Provided by: libhtml-gentoc-perl_3.20-3_all 
NAME
HTML::GenToc - Generate a Table of Contents for HTML documents.
VERSION
version 3.20
SYNOPSIS
use HTML::GenToc;
# create a new object
my $toc = new HTML::GenToc();
my $toc = new HTML::GenToc(title=>"Table of Contents",
toc_entry=>{
H1=>1,
H2=>2
},
toc_end=>{
H1=>'/H1',
H2=>'/H2'
}
);
# generate a ToC from a file
$toc->generate_toc(input=>$html_file,
footer=>$footer_file,
header=>$header_file
);
DESCRIPTION
HTML::GenToc generates anchors and a table of contents for HTML documents. Depending on
the arguments, it will insert the information it generates, or output to a string, a
separate file or STDOUT.
While it defaults to taking H1 and H2 elements as the significant elements to put into the
table of contents, any tag can be defined as a significant element. Also, it doesn't
matter if the input HTML code is complete, pure HTML, one can input pseudo-html or page-
fragments, which makes it suitable for using on templates and HTML meta-languages such as
WML.
Also included in the distrubution is hypertoc, a script which uses the module so that one
can process files on the command-line in a user-friendly manner.
DETAILS
The ToC generated is a multi-level level list containing links to the significant
elements. HTML::GenToc inserts the links into the ToC to significant elements at a level
specified by the user.
Example:
If H1s are specified as level 1, than they appear in the first level list of the ToC. If
H2s are specified as a level 2, than they appear in a second level list in the ToC.
Information on the significant elements and what level they should occur are passed in to
the methods used by this object, or one can use the defaults.
There are two phases to the ToC generation. The first phase is to put suitable anchors
into the HTML documents, and the second phase is to generate the ToC from HTML documents
which have anchors in them for the ToC to link to.
For more information on controlling the contents of the created ToC, see "Formatting the
ToC".
HTML::GenToc also supports the ability to incorporate the ToC into the HTML document
itself via the inline option. See "Inlining the ToC" for more information.
In order for HTML::GenToc to support linking to significant elements, HTML::GenToc inserts
anchors into the significant elements. One can use HTML::GenToc as a filter, outputing
the result to another file, or one can overwrite the original file, with the original
backed up with a suffix (default: "org") appended to the filename. One can also output
the result to a string.
METHODS
Default arguments can be set when the object is created, and overridden by setting
arguments when the generate_toc method is called. Arguments are given as a hash of
arguments.
Method -- new
$toc = new HTML::GenToc();
$toc = new HTML::GenToc(toc_entry=>\%my_toc_entry,
toc_end=>\%my_toc_end,
bak=>'bak',
...
);
Creates a new HTML::GenToc object.
These arguments will be used as defaults in invocations of other methods.
See generate_tod for possible arguments.
generate_toc
$toc->generate_toc(outfile=>"index2.html");
my $result_str = $toc->generate_toc(to_string=>1);
Generates a table of contents for the significant elements in the HTML documents,
optionally generating anchors for them first.
Options
bak bak => string
If the input file/files is/are being overwritten (overwrite is on), copy the original
file to "filename.string". If the value is empty, no backup file will be created.
(default:org)
debug
debug => 1
Enable verbose debugging output. Used for debugging this module; in other words,
don't bother. (default:off)
entrysep
entrysep => string
Separator string for non-<li> item entries (default: ", ")
filenames
filenames => \@filenames
The filenames to use when creating table-of-contents links. This overrides the
filenames given in the input option, and is expected to have exactly the same number
of elements. This can also be used when passing in string-content to the input
option, to give a (fake) filename to use for the links relating to that content.
footer
footer => file_or_string
Either the filename of the file containing footer text for ToC; or a string containing
the footer text.
header
header => file_or_string
Either the filename of the file containing header text for ToC; or a string containing
the header text.
ignore_only_one
ignore_only_one => 1
If there would be only one item in the ToC, don't make a ToC.
ignore_sole_first
ignore_sole_first => 1
If the first item in the ToC is of the highest level, AND it is the only one of that
level, ignore it. This is useful in web-pages where there is only one H1 header but
one doesn't know beforehand whether there will be only one.
inline
inline => 1
Put ToC in document at a given point. See "Inlining the ToC" for more information.
input
input => \@filenames
input => $content
This is expected to be either a reference to an array of filenames, or a string
containing content to process.
