From: Sam Kong <sam.s.kong@...>
Date: 2005-05-10T05:05:27+09:00
Subject: Re: How to extract texts from html source?


Brian Schr�der wrote:
> On 09/05/05, James Britt <james_b@neurogami.com> wrote:
> > Sam Kong wrote:
> > > Hi, all!
> > >
> > > Quite often, when I need to read a list of web pages, I download
the
> > > html sources and save them in a single file like a.html.
> > > If they are mostly texts, I open the html using web browser,
select all
> > > and copy it to an editor and save it.
> > > I want to make the process shorter.
> > > How can I extract the text from html source?
> > > I'm sure there're many parsers for it.
> > > What is the most convenient one?
> >
> > Take a a look at  Michael Neumann's  WWW::Mechanize
> >
> > http://www.ntecs.de/blog/Blog/WWW-Mechanize.rdoc
> > http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=427&release_id=2014
> >
> > Or install the gem
> >
> > James
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > Sam
> > >
> > >
> > > .
> > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > http://www.ruby-doc.org
> > http://www.rubyxml.com
> > http://catapult.rubyforge.com
> > http://orbjson.rubyforge.com
> > http://ooo4r.rubyforge.com
> > http://www.jamesbritt.com
> >
> >
>
> You don't need ruby for this:
>
> $ apt-cache show w3m
> Package: w3m
> [snip]
> Description: WWW browsable pager with excellent tables/frames support
>  w3m is a text-based World Wide Web browser with IPv6 support.
>  It features excellent support for tables and frames. It can be used
>  as a standalone file pager, too.
>  .
>   * You can follow links and/or view images in HTML.
>   * Internet message preview mode, you can browse HTML mail.
>   * You can follow links in plain text if it includes URL forms.
>   * With w3m-img, you can view image inline.
>  .
>  For more information,
>  see http://sourceforge.net/projects/w3m
>
> $ w3m -dump http://ruby.brian-schroeder.de/quiz/mazes/ | head
> A ruby a day!

Oh, thanks.
I just realized that even lynx can do that.

Regards,
Sam

>
> Ruby Quiz Solutions (Amazing Mazes)
>
> Amazing Mazes
>
> For a full description see: (Amazing Mazes on Ruby Quiz
Homepage)[http://
> www.rubyquiz.com/quiz31.html]
>
> Another graph algorithm. Create a maze that is fully connected and
has only one
> $
>
> regards,
>
> Brian
>
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