;;; html2text.el --- a simple html to plain text converter
-;; Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+;; Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Joakim Hove <hove@phys.ntnu.no>
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
;;; Commentary:
;; These functions provide a simple way to wash/clean html infected
;; mails. Definitely do not work in all cases, but some improvement
-;; in readability is generally obtained. Formatting is only done in
+;; in readability is generally obtained. Formatting is only done in
;; the buffer, so the next time you enter the article it will be
;; "re-htmlized".
;;
-;; The main function is "html2text"
+;; The main function is `html2text'.
;;; Code:
(defvar html2text-format-single-element-list '(("hr" . html2text-clean-hr)))
(defvar html2text-replace-list
- '((" " . " ") (">" . ">") ("<" . "<") (""" . "\""))
+ '((" " . " ") (">" . ">") ("<" . "<") (""" . "\"")
+ ("&" . "&") ("'" . "'"))
"The map of entity to text.
This is an alist were each element is a dotted pair consisting of an
-old string, and a replacement string. This replacement is done by the
-function \"html2text-substitute\" which basically performs a
-replace-string operation for every element in the list. This is
+old string, and a replacement string. This replacement is done by the
+function `html2text-substitute' which basically performs a
+`replace-string' operation for every element in the list. This is
completely verbatim - without any use of REGEXP.")
(defvar html2text-remove-tag-list
"A list of removable tags.
This is a list of tags which should be removed, without any
-formatting. Observe that if you the tags in the list are presented
-*without* any \"<\" or \">\". All occurences of a tag appearing in
-this list are removed, irrespective of whether it is a closing or
-opening tag, or if the tag has additional attributes. The actual
-deletion is done by the function \"html2text-remove-tags\".
+formatting. Note that tags in the list are presented *without*
+any \"<\" or \">\". All occurences of a tag appearing in this
+list are removed, irrespective of whether it is a closing or
+opening tag, or if the tag has additional attributes. The
+deletion is done by the function `html2text-remove-tags'.
For instance the text:
(defvar html2text-format-tag-list
'(("b" . html2text-clean-bold)
+ ("strong" . html2text-clean-bold)
("u" . html2text-clean-underline)
("i" . html2text-clean-italic)
+ ("em" . html2text-clean-italic)
("blockquote" . html2text-clean-blockquote)
("a" . html2text-clean-anchor)
("ul" . html2text-clean-ul)
"An alist of tags and processing functions.
This is an alist where each dotted pair consists of a tag, and then
-the name of a function to be called when this tag is found. The
+the name of a function to be called when this tag is found. The
function is called with the arguments p1, p2, p3 and p4. These are
demontrated below:
;; <Utility functions>
;;
-(defun html2text-buffer-head ()
- (if (string= mode-name "Article")
- (beginning-of-buffer)
- (beginning-of-buffer)
- )
- )
-(defun html2text-replace-string (from-string to-string p1 p2)
- (goto-char p1)
+(defun html2text-replace-string (from-string to-string min max)
+ "Replace FROM-STRING with TO-STRING in region from MIN to MAX."
+ (goto-char min)
(let ((delta (- (string-width to-string) (string-width from-string)))
(change 0))
- (while (search-forward from-string p2 t)
+ (while (search-forward from-string max t)
(replace-match to-string)
- (setq change (+ change delta))
- )
- change
- )
- )
+ (setq change (+ change delta)))
+ change))
;;
;; </Utility functions>
;; <Functions related to attributes> i.e. <font size=+3>
;;
-(defun html2text-attr-value (attr-list attr)
- (nth 1 (assoc attr attr-list))
- )
+(defun html2text-attr-value (list attribute)
+ "Get value of ATTRIBUTE from LIST."
