks   Link from section headers to TOC entries.  (default)
+--toc-top-backlinks     Link from section headers to the top of the TOC.
+--no-toc-backlinks      Disable backlinks to the table of contents.
+--footnote-backlinks    Link from footnotes/citations to references. (default)
+--no-footnote-backlinks
+                        Disable backlinks from footnotes and citations.
+--section-numbering     Enable section numbering by Docutils.  (default)
+--no-section-numbering  Disable section numbering by Docutils.
+--strip-comments        Remove comment elements from the document tree.
+--leave-comments        Leave comment elements in the document tree. (default)
+--strip-elements-with-class=<class>
+                        Remove all elements with classes="<class>" from the
+                        document tree. Warning: potentially dangerous; use
+                        with caution. (Multiple-use option.)
+--strip-class=<class>   Remove all classes="<class>" attributes from elements
+                        in the document tree. Warning: potentially dangerous;
+                        use with caution. (Multiple-use option.)
+--report=<level>, -r <level>
+                        Report system messages at or higher than <level>:
+                        "info" or "1", "warning"/"2" (default), "error"/"3",
+                        "severe"/"4", "none"/"5"
+--verbose, -v           Report all system messages.  (Same as "--report=1".)
+--quiet, -q             Report no system messages.  (Same as "--report=5".)
+--halt=<level>          Halt execution at system messages at or above <level>.
+                        Levels as in --report.  Default: 4 (severe).
+--strict                Halt at the slightest problem.  Same as "--halt=info".
+--exit-status=<level>   Enable a non-zero exit status for non-halting system
+                        messages at or above <level>.  Default: 5 (disabled).
+--debug                 Enable debug-level system messages and diagnostics.
+--no-debug              Disable debug output.  (default)
+--warnings=<file>       Send the output of system messages to <file>.
+--traceback             Enable Python tracebacks when Docutils is halted.
+--no-traceback          Disable Python tracebacks.  (default)
+--input-encoding=<name[:handler]>, -i <name[:handler]>
+                        Specify the encoding and optionally the error handler
+                        of input text.  Default: <auto-detect>:strict.
+--input-encoding-error-handler=INPUT_ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLER
+                        Specify the error handler for undecodable characters.
+                        Choices: "strict" (default), "ignore", and "replace".
+--output-encoding=<name[:handler]>, -o <name[:handler]>
+                        Specify the text encoding and optionally the error
+                        handler for output.  Default: utf-8:strict.
+--output-encoding-error-handler=OUTPUT_ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLER
+                        Specify error handler for unencodable output
+                        characters; "strict" (default), "ignore", "replace",
+                        "xmlcharrefreplace", "backslashreplace".
+--error-encoding=<name[:handler]>, -e <name[:handler]>
+                        Specify text encoding and optionally error handler for
+                        error output.  Default: utf-8:backslashreplace.
+--error-encoding-error-handler=ERROR_ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLER
+                        Specify the error handler for unencodable characters
+                        in error output.  Default: backslashreplace.
+--language=<name>, -l <name>
+                        Specify the language (as BCP 47 language tag).
+                        Default: en.
+--record-dependencies=<file>
+                        Write output file dependencies to <file>.
+--config=<file>         Read configuration settings from <file>, if it exists.
+--version, -V           Show this program's version number and exit.
+--help, -h              Show this help message and exit.
+
+Generic Parser Options
+----------------------
+--no-file-insertion     Disable directives that insert the contents of an
+                        external file; replaced with a "warning" system
+                        message.
+--file-insertion-enabled
+                        Enable directives that insert the contents of an
+                        external file. (default)
+--no-raw                Disable the "raw" directive; replaced with a "warning"
+                        system message.
+--raw-enabled           Enable the "raw" directive. (default)
+--line-length-limit=<length>
+                        Maximal number of characters in an input line. Default
+                        10 000.
+
+reStructuredText Parser Options
+-------------------------------
+--pep-references        Recognize and link to standalone PEP references (like
+                        "PEP 258").
