html2text Version 0.001 ======================= Description ----------- html2text.pl generates simple formatted text from HTML. It uses HTML::Element to traverse an HTML tree built by HTML::TreeBuilder, and formats the output text using Text::Format. It is _very_ simple at the moment. The type of things it does are: * Headings All headings are underlined.

s are double underlined. Headings are numbered, by using the heading levels, and previous heading levels. * Paragraphs Paragraph text is formatted with the paragraph method of Text::Format. * Lists List items are indented by 4 spaces, and preceded with an asterisk. * Definition Lists
s are intented by 4 spaces;
s are indented by 8 spaces. It doesn't do anything clever with frames, tables, fonts, etc. Images and links are ignored. Installation ------------ Just the basic Makefile.PL stuff; i.e.: > perl Makefile.PL > make > make test > make install Usage ----- To use html2text.pl, just type: > html2text.pl example.html or > cat example.html | html2text.pl CPAN Modules ------------ html2text.pl uses the following CPAN modules, that need to be installed before it will work: Text::Format HTML::TreeBuilder See http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ for details of how to download / install these modules. Bugs ---- Please send any bugs / comments / suggestions to wrigley@cre.canon.co.uk