+ (nth 1 (assoc attribute list)))
-(defun html2text-get-attr (p1 p2 tag)
+(defun html2text-get-attr (p1 p2)
(goto-char p1)
(re-search-forward " +[^ ]" p2 t)
(let* ((attr-string (buffer-substring-no-properties (1- (point)) (1- p2)))
((string-match "[^ ]=[^ ]" prev)
(let ((attr (nth 0 (split-string prev "=")))
(value (nth 1 (split-string prev "="))))
- (setq attr-list (cons (list attr value) attr-list))
- )
- )
+ (setq attr-list (cons (list attr value) attr-list))))
;; size= 3
((string-match "[^ ]=\\'" prev)
- (setq attr-list (cons (list (substring prev 0 -1) this) attr-list))
- )
- )
+ (setq attr-list (cons (list (substring prev 0 -1) this) attr-list))))
(while (< index (length tmp-list))
(cond
((string-match "[^ ]=[^ ]" this)
(let ((attr (nth 0 (split-string this "=")))
(value (nth 1 (split-string this "="))))
- (setq attr-list (cons (list attr value) attr-list))
- )
- )
+ (setq attr-list (cons (list attr value) attr-list))))
;; size =3
((string-match "\\`=[^ ]" this)
(setq attr-list (cons (list prev (substring this 1)) attr-list)))
-
;; size= 3
((string-match "[^ ]=\\'" this)
- (setq attr-list (cons (list (substring this 0 -1) next) attr-list))
- )
-
+ (setq attr-list (cons (list (substring this 0 -1) next) attr-list)))
;; size = 3
((string= "=" this)
- (setq attr-list (cons (list prev next) attr-list))
- )
- )
+ (setq attr-list (cons (list prev next) attr-list))))
(setq index (1+ index))
(setq prev this)
(setq this next)
- (setq next (nth (1+ index) tmp-list))
- )
-
+ (setq next (nth (1+ index) tmp-list)))
;;
;; Tags with no accompanying "=" i.e. value=nil
;;
(setq next (nth 2 tmp-list))
(setq index 1)
- (if (not (string-match "=" prev))
- (progn
- (if (not (string= (substring this 0 1) "="))
- (setq attr-list (cons (list prev nil) attr-list))
- )
- )
- )
-
+ (when (and (not (string-match "=" prev))
+ (not (string= (substring this 0 1) "=")))
+ (setq attr-list (cons (list prev nil) attr-list)))
(while (< index (1- (length tmp-list)))
- (if (not (string-match "=" this))
- (if (not (or (string= (substring next 0 1) "=")
- (string= (substring prev -1) "=")))
- (setq attr-list (cons (list this nil) attr-list))
- )
- )
+ (when (and (not (string-match "=" this))
+ (not (or (string= (substring next 0 1) "=")
+ (string= (substring prev -1) "="))))
+ (setq attr-list (cons (list this nil) attr-list)))
(setq index (1+ index))
(setq prev this)
(setq this next)
- (setq next (nth (1+ index) tmp-list))
- )
-
- (if this
- (progn
- (if (not (string-match "=" this))
- (progn
- (if (not (string= (substring prev -1) "="))
- (setq attr-list (cons (list this nil) attr-list))
- )
- )
- )
- )
- )
- attr-list ;; return - value
- )
- )
+ (setq next (nth (1+ index) tmp-list)))
+
+ (when (and this
+ (not (string-match "=" this))
+ (not (string= (substring prev -1) "=")))
+ (setq attr-list (cons (list this nil) attr-list)))
+ ;; return - value
+ attr-list))
;;
;; </Functions related to attributes>
(goto-char p1)
(let ((item-nr 0)
(items 0))
- (while (re-search-forward "<li>" p2 t)
+ (while (search-forward "<li>" p2 t)
(setq items (1+ items)))
(goto-char p1)
(while (< item-nr items)
(setq item-nr (1+ item-nr))
- (re-search-forward "<li>" (point-max) t)
+ (search-forward "<li>" (point-max) t)
(cond
((string= list-type "ul") (insert " o "))
((string= list-type "ol") (insert (format " %s: " item-nr)))
- (t (insert " x ")))
- )
- )
- )
+ (t (insert " x "))))))
(defun html2text-clean-dtdd (p1 p2)
(goto-char p1)
(let ((items 0)
(item-nr 0))
- (while (re-search-forward "<dt>" p2 t)
+ (while (search-forward "<dt>" p2 t)
(setq items (1+ items)))
(goto-char p1)
(while (< item-nr items)
(html2text-delete-single-tag p1 p2)
(goto-char p1)
(newline 1)
- (insert (make-string fill-column ?-))
- )
+ (insert (make-string fill-column ?-)))
(defun html2text-clean-ul (p1 p2 p3 p4)
(html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
- (html2text-clean-list-items p1 (- p3 (- p1 p2)) "ul")
- )
+ (html2text-clean-list-items p1 (- p3 (- p1 p2)) "ul"))
