DWWW-TXT2HTML(8)

📦 version 1.16build1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 DWWW-TXT2HTML 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're talking about dwww-txt2html from the dwww manual (section 8, system admin territory, we're fancy) — a lil baby text-to-HTML glow-up machine for dwww. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

dwww-txt2html — a simple txt to HTML converter for dwww. that's it. that's the whole job. and she does it flawlessly. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

dwww-txt2html [--man] [--utf8] [file]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so dwww-txt2html is part of the dwww package, and the whole dwww vibe is giving you access to on-line documentation on a Debian system via WWW. yes queen, docs on the web, that's the dream. 🌈

dwww-txt2html itself is a very simple text to HTML filter. like, no thoughts, head empty, just vibes and angle brackets. it reads the text it's supposed to convert from a file argument if one was given, or from stdin otherwise. iykyk. 🫶

what does she actually do, you ask? bestie, let me list it:

  • converts <, >, and & properly. no cap, properly. that's the whole point.
  • adds <pre> and </pre> tags.
  • but — and this is the important part — it does not add <html> or <body> tags. she is not doing all that. 🙈
  • handles backspace characters. iconic behavior honestly.
  • converts local man pages and documentation files references to anchors 🔥
  • and adds links for both http and ftp sites, mail addresses, or Debian closes: #bug_no statements (e.g. closes: #100000). 💀 the way that bug number gets linked? obsessed.

dwww-txt2html is usually run by the dwww-convert(8) command. so like, she's not usually the main character, she's the supportive bestie behind the scenes. and honestly? that's valid. 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --man — input is an uncompressed manual page. so like, raw manpage energy, no zip, no gzip, nothing. just vibes. 📖
  • --utf8 — input is encoded in UTF-8. emoji-safe, bestie. 💖

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

go read those too, they're part of the family. 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Lars Wirzenius. then modified and improved by Robert Luberda. 💜

see dwww(7) for copyrights and stuff. (yes, "and stuff". that's literally what it says. we love a casual legal note. 💅)

and that's the whole page, bestie! this one came from dwww version 1.11.1, dated February 15th, 2009 — vintage but still slaying, honestly. 💖✨🎀

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