html to text

html to text

[Gregory Nowak]

Hi All,

I've got an article off the web on which
I need to write a summarizing paper for class.
The easiest and most comfortable way for me to write papers is on my
good old braille 'n speak.
I was wondering if there was a utility under Linux that could
convert the html article into plain ascii for importing into the bns.
If not, then I guess I'll have to
import it in to the macrosloppy internet exploder, and save it as text.
However, I would rather not admit that macroslop is superior
in some respect to Linux.
Thanks for  any suggestions.
Greg

Re: html to text

[David Poehlman]

I usually print the page to disk from lynx but it has been a long time
since I have done this.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Nowak" <romualt@megsinet.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 10:38 PM
Subject: html to text


Hi All,

I've got an article off the web on which
I need to write a summarizing paper for class.
The easiest and most comfortable way for me to write papers is on my
good old braille 'n speak.
I was wondering if there was a utility under Linux that could
convert the html article into plain ascii for importing into the bns.
If not, then I guess I'll have to
import it in to the macrosloppy internet exploder, and save it as text.
However, I would rather not admit that macroslop is superior
in some respect to Linux.
Thanks for  any suggestions.
Greg



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Re: html to text

[Saqib Shaikh]

I'm not sure, but try:
lynx --dump filename.html >filename.txt
not 100% sure, but something like this.
saqib

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gregory Nowak" <romualt@megsinet.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 3:38 AM
Subject: html to text


> Hi All,
> 
> I've got an article off the web on which
> I need to write a summarizing paper for class.
> The easiest and most comfortable way for me to write papers is on my
> good old braille 'n speak.
> I was wondering if there was a utility under Linux that could
> convert the html article into plain ascii for importing into the bns.
> If not, then I guess I'll have to
> import it in to the macrosloppy internet exploder, and save it as text.
> However, I would rather not admit that macroslop is superior
> in some respect to Linux.
> Thanks for  any suggestions.
> Greg
> 
> 
> 
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> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
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Re: html to text

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Lynx does a great job. If you open a file with lynx you can then select
"p" and save it to a disk file as plain text. The links imbedded in the
document are gathered together at the end of the file in a section called
"references" with numbers corresponding to the bracketed numbers in the
body of the document where they first appear.

Also, the suggestion to use the --dump switch does the same thing
silently. Just be sure to redirect the output from lynx to your output
file.

Chuck
 On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I've got an article off the web on which
> I need to write a summarizing paper for class.
> The easiest and most comfortable way for me to write papers is on my
> good old braille 'n speak.
> I was wondering if there was a utility under Linux that could
> convert the html article into plain ascii for importing into the bns.
> If not, then I guess I'll have to
> import it in to the macrosloppy internet exploder, and save it as text.
> However, I would rather not admit that macroslop is superior
> in some respect to Linux.
> Thanks for  any suggestions.
> Greg
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

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Re: html to text

[David Poehlman]

and if you want a cleaner copy of the file, you can turn off the numbers
and I don't know how this is done but you can capture it without
references.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <chuckh@mhonline.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 6:36 AM
Subject: Re: html to text


Lynx does a great job. If you open a file with lynx you can then select
"p" and save it to a disk file as plain text. The links imbedded in the
document are gathered together at the end of the file in a section
called
"references" with numbers corresponding to the bracketed numbers in the
body of the document where they first appear.

Also, the suggestion to use the --dump switch does the same thing
silently. Just be sure to redirect the output from lynx to your output
file.

Chuck
 On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I've got an article off the web on which
> I need to write a summarizing paper for class.
> The easiest and most comfortable way for me to write papers is on my
> good old braille 'n speak.
> I was wondering if there was a utility under Linux that could
> convert the html article into plain ascii for importing into the bns.
> If not, then I guess I'll have to
> import it in to the macrosloppy internet exploder, and save it as
text.
> However, I would rather not admit that macroslop is superior
> in some respect to Linux.
> Thanks for  any suggestions.
> Greg
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

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Re: html to text

[Ann Parsons]

Hi all,

Remind me to tell you about my experience teaching in the Rochester
City Schools as a VI Student Teacher.

Ann P.