(defun html2text-clean-ol (p1 p2 p3 p4)
(html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
- (html2text-clean-list-items p1 (- p3 (- p1 p2)) "ol")
- )
+ (html2text-clean-list-items p1 (- p3 (- p1 p2)) "ol"))
(defun html2text-clean-dl (p1 p2 p3 p4)
(html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
- (html2text-clean-dtdd p1 (- p3 (- p1 p2)))
- )
+ (html2text-clean-dtdd p1 (- p3 (- p1 p2))))
(defun html2text-clean-center (p1 p2 p3 p4)
(html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
- (center-region p1 (- p3 (- p2 p1)))
- )
+ (center-region p1 (- p3 (- p2 p1))))
(defun html2text-clean-bold (p1 p2 p3 p4)
(put-text-property p2 p3 'face 'bold)
- (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
- )
+ (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4))
(defun html2text-clean-title (p1 p2 p3 p4)
(put-text-property p2 p3 'face 'bold)
- (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
- )
+ (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4))
(defun html2text-clean-underline (p1 p2 p3 p4)
(put-text-property p2 p3 'face 'underline)
- (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
- )
+ (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4))
(defun html2text-clean-italic (p1 p2 p3 p4)
(put-text-property p2 p3 'face 'italic)
- (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
- )
+ (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4))
(defun html2text-clean-font (p1 p2 p3 p4)
- (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
- )
+ (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4))
(defun html2text-clean-blockquote (p1 p2 p3 p4)
- (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
- )
+ (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4))
(defun html2text-clean-anchor (p1 p2 p3 p4)
- ;; If someone can explain how to make the URL clickable I will
- ;; surely improve upon this.
- (let* ((attr-list (html2text-get-attr p1 p2 "a"))
+ ;; If someone can explain how to make the URL clickable I will surely
+ ;; improve upon this.
+ ;; Maybe `goto-addr.el' can be used here.
+ (let* ((attr-list (html2text-get-attr p1 p2))
(href (html2text-attr-value attr-list "href")))
(delete-region p1 p4)
(when href
(defun html2text-fix-paragraph (p1 p2)
(goto-char p1)
- (let ((has-br-line)
- (refill-start)
+ (let ((refill-start)
(refill-stop))
- (if (re-search-forward "<br>$" p2 t)
- (setq has-br-line t)
- )
- (if has-br-line
- (progn
- (goto-char p1)
- (if (re-search-forward ".+[^<][^b][^r][^>]$" p2 t)
- (progn
- (beginning-of-line)
- (setq refill-start (point))
- (goto-char p2)
- (re-search-backward ".+[^<][^b][^r][^>]$" refill-start t)
- (next-line 1)
- (end-of-line)
- ;; refill-stop should ideally be adjusted to
- ;; accomodate the "<br>" strings which are removed
- ;; between refill-start and refill-stop. Can simply
- ;; be returned from my-replace-string
- (setq refill-stop (+ (point)
- (html2text-replace-string
- "<br>" ""
- refill-start (point))))
- ;; (message "Point = %s refill-stop = %s" (point) refill-stop)
- ;; (sleep-for 4)
- (fill-region refill-start refill-stop)
- )
- )
- )
- )
- )
- (html2text-replace-string "<br>" "" p1 p2)
- )
+ (when (re-search-forward "<br>$" p2 t)
+ (goto-char p1)
+ (when (re-search-forward ".+[^<][^b][^r][^>]$" p2 t)
+ (beginning-of-line)
+ (setq refill-start (point))
+ (goto-char p2)
+ (re-search-backward ".+[^<][^b][^r][^>]$" refill-start t)
+ (next-line 1)
+ (end-of-line)
+ ;; refill-stop should ideally be adjusted to
+ ;; accomodate the "<br>" strings which are removed
+ ;; between refill-start and refill-stop. Can simply
+ ;; be returned from my-replace-string
+ (setq refill-stop (+ (point)
+ (html2text-replace-string
+ "<br>" ""
+ refill-start (point))))
+ ;; (message "Point = %s refill-stop = %s" (point) refill-stop)
+ ;; (sleep-for 4)
+ (fill-region refill-start refill-stop))))
+ (html2text-replace-string "<br>" "" p1 p2))
;;
;; This one is interactive ...
