Text-to-HTML processing program

**Paul Rubin** · Jul 18 '05, 07:15 AM

Re: Text-to-HTML processing program

philh@invalid.e mail.address (phil hunt) writes:[color=blue]
> Does anyone know of a text-to-HTML processing program, ideally
> written in Python because I'll probably be wanting to make small
> modifications to it, which is simple and straightforward to use
> and which uses a simple markup language (something like Wikipedia
> markup would be ideal)?[/color]

I really wish Wikipedia, BBCodes, and all that would just use regular
HTML instead of continually inventing new "simplified " markup codes
for users to remember. The one thing they do that's useful is convert
blank lines to .

**John Hunter** · Jul 18 '05, 07:15 AM

Re: Text-to-HTML processing program

>>>>> "phil" == phil hunt <philh@invalid. email.address> writes:

phil> Does anyone know of a text-to-HTML processing program,
phil> ideally written in Python because I'll probably be wanting
phil> to make small modifications to it, which is simple and
phil> straightforward to use and which uses a simple markup
phil> language (something like Wikipedia markup would be ideal)?

Structured text is one of the simplest markups around (and
sufficiently powerful to make nice looking hardcopy) and is well
supported in python

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http://www.zope.org/Members/millejoh/structuredText

http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/rst/quickstart.html

Beyond that, search google groups for

structured text group:*python*

Here's a link to a post from me about the conversion of one of the old
diehards in our hospital to structured text:
http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zope/...ay/115243.html.

JDH

**Jarek Zgoda** · Jul 18 '05, 07:15 AM

Re: Text-to-HTML processing program

phil hunt <philh@invalid. email.address> pisze:
[color=blue]
> Does anyone know of a text-to-HTML processing program, ideally
> written in Python because I'll probably be wanting to make small
> modifications to it, which is simple and straightforward to use
> and which uses a simple markup language (something like Wikipedia
> markup would be ideal)?[/color]

Try PyTextile: http://www.diveintomark.org/projects/pytextile -- it's
Python implementation of Dean Allen's original PHP Textile.

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Jarek Zgoda
Unregistered Linux User #-1
http://www.zgoda.biz/ JID:zgoda-a-chrome.pl http://zgoda.jogger.pl/

**Rene Pijlman** · Jul 18 '05, 07:15 AM

Re: Text-to-HTML processing program

phil hunt:[color=blue]
>Does anyone know of a text-to-HTML processing program, ideally
>written in Python [...] which uses a simple markup language
>(something like Wikipedia markup would be ideal)?[/color]

"reStructuredTe xt is an easy-to-read, what-you-see-is-what-you-get
plaintext markup syntax and parser system. The reStructuredTex t parser is
a component of Docutils. reStructuredTex t is a revision and
reinterpretatio n of the StructuredText and Setext lightweight markup
systems."

Docutils FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

http://docutils.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html#what-is-restructuredtext

"Structured Text is a simple plain text markup format used by Zope and
many Zope products, invented by.. JimFulton? ? The idea is to have text
that is easy to read both in source and rendered form."

http://dev.zope.org/Members/jim/StructuredTextWiki/FrontPage/

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René Pijlman

**Patrick Useldinger** · Jul 18 '05, 07:15 AM

Re: Text-to-HTML processing program

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 05:51:33 +0000, philh@invalid.e mail.address (phil
hunt) wrote:
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>Does anyone know of a text-to-HTML processing program, ideally
>written in Python because I'll probably be wanting to make small[/color]

I like http://txt2tags.sourceforge.net/, used it to design my homepage.
--

404 - File or directory not found.

http://www.homepages.lu/pu/

**Jeff Schwab** · Jul 18 '05, 07:15 AM

Re: Text-to-HTML processing program

phil hunt wrote:[color=blue]
> Does anyone know of a text-to-HTML processing program, ideally
> written in Python because I'll probably be wanting to make small
> modifications to it, which is simple and straightforward to use
> and which uses a simple markup language (something like Wikipedia
> markup would be ideal)?[/color]

How about troff? Or if you really want to keep it simple, why not use
the <pre> tag in HTML?

**John Roth** · Jul 18 '05, 07:15 AM

Re: Text-to-HTML processing program

"phil hunt" <philh@invalid. email.address> wrote in message
news:slrnbvcm32 .122.philh@caba lamat.cabalamat .org...[color=blue]
> Does anyone know of a text-to-HTML processing program, ideally
> written in Python because I'll probably be wanting to make small
> modifications to it, which is simple and straightforward to use
> and which uses a simple markup language (something like Wikipedia
> markup would be ideal)?[/color]

There's an old saying that's attributed to a lot of people:

For every hard problem, there is a solution that is simple,
obvious and wrong.

