                           --==| UNHTML v1.5 |==--

           (C)opyright 1996 by Jawed Karim <Jawed.Karim-1@Umn.edu>



What's New
==========

UNHTML v1.3 --> v1.5 :

        o The DOS executable has been compiled with a newer version
          of djgpp.

        o The manual editing request by unhtml is now optional and can
          be turned on and off with the -e command line option.

        o Displaying the output file while processing the input file on
          screen is optional and is controlled with the -d command line
          option.

        o Unhtml's output style has been modified and a small help screen
          was added.

UNHTML v1.0 --> v1.3 :
        
        o The output files contain fewer empty lines, thus
          reducing its size.

        o An ELF executable for Linux is included.

        o An editor can be launched after completion to
          manually edit the output file.

        o UNHTML counts how many HTML tags were removed.

        o Special character symbols '&' and ';' no longer
          cause trouble within '<' and '>'.


Instructions
============

UnHTML v1.5 (C)opyright 1996 Jawed Karim <Jawed.Karim-1@Umn.edu>

Usage: unhtml <inputfile> <outputfile> [-d][-e]
                                               
        
        <inputfile> : The file that contains HTML code.

        <outputfile>: After removing the HTML code, the text
                      will be written to this file.


        [-d]        : Tells Unhtml to display the output file on screen
                      while processing it.

        [-e]        : Causes unhtml to ask the user for manual editing.

        ==> Edit index.txt manually [y] ?

        If you would  like  to  edit the output file manually with a text
        editor, press 'y' at  this  point. If not, just hit enter. UNHTML
        will attempt to execute a file, depending on which system you are 
        using.

        under Linux: command 'pico'  will be executed
        under MSDOS: command 'edit'  will be executed
        under OS/2 : command 'tedit' will be executed

        Should you get an error message under MSDOS or OS/2, make a 
        batchfile that points to an editor such as the following 
        example of a DOS BATCHFILE:

        ---CUT HERE---
        c:\dos\edit %1
        ---CUT HERE---         
        
        Save this file as 'EDIT.BAT' in the same path as UNHTML, or have
        it in a path that is contained in your PATH variable.
           
        Accordingly the OS/2 BATCHFILE would look like this:

        ---CUT HERE---
        c:\os2\tedit.exe %1
        ---CUT HERE---
        
        Save this file as 'TEDIT.CMD' in the same path as UNHTML, or have
        it in a path that is contained in your PATH variable.

        Under Linux, if you get an error message, make a symbolic link
        that points to whichever editor you use. Name the link 'pico'.
        For more help, see: man ln


OS/2 Warp
=========

This executable requires you to have the EMX Runtime version v0.9b or
higher. It is available at:

ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/unix/emx09b/emxrt.zip

This is worth getting since you will be able to use long filenames with
UNHTML for OS/2.


Linux
=====

This ELF executable has been tested under Linux 1.2.13.


MSDOS
=====

Unless you are running UNHTML for MSDOS in an OS/2, or Windows(95/3.1/NT)
DOS window, you need to have the file CWSDPMI.EXE in your path variable,
or in the same directory as UNHTML.


Where to find updates
=====================

New UNHTML versions will be posted on:

http://umn.edu/~kari0022

or search for "Jawed Karim" on Yahoo! (http://www.yahoo.com)

or email Jawed Karim at:

Jawed.Karim-1@umn.edu
kari0022@gold.tc.umn.edu

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