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NAME

6       HTML::FormatText::WithLinks::AndTables - Converts HTML to Text with
7       tables in tact
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VERSION

10       Version 0.01
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SYNOPSIS

13           use HTML::FormatText::WithLinks::AndTables;
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15           my $text = HTML::FormatText::WithLinks::AndTables->convert($html);
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17       Or optionally...
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19           my $conf = { # same as HTML::FormatText excepting below
20               cellpadding   => 2,  # defaults to 1
21               no_rowspacing => 1,  # bool, suppress vertical space between table rows
22           };
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24           my $text = HTML::FormatText::WithLinks::AndTables->convert($html, $conf);
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DESCRIPTION

27       This module was inspired by HTML::FormatText::WithLinks which has
28       proven to be a useful `lynx -dump` work-alike. However one frustration
29       was that no other HTML converters I came across had the ability to deal
30       affectively with HTML <TABLE>s.  This module can in a rudimentary sense
31       do so. The aim was to provide facility to take a simple HTML based
32       email template, and to also convert it to text with the <TABLE>
33       structure in tact for inclusion as "multipart/alternative" content.
34       Further, it will preserve both the formatting specified by the <TD>
35       tag's "align" attribute, and will also preserve multiline text inside
36       of a <TD> element provided it is broken using <BR/> tags.
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38   EXPORT
39       None by default.
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METHODS

42   convert

EXAMPLE

44       Given the HTML below ...
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46           <HTML><BODY>
47           <TABLE>
48               <TR>
49                   <TD ALIGN="right">Name:</TD>
50                   <TD>Mr. Foo Bar</TD>
51               </TR>
52               <TR>
53                   <TD ALIGN="right">Address:</TD>
54                   <TD>
55                       #1-276 Quux Lane,     <BR/>
56                       Schenectady, NY, USA, <BR/>
57                       12345
58                   </TD>
59               </TR>
60               <TR>
61                   <TD ALIGN="right">Email:</TD>
62                   <TD><a href="mailto:foo@bar.baz">foo@bar.baz</a></TD>
63               </TR>
64           </TABLE>
65           </BODY></HTML>
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67       ... the (default) return value of convert() will be as follows.
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69              Name:  Mr. Foo Bar
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71           Address:  #1-276 Quux Lane,
72                     Schenectady, NY, USA,
73                     12345
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75             Email:  [1]foo@bar.baz
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79                     1. mailto:foo@bar.baz
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SEE ALSO

82           HTML::FormatText::WithLinks
83           HTML::TreeBuilder
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CAVEATS

86           * This does not handle <TH> elements whatsoever!
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88           * It assumes a fixed width font for display of resulting text.
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90           * It doesn't work well on nested <TABLE>s or other nested blocks within <TABLE>s.
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AUTHOR

93       Shaun Fryer, "<pause.cpan.org at sourcery.ca>"
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BUGS

96       Please report any bugs or feature requests to
97       "bug-html-formattext-withlinks-andtables at rt.cpan.org", or through
98       the web interface at
99       http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=HTML-FormatText-WithLinks-AndTables
100       <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=HTML-FormatText-
101       WithLinks-AndTables>.  I will be notifi ed, and then you'll
102       automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
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SUPPORT

105       You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
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107           perldoc HTML::FormatText::WithLinks::AndTables
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109       You can also look for information at:
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111       ·   RT: CPAN's request tracker
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113           http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=HTML-FormatText-WithLinks-AndTables
114           <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=HTML-FormatText-
115           WithLinks-AndTables>
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117       ·   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
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119           http://annocpan.org/dist/HTML-FormatText-WithLinks-AndTables
120           <http://annocpan.org/dist/HTML-FormatText-WithLinks-AndTables>
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122       ·   CPAN Ratings
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124           http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/HTML-FormatText-WithLinks-AndTables
125           <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/HTML-FormatText-WithLinks-AndTables>
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127       ·   Search CPAN
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129           http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-FormatText-WithLinks-AndTables
130           <http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-FormatText-WithLinks-AndTables>
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

133       Everybody. :)
134       <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_on_the_shoulders_of_giants>
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137       Copyright 2008 Shaun Fryer, all rights reserved.
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139       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
140       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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