From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2003-04-17T16:25:48+09:00
Subject: Re: [Q] Reg. Expressios with "\n"

On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 08:56:57AM +0900, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Definitelly.  I also believe in using the right tool for the job.
> 
> I didn't fully explain what I was trying to do.  You see, I actually *am* 
> using an HTML parser, in the form of an external program (lynx -dump).  
> All I need is to extract the HTML code so I can send it to lynx.
> 
> For this an HTML parser looked like using a sledgehammer to swat a fly, 
> and an RE looked like a flyswatter.
> 
> Then again, perhaps calling `lynx` just for an HTML dump is 
> sledgehammerish...

Using lynx to convert HTML to formatted ASCII is a good solution for the job
(I have mutt configured to use it for this purpose), although it doesn't do
a good job of rendering tables.

It sounds to me that what you really want is a MIME parser, which will break
your mail into chunks - the chunk(s) that are declared to contain HTML (by
'Content-Type: text/html') can then be sent wholemeal to lynx, you don't
need to look at the content at all.

Cheers,

Brian.