+--pep-base-url=<URL>    Base URL for PEP references (default
+                        "https://peps.python.org/").
+--pep-file-url-template=<URL>
+                        Template for PEP file part of URL. (default
+                        "pep-%04d")
+--rfc-references        Recognize and link to standalone RFC references (like
+                        "RFC 822").
+--rfc-base-url=<URL>    Base URL for RFC references (default
+                        "https://tools.ietf.org/html/").
+--tab-width=<width>     Set number of spaces for tab expansion (default 8).
+--trim-footnote-reference-space
+                        Remove spaces before footnote references.
+--leave-footnote-reference-space
+                        Leave spaces before footnote references.
+--syntax-highlight=<format>
+                        Token name set for parsing code with Pygments: one of
+                        "long", "short", or "none" (no parsing). Default is
+                        "long".
+--smart-quotes=<yes/no/alt>
+                        Change straight quotation marks to typographic form:
+                        one of "yes", "no", "alt[ernative]" (default "no").
+--smartquotes-locales=<language:quotes[,language:quotes,...]>
+                        Characters to use as "smart quotes" for <language>.
+--word-level-inline-markup
+                        Inline markup recognized at word boundaries only
+                        (adjacent to punctuation or whitespace). Force
+                        character-level inline markup recognition with "\ "
+                        (backslash + space). Default.
+--character-level-inline-markup
+                        Inline markup recognized anywhere, regardless of
+                        surrounding characters. Backslash-escapes must be used
+                        to avoid unwanted markup recognition. Useful for East
+                        Asian languages. Experimental.
+
+Standalone Reader Options
+-------------------------
+--no-doc-title          Disable the promotion of a lone top-level section
+                        title to document title (and subsequent section title
+                        to document subtitle promotion; enabled by default).
+--no-doc-info           Disable the bibliographic field list transform
+                        (enabled by default).
+--section-subtitles     Activate the promotion of lone subsection titles to
+                        section subtitles (disabled by default).
+--no-section-subtitles  Deactivate the promotion of lone subsection titles.
+
+HTML Writer Options
+-------------------
+--template=<file>       Template file. (UTF-8 encoded, default: [...])
+--stylesheet=<URL[,URL,...]>
+                        Comma separated list of stylesheet URLs. Overrides
+                        previous --stylesheet and --stylesheet-path settings.
+--stylesheet-path=<file[,file,...]>
+                        Comma separated list of stylesheet paths. Relative
+                        paths are expanded if a matching file is found in the
+                        --stylesheet-dirs. With --link-stylesheet, the path is
+                        rewritten relative to the output HTML file. (default:
+                        "html4css1.css")
+--stylesheet-dirs=<dir[,dir,...]>
+                        Comma-separated list of directories where stylesheets
+                        are found. Used by --stylesheet-path when expanding
+                        relative path arguments. (default: [...])
+--embed-stylesheet      Embed the stylesheet(s) in the output HTML file.  The
+                        stylesheet files must be accessible during processing.
+                        (default)
+--link-stylesheet       Link to the stylesheet(s) in the output HTML file.
+--initial-header-level=<level>
+                        Specify the initial header level. Does not affect
+                        document title & subtitle (see --no-doc-title).
+                        (default: 1 for "<h1>")
+--footnote-references=<format>
+                        Format for footnote references: one of "superscript"
+                        or "brackets". (default: "brackets")
+--attribution=<format>  Format for block quote attributions: one of "dash"
+                        (em-dash prefix), "parentheses"/"parens", or "none".
+                        (default: "dash")
+--compact-lists         Remove extra vertical whitespace between items of
+                        "simple" bullet lists and enumerated lists. (default)
+--no-compact-lists      Disable compact simple bullet and enumerated lists.
+--compact-field-lists   Remove extra vertical whitespace between items of
+                        simple field lists. (default)
+--no-compact-field-lists
+                        Disable compact simple field lists.
+--table-style=TABLE_STYLE
+                        Added to standard table classes. Defined styles:
+                        borderless, booktabs, align-left, align-center, align-
+                        right, colwidths-auto, colwidths-grid.
