[lug] Html to plain text

[Ken Weinert]

Take at look at this page, I think it will give you exactly what you
want: http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/x-remote.html


* Carlos Hernández López (chernanl at banxico.org.mx) [010117 19:04]:
> Yes, technically, html files ARE plain text. But what I want to do is remove
> all the html tags and get a  human  readable plain text file. I need  exactly
> what netscape does with the sequence that Wayde has described.
> 
> The  thing is that I need to do it  automatically, not by hand.
> 
> With Lynx I can get a plain text file but it is not so easy to read.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> "J. Wayde Allen" wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Carlos Hernández López wrote:
> >
> > > Does anybody know an easy way to convert html files to plain text files?
> >
> > Well ... one way using netscape is to use the click sequence:
> >
> >    file -> save as -> Format For Saved Document: Text
> >
> > - Wayde
> >   (wallen at lug.boulder.co.us)
> >
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