The three main uses would be:
(a) you have more than one file to process, so pass in multiple filenames
(b) you have one file to process, so pass in its filename as the only array item
(c) you have HTML content to process, so pass in just the content as a string
(default:undefined)
notoc_match
notoc_match => string
If there are certain individual tags you don't wish to include in the table of
contents, even though they match the "significant elements", then if this pattern
matches contents inside the tag (not the body), then that tag will not be included,
either in generating anchors nor in generating the ToC. (default: "class="notoc"")
ol ol => 1
Use an ordered list for level 1 ToC entries.
ol_num_levels
ol_num_levels => 2
The number of levels deep the OL listing will go if ol is true. If set to zero, will
use an ordered list for all levels. (default:1)
overwrite
overwrite => 1
Overwrite the input file with the output. (default:off)
outfile
outfile => file
File to write the output to. This is where the modified HTML output goes to. Note
that it doesn't make sense to use this option if you are processing more than one
file. If you give '-' as the filename, then output will go to STDOUT. (default:
STDOUT)
quiet
quiet => 1
Suppress informative messages. (default: off)
textonly
textonly => 1
Use only text content in significant elements.
title
title => string
Title for ToC page (if not using header or inline or toc_only) (default: "Table of
Contents")
toc_after
toc_after => \%toc_after_data
%toc_after_data = { tag1 => suffix1,
tag2 => suffix2
};
toc_after => { H2=>'</em>' }
For defining layout of significant elements in the ToC.
This expects a reference to a hash of tag=>suffix pairs.
The tag is the HTML tag which marks the start of the element. The suffix is what is
required to be appended to the Table of Contents entry generated for that tag.
(default: undefined)
toc_before
toc_before => \%toc_before_data
%toc_before_data = { tag1 => prefix1,
tag2 => prefix2
};
toc_before=>{ H2=>'<em>' }
For defining the layout of significant elements in the ToC. The tag is the HTML tag
which marks the start of the element. The prefix is what is required to be prepended
to the Table of Contents entry generated for that tag.
(default: undefined)
toc_end
toc_end => \%toc_end_data
%toc_end_data = { tag1 => endtag1,
tag2 => endtag2
};
toc_end => { H1 => '/H1', H2 => '/H2' }
For defining significant elements. The tag is the HTML tag which marks the start of
the element. The endtag the HTML tag which marks the end of the element. When
matching in the input file, case is ignored (but make sure that all your tag options
referring to the same tag are exactly the same!).
toc_entry
toc_entry => \%toc_entry_data
%toc_entry_data = { tag1 => level1,
tag2 => level2
};
toc_entry => { H1 => 1, H2 => 2 }
For defining significant elements. The tag is the HTML tag which marks the start of
the element. The level is what level the tag is considered to be. The value of level
must be numeric, and non-zero. If the value is negative, consective entries
represented by the significant_element will be separated by the value set by entrysep
option.
toclabel
toclabel => string
HTML text that labels the ToC. Always used. (default: "<h1>Table of Contents</h1>")
toc_tag
toc_tag => string
If a ToC is to be included inline, this is the pattern which is used to match the tag
where the ToC should be put. This can be a start-tag, an end-tag or a comment, but
the < should be left out; that is, if you want the ToC to be placed after the BODY
tag, then give "BODY". If you want a special comment tag to make where the ToC should
go, then include the comment marks, for example: "!--toc--" (default:BODY)
toc_tag_replace
toc_tag_replace => 1
In conjunction with toc_tag, this is a flag to say whether the given tag should be
replaced, or if the ToC should be put after the tag. This can be useful if your
toc_tag is a comment and you don't need it after you have the ToC in place.
(default:false)
toc_only
toc_only => 1
Output only the Table of Contents, that is, the Table of Contents plus the toclabel.
If there is a header or a footer, these will also be output.
If toc_only is false then if there is no header, and inline is not true, then a
suitable HTML page header will be output, and if there is no footer and inline is not
true, then a HTML page footer will be output.
(default:false)
to_string
to_string => 1
Return the modified HTML output as a string. This does override other methods of
output (unlike version 3.00). If to_string is false, the method will return 1 rather
than a string.
use_id
use_id => 1
Use id="name" for anchors rather than <a name="name"/> anchors. However if an anchor
already exists for a Significant Element, this won't make an id for that particular
element.
useorg
useorg => 1
Use pre-existing backup files as the input source; that is, files of the form
infile.bak (see input and bak).
