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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)
       utility, that overrides the program's built-in formatting  defaults.   Each  line  of  the
       html2textrc(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  property  key  and  the  property  value, may contain C-style escape
       sequences to mask meta characters.

       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
              specified  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.
              (Numeric.)

       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 numbers).   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 integer 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.
              (Numeric.)

       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
              trailing 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,
              UNDERLINE 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,
              UNDERLINE 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 character (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"
              attribute 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@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
       http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~mbayer/tools/ ⟨⟩

SEE ALSO

       html2text(1)

                                            2001-06-11                             html2textrc(5)