+--math-output=MATH_OUTPUT
+                        Math output format (one of "MathML", "HTML",
+                        "MathJax", or "LaTeX") and option(s). (default: "HTML
+                        math.css")
+--xml-declaration       Prepend an XML declaration (default).
+--no-xml-declaration    Omit the XML declaration.
+--cloak-email-addresses
+                        Obfuscate email addresses to confuse harvesters while
+                        still keeping email links usable with standards-
+                        compliant browsers.
+
+HTML4 Writer Options
+--------------------
+--field-name-limit=<level>
+                        Specify the maximum width (in characters) for one-
+                        column field names.  Longer field names will span an
+                        entire row of the table used to render the field list.
+                        Default is 14 characters.  Use 0 for "no limit".
+--option-limit=<level>  Specify the maximum width (in characters) for options
+                        in option lists.  Longer options will span an entire
+                        row of the table used to render the option list.
+                        Default is 14 characters.  Use 0 for "no limit".
diff --git a/docutils/test/data/help/rst2latex.txt b/docutils/test/data/help/rst2latex.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12ea0d40c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docutils/test/data/help/rst2latex.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+Usage
+=====
+  rst2latex [options] [<source> [<destination>]]
+
+Generate LaTeX documents from standalone reStructuredText sources
+<https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/user/latex.html>.  Reads from <source>
+(default is stdin) and writes to <destination> (default is stdout).  See
+https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/user/config.html for a detailed settings
+reference.
+
+Options
+=======
+General Docutils Options
+------------------------
+--title=TITLE           Specify the document title as metadata.
+--generator, -g         Include a "Generated by Docutils" credit and link.
+--no-generator          Do not include a generator credit.
+--date, -d              Include the date at the end of the document (UTC).
+--time, -t              Include the time & date (UTC).
+--no-datestamp          Do not include a datestamp of any kind.
+--source-link, -s       Include a "View document source" link.
+--source-url=<URL>      Use <URL> for a source link; implies --source-link.
+--no-source-link        Do not include a "View document source" link.
+--toc-entry-backlinks   Link from section headers to TOC entries.  (default)
+--toc-top-backlinks     Link from section headers to the top of the TOC.
+--no-toc-backlinks      Disable backlinks to the table of contents.
+--footnote-backlinks    Link from footnotes/citations to references. (default)
+--no-footnote-backlinks
+                        Disable backlinks from footnotes and citations.
+--section-numbering     Enable section numbering by Docutils.  (default)
+--no-section-numbering  Disable section numbering by Docutils.
+--strip-comments        Remove comment elements from the document tree.
+--leave-comments        Leave comment elements in the document tree. (default)
+--strip-elements-with-class=<class>
+                        Remove all elements with classes="<class>" from the
+                        document tree. Warning: potentially dangerous; use
+                        with caution. (Multiple-use option.)
+--strip-class=<class>   Remove all classes="<class>" attributes from elements
+                        in the document tree. Warning: potentially dangerous;
+                        use with caution. (Multiple-use option.)
+--report=<level>, -r <level>
+                        Report system messages at or higher than <level>:
+                        "info" or "1", "warning"/"2" (default), "error"/"3",
+                        "severe"/"4", "none"/"5"
+--verbose, -v           Report all system messages.  (Same as "--report=1".)
+--quiet, -q             Report no system messages.  (Same as "--report=5".)
+--halt=<level>          Halt execution at system messages at or above <level>.
+                        Levels as in --report.  Default: 4 (severe).
+--strict                Halt at the slightest problem.  Same as "--halt=info".
+--exit-status=<level>   Enable a non-zero exit status for non-halting system
+                        messages at or above <level>.  Default: 5 (disabled).
+--debug                 Enable debug-level system messages and diagnostics.
+--no-debug              Disable debug output.  (default)
+--warnings=<file>       Send the output of system messages to <file>.
+--traceback             Enable Python tracebacks when Docutils is halted.