INTERNAL METHODS
These methods are documented for developer purposes and aren't intended to be used
externally.
make_anchor_name
$toc->make_anchor_name(content=>$content,
anchors=>\%anchors);
Makes the anchor-name for one anchor. Bases the anchor on the content of the significant
element. Ensures that anchors are unique.
make_anchors
my $new_html = $toc->make_anchors(input=>$html,
notoc_match=>$notoc_match,
use_id=>$use_id,
toc_entry=>\%toc_entries,
toc_end=>\%toc_ends,
);
Makes the anchors the given input string. Returns a string.
make_toc_list
my @toc_list = $toc->make_toc_list(input=>$html,
labels=>\%labels,
notoc_match=>$notoc_match,
toc_entry=>\%toc_entry,
toc_end=>\%toc_end,
filename=>$filename);
Makes a list of lists which represents the structure and content of (a portion of) the ToC
from one file. Also updates a list of labels for the ToC entries.
build_lol
Build a list of lists of paths, given a list of hashes with info about paths.
output_toc
$self->output_toc(toc=>$toc_str,
input=>\@input,
filenames=>\@filenames);
Put the output (whether to file, STDOUT or string). The "output" in this case could be
the ToC, the modified (anchors added) HTML, or both.
put_toc_inline
my $newhtml = $toc->put_toc_inline(toc_str=>$toc_str,
filename=>$filename, in_string=>$in_string);
Puts the given toc_str into the given input string; returns a string.
cp
cp($src, $dst);
Copies file $src to $dst. Used for making backups of files.
FILE FORMATS
Formatting the ToC
The toc_entry and other related options give you control on how the ToC entries may look,
but there are other options to affect the final appearance of the ToC file created.
With the header option, the contents of the given file (or string) will be prepended
before the generated ToC. This allows you to have introductory text, or any other text,
before the ToC.
Note:
If you use the header option, make sure the file specified contains the opening HTML
tag, the HEAD element (containing the TITLE element), and the opening BODY tag.
However, these tags/elements should not be in the header file if the inline option is
used. See "Inlining the ToC" for information on what the header file should contain
for inlining the ToC.
With the toclabel option, the contents of the given string will be prepended before the
generated ToC (but after any text taken from a header file).
With the footer option, the contents of the file will be appended after the generated ToC.
Note:
If you use the footer, make sure it includes the closing BODY and HTML tags (unless,
of course, you are using the inline option).
If the header option is not specified, the appropriate starting HTML markup will be added,
unless the toc_only option is specified. If the footer option is not specified, the
appropriate closing HTML markup will be added, unless the toc_only option is specified.
If you do not want/need to deal with header, and footer, files, then you are allowed to
specify the title, title option, of the ToC file; and it allows you to specify a heading,
or label, to put before ToC entries' list, the toclabel option. Both options have default
values.
If you do not want HTML page tags to be supplied, and just want the ToC itself, then
specify the toc_only option. If there are no header or footer files, then this will
simply output the contents of toclabel and the ToC itself.
Inlining the ToC
The ability to incorporate the ToC directly into an HTML document is supported via the
inline option.
Inlining will be done on the first file in the list of files processed, and will only be
done if that file contains an opening tag matching the toc_tag value.
If overwrite is true, then the first file in the list will be overwritten, with the
generated ToC inserted at the appropriate spot. Otherwise a modified version of the first
file is output to either STDOUT or to the output file defined by the outfile option.
The options toc_tag and toc_tag_replace are used to determine where and how the ToC is
inserted into the output.
Example 1
$toc->generate_toc(inline=>1,
toc_tag => 'BODY',
toc_tag_replace => 0,
...
);
This will put the generated ToC after the BODY tag of the first file. If the header
option is specified, then the contents of the specified file are inserted after the BODY
tag. If the toclabel option is not empty, then the text specified by the toclabel option
is inserted. Then the ToC is inserted, and finally, if the footer option is specified, it
inserts the footer. Then the rest of the input file follows as it was before.
Example 2
$toc->generate_toc(inline=>1,
toc_tag => '!--toc--',
toc_tag_replace => 1,
...
);
This will put the generated ToC after the first comment of the form <!--toc-->, and that
comment will be replaced by the ToC (in the order
header
toclabel
ToC
footer) followed by the rest of the input file.
Note:
The header file should not contain the beginning HTML tag and HEAD element since the
HTML file being processed should already contain these tags/elements.
