Re: html -> ascii

From: Jacek M. Holeczek (holeczek@clri6f.gsi.de)
Date: Mon Jan 27 1997 - 17:33:36 MET


There were two advices :
	1. Xwindows copy/paste
	2. browser's "SaveAs Text"
I would like to comment them.
1. The copy/paste method is relatively painfull. Due to some bugs ( the
OS suppliers call them "features" ) I get problems when trying to paste
texts larger then a couple of lines. Also if the lines are long they may
be incomplete on the screen, so they are cut. So I have to do this in
small steps, carefully inspecting the result. This is a pain.
2. The "SaveAs Text" method inserts some unnecessary stuff in it which one
has to edit manually. It seems to be better then 1, however.
3. As in both cases one needs to manually inspect the resulting source,
they work well for small files only.
4. Both methods do NOT restore the file as it was in original. For example
embedded pictures ( and any html references embedded in comments, of
course ) are lost.
5. Finally I think the best idea would be to have THtml::UnMakeAll()
THtml::UnMakeClass(), ... .
Jacek.



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