[Tutor] HTML --> TXT?

[Charlie Derr]

okay then, how about:


import os
os.system('lynx -dump ... ')

(if you have linux of course)

heh --  okay, i admit, i'm baiting  --
the thing is that i found that info about lynx useful and probably wouldn't
have thought of it myself  --  i'm not in favor of people being browbeaten
into "only" discussing python

	just my .019999999999...

		~c

~ -----Original Message-----
~ From: tutor-admin@python.org [mailto:tutor-admin@python.org]On Behalf Of
~ Deirdre Saoirse
~ Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 1:42 PM
~ To: William Park
~ Cc: Curtis Larsen; tutor@python.org
~ Subject: Re: [Tutor] HTML --> TXT?
~
~
~ On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, William Park wrote:
~
~ > On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 09:09:08AM -0600, Curtis Larsen wrote:
~ > > Is there a fairly simple Python-ish way to convert an HTML
~ file to text?
~
~ > If you have Linux, then 'lynx -dump ...' will do it.
~
~ There are n ways to skin the cat, but this does not answer the question
~ asked.
~
~ If someone asks for a way to do it in *python*, given that this is a tutor
~ list, please try and offer a solution in python. Very often, a person is
~ trying to grasp concepts of how to do things in python. Furthermore, they
~ may be trying to do it in platforms that don't have the other tools called
~ for.
~
~ Since someone else has responded to the issue of lynx and availability on
~ more platforms than Linux, I won't.
~
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