Are you looking to keep the basic formatting of the HTML in tact during the conversion, or just want the HTML stripped? I wouldn't imagine that it would be that hard to convert the HTML to text if the HTML wasn't overly complicated.
Agustin Rivera Webmaster, Pollstar.com http://www.pollstar.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Tremblay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:10 AM Subject: converting html to text > I spent several hours last night trying to convert an html file > to text, so that I could include it in an email. > > Someone from a mailing list sent me a simple perl script, which > worked for my purpose. > > However, this script simply eleminates tables and lists. > > I am wodering if there isn't a CPAN module already written. > Converting html to text seems like such a common task, that there > ought to be some robust scripts out there. Interestingly enough, > I found many scripts to convert html to rtf and LaTeX and every > other format, but not plain old text! > > Paul > > -- > > ************************ > *Paul Tremblay * > *[EMAIL PROTECTED]* > ************************ > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]