NOTES
• HTML::GenToc is smart enough to detect anchors inside significant elements. If the
anchor defines the NAME attribute, HTML::GenToc uses the value. Else, it adds its own
NAME attribute to the anchor. If use_id is true, then it likewise checks for and uses
IDs.
• The TITLE element is treated specially if specified in the toc_entry option. It is
illegal to insert anchors (A) into TITLE elements. Therefore, HTML::GenToc will
actually link to the filename itself instead of the TITLE element of the document.
• HTML::GenToc will ignore a significant element if it does not contain any non-
whitespace characters. A warning message is generated if such a condition exists.
• If you have a sequence of significant elements that change in a slightly disordered
fashion, such as H1 -> H3 -> H2 or even H2 -> H1, though HTML::GenToc deals with this
to create a list which is still good HTML, if you are using an ordered list to that
depth, then you will get strange numbering, as an extra list element will have been
inserted to nest the elements at the correct level.
For example (H2 -> H1 with ol_num_levels=1):
1.
* My H2 Header
2. My H1 Header
For example (H1 -> H3 -> H2 with ol_num_levels=0 and H3 also being significant):
1. My H1 Header
1.
1. My H3 Header
2. My H2 Header
2. My Second H1 Header
In cases such as this it may be better not to use the ol option.
CAVEATS
• Version 3.10 (and above) generates more verbose (SEO-friendly) anchors than prior
versions. Thus anchors generated with earlier versions will not match version 3.10
anchors.
• Version 3.00 (and above) of HTML::GenToc is not compatible with Version 2.x of
HTML::GenToc. It is now designed to do everything in one pass, and has dropped
certain options: the infile option is no longer used (it has been replaced with the
input option); the toc_file option no longer exists; use the outfile option instead;
the tocmap option is no longer supported. Also the old array-parsing of arguments is
no longer supported. There is no longer a generate_anchors method; everything is done
with generate_toc.
It now generates lower-case tags rather than upper-case ones.
• HTML::GenToc is not very efficient (memory and speed), and can be slow for large
documents.
• Now that generation of anchors and of the ToC are done in one pass, even more memory
is used than was the case before. This is more notable when processing multiple
files, since all files are read into memory before processing them.
• Invalid markup will be generated if a significant element is contained inside of an
anchor. For example:
<a name="foo"><h1>The FOO command</h1></a>
will be converted to (if H1 is a significant element),
<a name="foo"><h1><a name="The">The</a> FOO command</h1></a>
which is illegal since anchors cannot be nested.
It is better style to put anchor statements within the element to be anchored. For
example, the following is preferred:
<h1><a name="foo">The FOO command</a></h1>
HTML::GenToc will detect the "foo" name and use it.
• name attributes without quotes are not recognized.
BUGS
Tell me about them.
REQUIRES
The installation of this module requires "Module::Build". The module depends on
"HTML::SimpleParse", "HTML::Entities" and "HTML::LinkList" and uses "Data::Dumper" for
debugging purposes. The hypertoc script depends on "Getopt::Long", "Getopt::ArgvFile" and
"Pod::Usage". Testing of this distribution depends on "Test::More".
INSTALLATION
To install this module, run the following commands:
perl Build.PL
./Build
./Build test
./Build install
Or, if you're on a platform (like DOS or Windows) that doesn't like the "./" notation, you
can do this:
perl Build.PL
perl Build
perl Build test
perl Build install
In order to install somewhere other than the default, such as in a directory under your
home directory, like "/home/fred/perl" go
perl Build.PL --install_base /home/fred/perl
as the first step instead.
This will install the files underneath /home/fred/perl.
You will then need to make sure that you alter the PERL5LIB variable to find the modules,
and the PATH variable to find the script.
Therefore you will need to change: your path, to include /home/fred/perl/script (where the
script will be)
PATH=/home/fred/perl/script:${PATH}
the PERL5LIB variable to add /home/fred/perl/lib
PERL5LIB=/home/fred/perl/lib:${PERL5LIB}
SEE ALSO
perl(1) htmltoc(1) hypertoc(1)
AUTHOR
Kathryn Andersen (RUBYKAT) http://www.katspace.org/tools/hypertoc/
Based on htmltoc by Earl Hood ehood AT medusa.acs.uci.edu
Contributions by Dan Dascalescu, <http://dandascalescu.com>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1994-1997 Earl Hood, ehood AT medusa.acs.uci.edu Copyright (C) 2002-2008
Kathryn Andersen
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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