From: Ross Bamford <rosco@...>
Date: 2006-01-04T19:57:57+09:00
Subject: Re: need script: convert html-text to text

On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:30:03 -0000, keal <keal21@mail.ru> wrote:

> i have html-text. i have to convert this text to simple text without
> html-tags.
>

It's tricky, there's more to it than you'd think. The best way is probably  
to use Lynx, or another browser, to do it for you, e.g.:

	def plain(url)
	  `lynx -dump "#{url}"`
	end

	p = plain('http://www.google.com/')
	puts p

Outputs:

                      [1]Personalised Home | [2]Sign in

   [3]A picture of the Braille letters spelling out "Google." Happy Birthday
                               Louis Braille!

     Web    [4]Images    [5]Groups    [6]News    [7]Froogle    [8]more 損

> ... [snip] ...	

Of course you'll need lynx for that to work, but you can use others too.  
Try a Google search.

Cheers,

-- 
Ross Bamford - rosco@roscopeco.remove.co.uk