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+.. -*- mode: rst -*-
+
+====================
+Available formatters
+====================
+
+This page lists all builtin formatters.
+
+Common options
+==============
+
+All formatters support these options:
+
+`encoding`
+    If given, must be an encoding name (such as ``"utf-8"``). This will
+    be used to convert the token strings (which are Unicode strings)
+    to byte strings in the output (default: ``None``).
+    It will also be written in an encoding declaration suitable for the
+    document format if the `full` option is given (e.g. a ``meta
+    content-type`` directive in HTML or an invocation of the `inputenc`
+    package in LaTeX).
+
+    If this is ``""`` or ``None``, Unicode strings will be written
+    to the output file, which most file-like objects do not support.
+    For example, `pygments.highlight()` will return a Unicode string if
+    called with no `outfile` argument and a formatter that has `encoding`
+    set to ``None`` because it uses a `StringIO.StringIO` object that
+    supports Unicode arguments to `write()`. Using a regular file object
+    wouldn't work.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.6
+
+`outencoding`
+    When using Pygments from the command line, any `encoding` option given is
+    passed to the lexer and the formatter. This is sometimes not desirable,
+    for example if you want to set the input encoding to ``"guess"``.
+    Therefore, `outencoding` has been introduced which overrides `encoding`
+    for the formatter if given.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.7
+
+
+Formatter classes
+=================
+
+All these classes are importable from :mod:`pygments.formatters`.
+
+.. pygmentsdoc:: formatters