Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 15:37:51 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: Mark Thomas <thomas@clark.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HTML => text port - does one exist? Message-ID: <20000711.15375100@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000711101542.00b94a60@mail.clark.net> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000711101542.00b94a60@mail.clark.net>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 7/11/00, 3:19:09 PM, Mark Thomas <thomas@clark.net> wrote regarding HTML => text port - does one exist?: > I have a few fairly simple but large HTML docs I maintain, and I've been > looking through the ports for something that will allow me to take the HTML > down to a reasonably formatted text document. I see several ports for going > from <something> to HTML, but not much going the other way. > Anyone have a pointer? > (Please CC via direct mail -- can't keep up with the list any more) > Mark > --- > thomas@clark.net ---> http://www.clark.net/pub/thomas > PBEM Eldritch --------> http://www.pbegames.com > [TM4463-ORG] Dear Mark Thomas, you may wish to try lynx and w3m (free tools, available in the Ports Collection, directory www). They can translate HTML into txt (cf their man pages). Try & buy :-) Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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