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Re: html to text

[David Poehlman]

this is a reminder.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@eznet.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: html to text


Hi all,

Remind me to tell you about my experience teaching in the Rochester
City Schools as a VI Student Teacher.

Ann P.

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Re: html to text

[Janina Sajka]

If you're using lynx, press p for print, and select the first option, 1, 
to write the file to disk. It will be a text file, and you'll be prompted 
to supply a file name, though lynx will offer a default suggestion.

Next, depending on how you use lynx, you may need to clean it up a little. 
What do I mean? Well, I use lynx with numbered links turned on. So, when 
my screens are written to disk, all those lovely consecutive link numbers 
are right there, one after the next. I have two choices in a circumstance 
like this:

1.)	Turn off link numbering temporarily before saving the file;

2.)	Write a little script to get rid of the stuff enclosed in 
brackets.



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Re: html to text

[Ann Parsons]

Hi all,

David, I am *not* in the mood, nor do I have time to do this, this
morning.  I've been sitting here typing while my roof changes over my
head and my own head rings with hammer blows delivered to the roof
above me as they replace it!  No, wait till some time else.  Keep
reminding me, though.

Besides, I don't think this message was meant for the speakup list.  I
think it got misdirected.  Sorry.


Ann P.

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Re: html to text

[Amanda Lee]

I've been away so if someone else has responded, please press the Delete
command now!

Just press p and save the page to a file.
If you don't want to use the default name, press ctrl-u to clear the
filename and enter the name you want.
This file will be placed under your directory.

Amanda Lee


On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, David Poehlman wrote:

> I usually print the page to disk from lynx but it has been a long time
> since I have done this.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gregory Nowak" <romualt@megsinet.net>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 10:38 PM
> Subject: html to text
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I've got an article off the web on which
> I need to write a summarizing paper for class.
> The easiest and most comfortable way for me to write papers is on my
> good old braille 'n speak.
> I was wondering if there was a utility under Linux that could
> convert the html article into plain ascii for importing into the bns.
> If not, then I guess I'll have to
> import it in to the macrosloppy internet exploder, and save it as text.
> However, I would rather not admit that macroslop is superior
> in some respect to Linux.
> Thanks for  any suggestions.
> Greg
>
>
>
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>
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Re: html to text.

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

You can use lynx the cat to do that. The format is:

lynx --dump filename.html > filename.txt

Chuck
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Thomas Ward wrote:

>
> Hello, list. Does anyone know of a Linux tool, script, or anything for
> Linux that will take a html file, remove the tags, and break it down to a
> flat ascii text file without all the html markup?
> I've got several books in html format which I hate reading in a web
> browser, and I want the ability to remove the tags so I can read it
> anywhere I want.
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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Re: html to text.

[Dave Hunt]

Sorry, typo.  

lynx -dump file.html >file.txt


-Dave
>>>>> "Luke" == Luke Davis <ldavis@shellworld.net> writes:

    Luke> No, it doesn't.  Lynx will not read stdin in that manner.


    Luke> On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Dave Hunt wrote:

    >> Thomas:
    >> 
    >> Try "lynx -dump" <file.html >file.txt.

Re: html to text.

[Luke Davis]

No, it doesn't.  Lynx will not read stdin in that manner.


On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Dave Hunt wrote:

> Thomas:
>
> Try "lynx -dump" <file.html >file.txt.
>
> It works great!
>
> -Dave
>
>
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Re: html to text.

[Luke Davis]

lynx -dump filename.html > file.txt

On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Thomas Ward wrote:

>
> Hello, list. Does anyone know of a Linux tool, script, or anything for
> Linux that will take a html file, remove the tags, and break it down to a
> flat ascii text file without all the html markup?
> I've got several books in html format which I hate reading in a web
> browser, and I want the ability to remove the tags so I can read it
> anywhere I want.
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

html to text.

[Dave Hunt]

Thomas:

Try "lynx -dump" <file.html >file.txt.

It works great!

-Dave

html to text.

[Thomas Ward]

Hello, list. Does anyone know of a Linux tool, script, or anything for 
Linux that will take a html file, remove the tags, and break it down to a 
flat ascii text file without all the html markup?
I've got several books in html format which I hate reading in a web 
browser, and I want the ability to remove the tags so I can read it 
anywhere I want.
Thanks.