AbiWord, Text and HTML??

Hal MacArgle
2006-02-12T18:15:36Z

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
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.