"This _tries_ to fix up the paragraphs - this is done in quite a ad-hook
fashion, quite close to pure guess-work. It does work in some cases though."
(interactive)
- (html2text-buffer-head)
- (replace-regexp "^<br>$" "")
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (while (re-search-forward "^<br>$" nil t)
+ (delete-region (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)))
;; Removing lonely <br> on a single line, if they are left intact we
;; dont have any paragraphs at all.
- (html2text-buffer-head)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
(while (not (eobp))
(let ((p1 (point)))
(forward-paragraph 1)
;;
(defun html2text-remove-tags (tag-list)
- "Removes the tags listed in the list \"html2text-remove-tag-list\".
+ "Removes the tags listed in the list `html2text-remove-tag-list'.
See the documentation for that variable."
(interactive)
(dolist (tag tag-list)
- (html2text-buffer-head)
- (while (re-search-forward (format "</?%s[^>]*>" tag) (point-max) t)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (while (re-search-forward (format "\\(</?%s[^>]*>\\)" tag) (point-max) t)
(delete-region (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)))))
(defun html2text-format-tags ()
- "See the variable \"html2text-format-tag-list\" for documentation"
+ "See the variable `html2text-format-tag-list' for documentation."
(interactive)
(dolist (tag-and-function html2text-format-tag-list)
(let ((tag (car tag-and-function))
(function (cdr tag-and-function)))
- (html2text-buffer-head)
- (while (re-search-forward (format "<%s\\( [^>]*\\)?>" tag)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (while (re-search-forward (format "\\(<%s\\( [^>]*\\)?>\\)" tag)
(point-max) t)
(let ((p1)
(p2 (point))
- (p3) (p4)
- (attr (match-string 0)))
+ (p3) (p4))
(search-backward "<" (point-min) t)
(setq p1 (point))
- (re-search-forward (format "</%s>" tag) (point-max) t)
+ (search-forward (format "</%s>" tag) (point-max) t)
(setq p4 (point))
(search-backward "</" (point-min) t)
(setq p3 (point))
(funcall function p1 p2 p3 p4)
- (goto-char p1)
- )
- )
- )
- )
- )
+ (goto-char p1))))))
(defun html2text-substitute ()
- "See the variable \"html2text-replace-list\" for documentation"
+ "See the variable `html2text-replace-list' for documentation."
(interactive)
(dolist (e html2text-replace-list)
- (html2text-buffer-head)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
(let ((old-string (car e))
(new-string (cdr e)))
- (html2text-replace-string old-string new-string (point-min) (point-max))
- )
- )
- )
+ (html2text-replace-string old-string new-string (point-min) (point-max)))))
(defun html2text-format-single-elements ()
- ""
(interactive)
(dolist (tag-and-function html2text-format-single-element-list)
(let ((tag (car tag-and-function))
(function (cdr tag-and-function)))
- (html2text-buffer-head)
- (while (re-search-forward (format "<%s\\( [^>]*\\)?>" tag)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (while (re-search-forward (format "\\(<%s\\( [^>]*\\)?>\\)" tag)
(point-max) t)
(let ((p1)
(p2 (point)))
(search-backward "<" (point-min) t)
(setq p1 (point))
- (funcall function p1 p2)
- )
- )
- )
- )
- )
+ (funcall function p1 p2))))))
;;
;; Main function
;;
;; </Interactive functions>
;;
-
+(provide 'html2text)
+;;; arch-tag: e9e57b79-35d4-4de1-a647-e7e01fe56d1e
;;; html2text.el ends here