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html2textrc(5)                           File Formats Manual                          html2textrc(5)

NAME
       html2textrc - formatting properties file for html2text(1)

SYNOPSIS
       Key [ = | : ] Value

DESCRIPTION
       The html2textrc(5) file defines a set of formatting properties used by the html2text(1) util‐
       ity,  that  overrides the program's built-in formatting defaults.  Each line of the html2tex‐
       trc(5) file is either a formatting property or a comment.

       Lines with a leading "#" or "!" (i.e. the first non-space character is a "#" or a  "!")   and
       blank  lines (i.e. a line consisting only of white-space characters), are considered comments
       and ignored.  Everything else is literary interpreted by the parser as a formatting property,
       where a string-type property value may also be empty (unsets default value).  Both, the prop‐
       erty key and the property value, may contain C-style escape sequences to  mask  meta  charac‐
       ters.

       A property definition line consists of:

       (1)    Optional leading space,

       (2)    the  property key (a sequence of non-space characters except "=" and ":") as described
              below,

       (3)    an optional space,

       (4)    an optional "=" or ":",

       (5)    optional space,

       (6)    the property value as described below.
              Everything up to the next newline is interpreted literary as the value of  the  speci‐
              fied element. Literary meant leading white-space must be quoted with backslashes (i.e.
              "\ "). Be aware not to include unwanted trailing white-space characters.

OPTIONS
       The following is the list of valid formatting properties, together with their default values.
       If the -style command line option of html2text(1) is used, different default values apply.

       Curly braces indicate alternatives, e.g.  {A B}C stands for AC or BC.

       DOCUMENT.{vspace.{before after} indent.{left right}} = 0
              Specifies  how  many  blank  lines  are  inserted before and after, and how many blank
              columns are inserted to the left and to the right of  the  formatted  document.   (Nu‐
              meric.)

       BODY.{vspace.{before after} indent.{left right}} = 0
              Same  for  the  document body. (Since the document body is currently the only document
              part that is rendered, it is virtually the same whether you specify DOCUMENT or BODY).
              (Numeric.)

       {OL UL DIR MENU DL}.vspace.{before between after} = 0
              Specifies how many blank lines are inserted before a list, between the individual list
              items, and after the list.  (Numeric.)

       {OL UL DIR MENU}.indents = 6
              Specifies by how deep list items are indented. If an item bullet would  not  fit  into
              the  space created by the indentation, then the indentation is automatically increased
              such that the bullet fits in (relevant for relatively wide bullets,  e.g.  roman  num‐
              bers).  If N blank-separated integers are specified instead of one, then the first N-1
              integers specify indentation for the first N-1 list nesting levels, while the last in‐
              teger specifies the indentation for nesting levels N and higher.  (Numeric.)

       {UL DIR}.default_types = DISC CIRCLE SQUARE
              Specifies the default list type (i.e. the bullet style), if the HTML list tag does not
              specify  an  explicit type. Legal values are NO_BULLET, DISC, SQUARE, CIRCLE, CUSTOM1,
              CUSTOM2 and CUSTOM3.  If more than one value is specified, then the values  apply  for
              the respective list nesting levels (see indents).  (Option.)

       MENU.default_types = NO_BULLET
              Same for <MENU>, but here the default is NO_BULLET.  (Option.)

       LI.{disc square circle custom1 custom2 custom3}_bullet = {* # o + - ~}
              Specifies the strings used as list item bullets.  (String.)

       {DT DD}.{vspace.{before after} indent.{left right}} = 0
              Specifies  how  many  blank  lines  are  inserted before and after, and how many blank
              columns are inserted to the left and to the right of each <DT> or <DD> element.   (Nu‐
              meric.)

       HR.marker = =
              Specifies the character to use for horizontal rules.  (String.)

       HR.{vspace.{before after} indent.{left right}} = 0
              Specifies  how  many  blank  lines  are  inserted before and after, and how many blank
              columns are inserted to the left and to the right of the horizontal rule.  (Numeric.)

       {H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6}.prefix = {****** ***** **** *** ** *}
              Specifies how headings are decorated with a prefix. (The default values have a  trail‐
              ing blank, e.g. "****** ".)  (String.)

       {H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6}.suffix = {****** ***** **** *** ** *}
              Specifies how headings are decorated with a suffix. (The default values have a leading
              blank, e.g. "\ ******".)  (String.)

       {H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6}.vspace.{before after} = 0
              Specifies how many blank lines are inserted before and after headings.  (Numeric.)

       {PRE P}.{vspace.{before after} indent.{left right}} = 0
              Specifies  how  many  blank  lines  are  inserted before and after, and how many blank
              columns are inserted to the left and to the right of these items.  (Numeric.)

       {BLOCKQUOTE ADDRESS}.{vspace.{before after} indent.{left right}} = {0 0 5 5}
              Specifies how many blank lines are inserted before  and  after,  and  how  many  blank
              columns are inserted to the left and to the right of these items.  (Numeric.)

       TABLE.vspace.{before after} = 0
              Specifies how many blank lines are inserted before and after tables.  (Numeric.)

       {H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6}.attributes = BOLD
              Specifies the cell attributes for headings. The value is a sequence of NONE, BOLD, UN‐
              DERLINE and STRIKETHROUGH.  (Option.)

       {TT I BIG SMALL SUB SUP DFN CODE SAMP KBD CITE}.attributes = NONE
              Specifies the cell attributes for these text items.  Legal values are: NONE, BOLD, UN‐
              DERLINE or STRIKETHROUGH.  (Option.)

       U.attributes = UNDERLINE
              Same for <U> elements, but with a different default value.  (Option.)

       {B EM STRONG}.attributes = BOLD
              Same for these elements, but with a different default value.  (Option.)

       STRIKE.attributes = STRIKETHROUGH
              Same for <STRIKE> elements, but with a different default value.  (Option.)

       A.attributes.{internal_link external_link} = UNDERLINE
              Specifies  the  cell attributes for links. A link is an <A> element that has an "HREF"
              attribute. An internal link is a link whose "HREF" attribute starts with a hash  char‐
              acter  (e.g.   "<A  href="#42">").   Legal  values are again NONE, BOLD, UNDERLINE and
              STRIKETHROUGH.  (Option.)

       IMG.replace.{all noalt} = unset
              Specifies the string used to replace all <IMG> elements, or those without an "ALT" at‐
              tribute set.  (String.)

       IMG.alt.{prefix suffix} = {[ ]}
              Specifies how the values (if any)  of  IMG  elements'  "ALT"  attributes  are  marked.
              (String.)

AUTHOR
       Current maintainer and primary download location for html2text is:
       Martin Bayer <mbayer AT zedat.de>
       http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~mbayer/tools/

SEE ALSO
       html2text(1)

                                             2001-06-11                               html2textrc(5)