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From: Hal MacArgle <haltec@kvinet.com>
To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: AbiWord, Text and HTML??
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:15:36 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060212181536.GA2276@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> (raw)


Greetings: A problem importing a previously composed ascii text file
with jstar (joe) or, probably, any standard Linux text editor:

I had a single need to convert this to html and found that AbiWord
was quite easy:

$ abiword --to=html filename.txt > filename.html.

The trouble is; viewing filename.html with lynx or links it's double
spaced.. I thought 'no problem,' we have the standard end of line
thingy so I'll just edit filename.html substituting a space for the
</p> entries... Oh yeah--grin--lynx and links still view it double
spaced.. I tried several other 'fixes' to no avail.. Some crash and
burn..

Retyping the entire ascii text file into AbiWord and saving as a html
file is fine, but I much prefer composing all files with a CLI
editor.. Call me old fashioned?? Whatever.. I used WordStar for too
many years I guess... (Failing eyes doesn't help) <grin>

Any suggestions? TIA.

-- 

    Hal - in Terra Alta, WV/US - Slackware GNU/Linux 10.1   (2.4.29)
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             reply	other threads:[~2006-02-12 18:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-02-12 18:15 Hal MacArgle [this message]
2006-02-12 22:12 ` AbiWord, Text and HTML?? Ray Olszewski
2006-02-13 14:38   ` Hal MacArgle
     [not found] ` <20060213110952.5cab507e.peterg@fishinternet.com.au>
2006-02-13 14:42   ` Hal MacArgle
2006-02-13 19:10   ` Hal MacArgle

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