Markup seems to be one of those problems. Lots of people
look at the existing markup languages out there, go "oh, yuck!,"
and invent a simpler markup language that promptly starts growing
until it reaches the state of the languages they originally rejected
as too complex.

John Roth

**phil hunt** · Jul 18 '05, 07:16 AM

Re: Text-to-HTML processing program

On 02 Jan 2004 22:18:56 -0800, Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.i nvalid> wrote:[color=blue]
>philh@invalid. email.address (phil hunt) writes:[color=green]
>> Does anyone know of a text-to-HTML processing program, ideally
>> written in Python because I'll probably be wanting to make small
>> modifications to it, which is simple and straightforward to use
>> and which uses a simple markup language (something like Wikipedia
>> markup would be ideal)?[/color]
>
>I really wish Wikipedia, BBCodes, and all that would just use regular
>HTML instead of continually inventing new "simplified " markup codes
>for users to remember. The one thing they do that's useful is convert
>blank lines to .[/color]

Wikipedia markup is significantly easier to use than HTML. Compare:

This is a ''list'':
* A list
* [http://www.cabalamat.org/ my website]
* [http://slashdot.org/ Slashdot]

With:

This is a list:
<ul>
<li><a href='http://www.cabalamat.o rg/'>my website</a></li>
<li><a href='http://slashdot.org/'>Slashdot</a></li>
</ul>

--
"It's easier to find people online who openly support the KKK than
people who openly support the RIAA" -- comment on Wikipedia
(Email: <zen20000@zen.c o.ku>, but first subtract 275 and reverse
the last two letters).

**phil hunt** · Jul 18 '05, 07:17 AM

Re: Text-to-HTML processing program

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 11:05:54 -0500, Jeff Schwab <jeffplus@comca st.net> wrote:[color=blue]
>phil hunt wrote:[color=green]
>> Does anyone know of a text-to-HTML processing program, ideally
>> written in Python because I'll probably be wanting to make small
>> modifications to it, which is simple and straightforward to use
>> and which uses a simple markup language (something like Wikipedia
>> markup would be ideal)?[/color]
>
>How about troff? Or if you really want to keep it simple, why not use
>the <pre> tag in HTML?[/color]

I wasn't aware troff did HTML output.
[color=blue]
>Or if you really want to keep it simple, why not use
>the <pre> tag in HTML?[/color]

Yuk.

--
"It's easier to find people online who openly support the KKK than
people who openly support the RIAA" -- comment on Wikipedia
(Email: <zen20000@zen.c o.ku>, but first subtract 275 and reverse
the last two letters).

**Jeff Schwab** · Jul 18 '05, 07:17 AM

Re: Text-to-HTML processing program

phil hunt wrote:[color=blue]
> On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 11:05:54 -0500, Jeff Schwab <jeffplus@comca st.net> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>phil hunt wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>Does anyone know of a text-to-HTML processing program, ideally
>>>written in Python because I'll probably be wanting to make small
>>>modification s to it, which is simple and straightforward to use
>>>and which uses a simple markup language (something like Wikipedia
>>>markup would be ideal)?[/color]
>>
>>How about troff? Or if you really want to keep it simple, why not use
>>the <pre> tag in HTML?[/color]
>
>
> I wasn't aware troff did HTML output.[/color]

There are separate utilities to do the translation. I have
groff/grohtml on my linux machine; I think there's something different
on my Solaris box.
[color=blue][color=green]
>>Or if you really want to keep it simple, why not use
>>the <pre> tag in HTML?[/color]
>
>
> Yuk.[/color]

Simple.

Of course, one *could* just use HTML, and stop whining. :)

**Reinier Post** · Jul 18 '05, 07:22 AM

Re: Text-to-HTML processing program

phil hunt wrote:
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>Does anyone know of a text-to-HTML processing program, ideally
>written in Python because I'll probably be wanting to make small
>modification s to it, which is simple and straightforward to use
>and which uses a simple markup language (something like Wikipedia
>markup would be ideal)?[/color]

Last time I looked for it, I Googled for

txt2html

and found a program of that name based on

txt2tex

I haven't used them heavily.

There are other "plaintext with conventions" text formats out there,
but I can't find my pointers to them.

--
Reinier

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