PGN2WEB(1)

📦 version 0.4, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🎀 PGN2WEB — the General Commands Manual girlies know 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the manual for pgn2web ✨ (and its lil GUI sibling p2wgui). Buckle up, it's chess-to-webpage o'clock 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

pgn2web — a whole program that converts PGN chess files into webpages. literally that's her job 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pgn2web [options] pgn-file  html-file
p2wgui -- graphical frontend to pgn2web

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

This manual page documents the pgn2web and p2wgui commands. yes, both of them, we don't play favorites 💅

pgn2web is a program that generates webpages from "portable game notation" PGN files, and the whole point is that they let you replay chess games right inside a web browser 🔥 it's got a commandline client and a gtk graphical user interface for convenience (because sometimes you just want buttons, no shame). The html output is highly customisable, it uses javascript, and it's standards compliant so it works with all major browsers. no cap. 👑

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with short options starting with one dash (-). A summary of options is included below, and yes we're listing all of them 💜

  • -c yes|no — include a link to the pgn2web homepage. your call bestie, yes or no 🎀
  • -p <piece-set> — use the <piece-set> pieceset. Available sets are: adventurer alfonso-x cases condal harlequin kingdom leipzig line lucena magnetic mark marroquin maya mediaeval merida motif 🦋 (sixteen of them, all iconic in their own way)
  • -s frameset|linked|individual — use the specified layout. pick your vibe: frameset, linked, or individual ✨
Passing no parameters at all will simply launch the GUI version. so if you're feeling ✨main character✨ and just want the pretty window, run it bare. no flags, no notes, just vibes 🫶

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

/usr/share/pgn2web/templates, — go look at the templates if you're nosy, they're right there 💖

👑 AUTHOR 👑

pgn2web was written by William Hoggarth <whoggarth@users.sourceforge.net>. absolute legend, we stan 🥹

This manual page was written by Oliver Korff <ok@xynyx.de>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others). slay 💅

so that's the whole thing bestie 🍓 go convert some chess games, replay them in your browser, and remember: short options start with one dash, and passing nothing launches the GUI. iykyk 🧚

pgn2web — page dated August 25, 2009, from the General Commands Manual era 💖 thanks for reading, mwah 😭💜

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