+--no-traceback          Disable Python tracebacks.  (default)
+--input-encoding=<name[:handler]>, -i <name[:handler]>
+                        Specify the encoding and optionally the error handler
+                        of input text.  Default: <auto-detect>:strict.
+--input-encoding-error-handler=INPUT_ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLER
+                        Specify the error handler for undecodable characters.
+                        Choices: "strict" (default), "ignore", and "replace".
+--output-encoding=<name[:handler]>, -o <name[:handler]>
+                        Specify the text encoding and optionally the error
+                        handler for output.  Default: utf-8:strict.
+--output-encoding-error-handler=OUTPUT_ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLER
+                        Specify error handler for unencodable output
+                        characters; "strict" (default), "ignore", "replace",
+                        "xmlcharrefreplace", "backslashreplace".
+--error-encoding=<name[:handler]>, -e <name[:handler]>
+                        Specify text encoding and optionally error handler for
+                        error output.  Default: utf-8:backslashreplace.
+--error-encoding-error-handler=ERROR_ENCODING_ERROR_HANDLER
+                        Specify the error handler for unencodable characters
+                        in error output.  Default: backslashreplace.
+--language=<name>, -l <name>
+                        Specify the language (as BCP 47 language tag).
+                        Default: en.
+--record-dependencies=<file>
+                        Write output file dependencies to <file>.
+--config=<file>         Read configuration settings from <file>, if it exists.
+--version, -V           Show this program's version number and exit.
+--help, -h              Show this help message and exit.
+
+Generic Parser Options
+----------------------
+--no-file-insertion     Disable directives that insert the contents of an
+                        external file; replaced with a "warning" system
+                        message.
+--file-insertion-enabled
+                        Enable directives that insert the contents of an
+                        external file. (default)
+--no-raw                Disable the "raw" directive; replaced with a "warning"
+                        system message.
+--raw-enabled           Enable the "raw" directive. (default)
+--line-length-limit=<length>
+                        Maximal number of characters in an input line. Default
+                        10 000.
+
+reStructuredText Parser Options
+-------------------------------
+--pep-references        Recognize and link to standalone PEP references (like
+                        "PEP 258").
+--pep-base-url=<URL>    Base URL for PEP references (default
+                        "https://peps.python.org/").
+--pep-file-url-template=<URL>
+                        Template for PEP file part of URL. (default
+                        "pep-%04d")
+--rfc-references        Recognize and link to standalone RFC references (like
+                        "RFC 822").
+--rfc-base-url=<URL>    Base URL for RFC references (default
+                        "https://tools.ietf.org/html/").
+--tab-width=<width>     Set number of spaces for tab expansion (default 8).
+--trim-footnote-reference-space
+                        Remove spaces before footnote references.
+--leave-footnote-reference-space
+                        Leave spaces before footnote references.
+--syntax-highlight=<format>
+                        Token name set for parsing code with Pygments: one of
+                        "long", "short", or "none" (no parsing). Default is
+                        "long".
+--smart-quotes=<yes/no/alt>
+                        Change straight quotation marks to typographic form:
+                        one of "yes", "no", "alt[ernative]" (default "no").
+--smartquotes-locales=<language:quotes[,language:quotes,...]>
+                        Characters to use as "smart quotes" for <language>.
+--word-level-inline-markup
+                        Inline markup recognized at word boundaries only
+                        (adjacent to punctuation or whitespace). Force
+                        character-level inline markup recognition with "\ "
+                        (backslash + space). Default.
+--character-level-inline-markup
+                        Inline markup recognized anywhere, regardless of
+                        surrounding characters. Backslash-escapes must be used
+                        to avoid unwanted markup recognition. Useful for East
+                        Asian languages. Experimental.
+
+Standalone Reader Options
+-------------------------
+--no-doc-title          Disable the promotion of a lone top-level section
+                        title to document title (and subsequent section title
+                        to document subtitle promotion; enabled by default).
+--no-doc-info           Disable the bibliographic field list transform
+                        (enabled by default).
