man2html - AutoOpts Simple Client

Man2html is an AutoOpts "Hello, world!" example that does something. It is yet another program to convert man page display text into html code. See the usage text or its own man page for more details. It is being released in conjunction with AutoGen for several reasons:

The "local only build" usage is actually very simple. Here is the full Makefile for this project:

CVSSRC = Makefile man2html.c opts.def README SRC = opts.c man2html.c OBJ = $(SRC:.c=.o) DOCS = man2html.1 man2html.html CFLAGS = -g `autoopts-config cflags` LDFLAGS = `autoopts-config libs` default : man2html all : man2html $(DOCS) opts.h : opts.c opts.c : opts.def autogen opts.def $(OBJ) : opts.h man2html : man2html.o opts.o $(CC) -o $@ man2html.o opts.o $(LDFLAGS) clobber : rm -rf $(OBJ) opts.? man2html *~ $(DOCS) man2html-* man2html.1 : opts.def autogen -T agman1.tpl -b man2html opts.def man2html.html : man2html.1 man2html nroff -man man2html.1 | ./man2html -u > $@ dist : ver=`sed -n 's/^version *=//p' opts.def` ; \ ver=`eval echo $$ver` ; \ rm -rf man2html-$$ver ; mkdir man2html-$$ver ; \ cp $(CVSSRC) man2html-$$ver/. ; \ tar cvf - man2html-$$ver | gzip --best > man2html-$$ver.tar.gz ; \ rm -rf man2html-$$ver

man2html Man Page Converter

man2html - convert nroff output to html - Ver. 2.0
USAGE:  man2html [ -<flag> [<val>] | --<name>[{=| }<val>] ]... [ <input-file> ]
  Flg Arg Option-Name    Description
   -u no  blank-lines    Remove multiple blank lines
   -f KWd form           HTML form type (default:  html PAGE)
      no  bs-warning     Warn on unprocessed backspaces
   -p no  pea            omit attribution
   -h Str header         regex for identifying page headers
				- disabled as --no-header
				- enabled by default
      Str section-flag   section option flag for 'man(1)'
   -v opt version        Output version information and exit
   -? no  help           Display usage information and exit
   -! no  more-help      Extended usage information passed thru pager

Options are specified by doubled hyphens and their name
or by a single hyphen and the flag character.

The input may come from standard input, or be specified on the command
line.  If it is specified on the command line but cannot be found
directly, then the ``man(1)'' command will be invoked using this name.

The valid "form" option keywords are:
  page xhtml body pre

Makes the following conversions:
 * backspace/overstrikes to bold.
 * backspace/underbar (either order) to italic.
 * bar/backspace/dash to `+' (also handle bold rendering)
 * bar/backspace/equals to `*' (also handle bold rendering)
 * plus/backspace/o to `o'
 * maps HTML special characters: '<', '>' and '&' to
   '&lt;', '&gt;' and '&amp;', respectively.

If a man page name is specified and the name contains a suffix,
the suffix will be stripped from the name and passed to ``man(1)''
as a separate argument.  An attempt is made when ``man2html'' is
built to determine if this argument should be introduced with a ``-s''
or ``-S'' option marker, or by itself as the initial argument.

All text preceeding the ``NAME'' section marker is stripped.

please send bug reports to:  autogen-bugs@sf.net

SYNOPSIS

man2html [-flag [value]]... [--opt-name [[=| ]value]]... [ <input-file> ] The input may come from standard input, or be specified on the command line. If it is specified on the command line but cannot be found directly, then the man(1) command will be invoked using this name.

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents, briefly, the man2html command. Makes the following conversions: * backspace/overstrikes to bold. * backspace/underbar (either order) to italic. * bar/backspace/dash to `+' (also handle bold rendering) * bar/backspace/equals to `*' (also handle bold rendering) * plus/backspace/o to `o' * maps HTML special characters: '<', '>' and '&' to '<', '>' and '&', respectively. If a man page name is specified and the name contains a suffix, the suffix will be stripped from the name and passed to man(1) as a sepa- rate argument. An attempt is made when man2html is built to determine if this argument should be introduced with a -s or -S option marker, or by itself as the initial argument. All text preceeding the NAME section marker is stripped.

OPTIONS

-u, --blank-lines Remove multiple blank lines. Man pages often have many blank lines. This is fine for print- ing on paper, but inconvenient for viewing on a web page. -f type, --form=type HTML form type (default: html PAGE). This option takes a key- word as its argument. The argument sets an enumeration value that can be tested by comparing them against the option value macro. The available keywords are: page xhtml body pre The default type for this option is: page Several possible output formats are supported. Which you choose will depend upon how you wish to use the output. page The output will be a fully formed HTML page. This is the default. xhtml The output will be a fully formed XHTML page. body The output is the body portion of an HTML page. The header portion and the ``<html>''/``</html>'' enclosing tags will need to be provided. pre The output will be surrounded only with ``<pre>'' and ``</pre>'' tags. This can then be placed in tables, frames or other constructs. --bs-warning Warn on unprocessed backspaces. Specify this option to detect unprocessed backspace characters. -p, --pea omit attribution. Specify this option to omit man2html attribution. -h regex, --header=regex, --no-header regex for identifying header/footer lines. The no-header form will disable the option. This option is enabled by default. The default regex for this option is: Different platforms emit differently formatted headers and foot- ers. The default is to skip lines that contain the phrase, Last change or begin with 24 consecutive spaces. --section-flag=string section option flag for 'man(1)'. The default string for this option is: S If the man(1) page name passed as an argument has a section suf- fix, man2html will run man internally. It will pass this suffix either as a plain command argument or as an argument to this man(1) page option. Different platforms use different flags. -?, --help Display usage information and exit. -!, --more-help Extended usage information passed thru pager. -v [{v|c|n}], --version[={v|c|n}] Output version of program and exit. The default mode is `v', a simple version. The `c' mode will print copyright information and `n' will print the full copyright notice.

Bruce Korb Please send bug reports to: autogen-bugs@sf.net Released under the Free BSD License. This manual page was AutoGen-erated from the man2html option defini- tions.