Re: What would YOU like to see in a txt to html converter?
I already thought of using dots or asterisks or whatever to let the user format the text instead of using html tags (this would be quite paradox ;-) Then please do not invent another wheel. Write a markdown parser: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: What would YOU like to see in a txt to html converter?
As you might have mentioned I'm just working on a txt to html converter called thc. This project is intended for me to learn Python and now pyQT4 to which I changed a few days ago (started with Tkinter). I have implemented the following features so far: - Giving a title for the html - Choose whether it's Transitional or Strict Doctype Don't give this choice. What benefit does this give the user? - Select a background color - Show the converted file with the standard browser That should probably be valid [X]HTML and be done with it. - Working on a font size slider This should be a browser feature, not a page feature. Use the default sizes of the HTML elements, and let the UA override those defaults as the user sees fit ot configure it. If you think that there should be a font size slider, then file a feature request at the bug tracker of your favourite browser. I don't really know if this is of any use for anybody but it's just a fun project by a beginner :-) Now I'd like to know what kind of features you'd like to see in version 0.3 of thc!? You should probably convert the text to UTF-8 and make sure to declare that with a meta tag. You might want to look at markdown for a nice way to have hyperlink support. Lists conversion, like these: * item one * item two * item three 1. item one 2. item two 3. item three -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: What would YOU like to see in a txt to html converter?
Dotan Cohen wrote: As you might have mentioned I'm just working on a txt to html converter called thc. This project is intended for me to learn Python and now pyQT4 to which I changed a few days ago (started with Tkinter). I have implemented the following features so far: - Giving a title for the html - Choose whether it's Transitional or Strict Doctype Don't give this choice. What benefit does this give the user? - Select a background color - Show the converted file with the standard browser That should probably be valid [X]HTML and be done with it. - Working on a font size slider This should be a browser feature, not a page feature. Use the default sizes of the HTML elements, and let the UA override those defaults as the user sees fit ot configure it. If you think that there should be a font size slider, then file a feature request at the bug tracker of your favourite browser. I don't really know if this is of any use for anybody but it's just a fun project by a beginner :-) Now I'd like to know what kind of features you'd like to see in version 0.3 of thc!? You should probably convert the text to UTF-8 and make sure to declare that with a meta tag. You might want to look at markdown for a nice way to have hyperlink support. Lists conversion, like these: * item one * item two * item three 1. item one 2. item two 3. item three Actually I would like to see a good HTML to txt or odt converter. Perhaps someone you know has the time and inclination to make one. In Unix, grep is a fantastic search tool. Since HTML's today seem to be one page one file, trying to search a help collection for a phrase is useless in the practical sense. I mean no offense to your effort. There are many who wish a good version of such a converter. It's just that I personally wish HTMLs used for Help and Documentation were banned from the universe. To me, a well written, easily understood, no frills, fully grep'able text file that covers the subject well is a truly fantastic thing to be well cherished. Steve -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: What would YOU like to see in a txt to html converter?
Florian == Florian Wollenschein florian.wollensch...@fernuni-hagen.de writes: Florian As you might have mentioned I'm just working on a txt to html converter called Florian thc. This project is intended for me to learn Python and now pyQT4 to which I Florian changed a few days ago (started with Tkinter). Florian I have implemented the following features so far: Florian - Giving a title for the html Florian - Choose whether it's Transitional or Strict Doctype Florian - Select a background color Florian - Show the converted file with the standard browser Florian - Working on a font size slider Florian I don't really know if this is of any use for anybody but it's just a fun Florian project by a beginner :-) Florian Now I'd like to know what kind of features you'd like to see in version 0.3 of Florian thc!? Florian Please post them... Florian Have fun! Florian Listick Florian http://www.lictick.org You could learn something from emacs-muse. That plugin can help emacs to convert txt to html, tex, pdf, docbook and some other document format. In emacs-muse, the title and subtitle is defined like this: *emphasis* **strong emphasis** ***very strong emphasis*** _underlined_ =verbatim and monospace= emacs-muse : http://mwolson.org/projects/EmacsMuse.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: What would YOU like to see in a txt to html converter?
Will Wang wrote: Florian == Florian Wollenschein florian.wollensch...@fernuni-hagen.de writes: Florian As you might have mentioned I'm just working on a txt to html converter called Florian thc. This project is intended for me to learn Python and now pyQT4 to which I Florian changed a few days ago (started with Tkinter). Florian I have implemented the following features so far: Florian - Giving a title for the html Florian - Choose whether it's Transitional or Strict Doctype Florian - Select a background color Florian - Show the converted file with the standard browser Florian - Working on a font size slider Florian I don't really know if this is of any use for anybody but it's just a fun Florian project by a beginner :-) Florian Now I'd like to know what kind of features you'd like to see in version 0.3 of Florian thc!? Florian Please post them... Florian Have fun! Florian Listick Florian http://www.lictick.org You could learn something from emacs-muse. That plugin can help emacs to convert txt to html, tex, pdf, docbook and some other document format. In emacs-muse, the title and subtitle is defined like this: *emphasis* **strong emphasis** ***very strong emphasis*** _underlined_ =verbatim and monospace= emacs-muse : http://mwolson.org/projects/EmacsMuse.html Thank you for this information. I already thought of using dots or asterisks or whatever to let the user format the text instead of using html tags (this would be quite paradox ;-) Please keep on posting ideas... Thanks again, Listick http://www.listick.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: What would YOU like to see in a txt to html converter?
Florian Wollenschein wrote: As you might have mentioned I'm just working on a txt to html converter called thc. This project is intended for me to learn Python and now pyQT4 to which I changed a few days ago (started with Tkinter). I have implemented the following features so far: - Giving a title for the html - Choose whether it's Transitional or Strict Doctype - Select a background color - Show the converted file with the standard browser - Working on a font size slider I don't really know if this is of any use for anybody but it's just a fun project by a beginner :-) Now I'd like to know what kind of features you'd like to see in version 0.3 of thc!? Please post them... Have fun! Listick http://www.lictick.org I would first think about your personal requirements / use cases. What kind of texts do you want to convert? I think there's already quite some text to html converters, which you could take as inspiration. Most of them were written for a specific purpose though and started from text files with some 'formatting syntax' Exanples: man2html converts man pages to html pod2html covnerts perl online documentation to html There's also converters from certain wiki formats to html. There's also source code formatters for certain programming languages or log file to html converters which color certain message types If it is just for plain text with no special formattings, then you need probably only: - escape all characters, which have to be escap for html. (but there is probably already a function for it. ) - seperate paragraphs (at double new lines or at single new lines. This could be an option) - additionally you could allow to specify a html prefix (before the converted text) and a html post fix after the converted text. - I would handle settings lik color / font size etc with style sheets and not within the generated html. If you want you could autgenerate style sheets from some function arguments. They could contain Font color / background color / font formatting . . . . - you could add a configuration, that automatically tags certain words with certain tags, to allow simle keyword hihglighting. It all depends on your use case. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: What would YOU like to see in a txt to html converter?
Florian Wollenschein wrote: Will Wang wrote: *emphasis* **strong emphasis** ***very strong emphasis*** _underlined_ =verbatim and monospace= emacs-muse : http://mwolson.org/projects/EmacsMuse.html Thank you for this information. I already thought of using dots or asterisks or whatever to let the user format the text instead of using html tags (this would be quite paradox ;-) First thing I'd look at is actually docutils' RestructuredText (ReST). Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