+--section-subtitles     Activate the promotion of lone subsection titles to
+                        section subtitles (disabled by default).
+--no-section-subtitles  Deactivate the promotion of lone subsection titles.
+
+LaTeX-Specific Options
+----------------------
+--documentclass=DOCUMENTCLASS
+                        Specify LaTeX documentclass.  Default: "article".
+--documentoptions=DOCUMENTOPTIONS
+                        Specify document options.  Multiple options can be
+                        given, separated by commas.  Default: "a4paper".
+--footnote-references=<format>
+                        Format for footnote references: one of "superscript"
+                        or "brackets".  Default: "superscript".
+--use-latex-citations   Use \cite command for citations. (future default)
+--figure-citations      Use figure floats for citations (might get mixed with
+                        real figures). (provisional default)
+--attribution=<format>  Format for block quote attributions: one of "dash"
+                        (em-dash prefix), "parentheses"/"parens", or "none".
+                        Default: "dash".
+--stylesheet=<file[,file,...]>
+                        Specify LaTeX packages/stylesheets. A style is
+                        referenced with "\usepackage" if extension is ".sty"
+                        or omitted and with "\input" else.  Overrides previous
+                        --stylesheet and --stylesheet-path settings.
+--stylesheet-path=<file[,file,...]>
+                        Comma separated list of LaTeX packages/stylesheets.
+                        Relative paths are expanded if a matching file is
+                        found in the --stylesheet-dirs. With --link-
+                        stylesheet, the path is rewritten relative to the
+                        output *.tex file.
+--link-stylesheet       Link to the stylesheet(s) in the output file.
+                        (default)
+--embed-stylesheet      Embed the stylesheet(s) in the output file.
+                        Stylesheets must be accessible during processing.
+--stylesheet-dirs=<dir[,dir,...]>
+                        Comma-separated list of directories where stylesheets
+                        are found. Used by --stylesheet-path when expanding
+                        relative path arguments. Default: ".".
+--latex-preamble=LATEX_PREAMBLE
+                        Customization by LaTeX code in the preamble. Default:
+                        select PDF standard fonts (Times, Helvetica, Courier).
+--template=<file>       Specify the template file. Default: "default.tex".
+--use-latex-toc         Table of contents by LaTeX. (default)
+--use-docutils-toc      Table of contents by Docutils (without page numbers).
+--use-part-section      Add parts on top of the section hierarchy.
+--use-docutils-docinfo  Attach author and date to the document info table.
+                        (default)
+--use-latex-docinfo     Attach author and date to the document title.
+--topic-abstract        Typeset abstract as topic. (default)
+--use-latex-abstract    Use LaTeX abstract environment for the document's
+                        abstract.
+--hyperlink-color=HYPERLINK_COLOR
+                        Color of any hyperlinks embedded in text. Default:
+                        "blue" (use "false" to disable).
+--hyperref-options=HYPERREF_OPTIONS
+                        Additional options to the "hyperref" package.
+--compound-enumerators  Enable compound enumerators for nested enumerated
+                        lists (e.g. "1.2.a.ii").
+--no-compound-enumerators
+                        Disable compound enumerators for nested enumerated
+                        lists. (default)
+--section-prefix-for-enumerators
+                        Enable section ("." subsection ...) prefixes for
+                        compound enumerators.  This has no effect without
+                        --compound-enumerators.
+--no-section-prefix-for-enumerators
+                        Disable section prefixes for compound enumerators.
+                        (default)
+--section-enumerator-separator=<char>
+                        Set the separator between section number and
+                        enumerator for compound enumerated lists.  Default:
+                        "-".
+--literal-block-env=LITERAL_BLOCK_ENV
+                        When possible, use the specified environment for
+                        literal-blocks. Default: "" (fall back to "alltt").
+--use-verbatim-when-possible
+                        Deprecated alias for "--literal-block-env=verbatim".
+--table-style=<format>  Table style. "standard" with horizontal and vertical
+                        lines, "booktabs" (LaTeX booktabs style) only
+                        horizontal lines above and below the table and below
+                        the header, or "borderless". Default: "standard"
+--graphicx-option=GRAPHICX_OPTION
+                        LaTeX graphicx package option. Possible values are
+                        "dvipdfmx", "dvips", "dvisvgm", "luatex", "pdftex",
+                        and "xetex".Default: "".
+--font-encoding=FONT_ENCODING
+                        LaTeX font encoding. Possible values are "", "T1"
+                        (default), "OT1", "LGR,T1" or any other combination of
+                        options to the `fontenc` package.
+--reference-label=REFERENCE_LABEL
+                        Per default the latex-writer puts the reference title
+                        into hyperreferences. Specify "ref*" or "pageref*" to
+                        get the section number or the page number.
+--use-bibtex=<style,bibfile[,bibfile,...]>
+                        Specify style and database(s) for bibtex, for example
+                        "--use-bibtex=unsrt,mydb1,mydb2". Provisional!
+--legacy-class-functions
+                        Use legacy functions with class value list for
+                        \DUtitle and \DUadmonition.
+--new-class-functions   Use \DUrole and "DUclass" wrappers for class values.
+                        Place admonition content in an environment. (default)
+--legacy-column-widths  Use legacy algorithm to determine table column widths.
+                        (provisional default)
+--new-column-widths     Use new algorithm to determine table column widths.
+                        (future default)
+--docutils-footnotes    Footnotes with numbers/symbols by Docutils. (default)
+                        (The alternative, --latex-footnotes, is not
+                        implemented yet.)
diff --git a/docutils/test/test_CLI.py b/docutils/test/test_CLI.py
index 85dd25a58..f88e3e646 100644
--- a/docutils/test/test_CLI.py
+++ b/docutils/test/test_CLI.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     # so we import the local `docutils` package.
     sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]))
 
-from docutils import __main__, frontend
+from docutils import __main__, core, frontend
 
 # DATA_ROOT is ./test/data/ from the docutils root
 DATA_ROOT = Path(__file__).parent / 'data'
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ class CliTests(unittest.TestCase):
         sys.argv = self.orig_argv
         locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'C')  # restore default (C) locale
 
-    def test_main_help(self):
-        # collect help text
-        sys.argv = ['docutils', '--help']
+    def get_help_text(self, prog, entry_point):
+        # call entry_point function and collect help text
+        sys.argv = [prog, '--help']
         try:
-            __main__.main()
+            entry_point()
         except SystemExit:
             pass
         output = sys.stdout.getvalue()
@@ -72,15 +72,39 @@ class CliTests(unittest.TestCase):
                         output, flags=re.DOTALL)
         # normalise error encoding default
         output = output.replace(
-            f'{frontend.OptionParser.default_error_encoding}:backslashreplace',
+            f'{core.OptionParser.default_error_encoding}:backslashreplace',
             'utf-8:backslashreplace')
+        return output
+
+    def test_main_help(self):
+        # collect help text
+        output = self.get_help_text('docutils', __main__.main)
+
         # compare to stored version
-        docutils_txt = DATA_ROOT / 'help' / 'docutils.txt'
+        docutils_txt = os.path.join(DATA_ROOT, 'help/docutils.txt')
         with open(docutils_txt, encoding='utf-8') as samplefile:
             expected = samplefile.read()
         if expected != output:
             print_mismatch(expected, output)
 
+    def test_rst2html_help(self):
+        # collect help text
+        output = self.get_help_text('rst2html', core.rst2html)
+        # compare to stored version
+        with open('data/help/rst2html.txt') as samplefile:
+            expected = samplefile.read()
+        if expected != output:
+            print_mismatch(expected, output)
+
+    def test_rst2latex_help(self):
+        # collect help text
+        output = self.get_help_text('rst2latex', core.rst2latex)
+        # compare to stored version
+        with open('data/help/rst2latex.txt') as samplefile:
+            expected = samplefile.read()
+        if expected != output:
+            print_mismatch(expected, output)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()