1htmldoc(1) Michael R Sweet htmldoc(1)
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6 htmldoc - convert html source files into html, postscript, or pdf.
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9 htmldoc [options] filename1.{html,md} [ ... filenameN.{html,md} ]
10 htmldoc [options] -
12 htmldoc [filename.book]
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16 Htmldoc(1) converts HTML and Markdown source files into indexed HTML,
17 PostScript, or Portable Document Format (PDF) files that can be viewed
18 online or printed. With no options a HTML document is produced on std‐
19 out.
20 The second form of htmldoc reads HTML source from stdin, which allows
22 you to use htmldoc as a filter.
23 The third form of htmldoc launches a graphical interface that allows
25 you to change options and generate documents interactively.
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28 There are two types of HTML files - structured documents using headings
29 (H1, H2, etc.) which htmldoc calls "books", and unstructured documents
30 that do not use headings which htmldoc calls "web pages".
31 A very common mistake is to try converting a web page using:
33 htmldoc -f filename.pdf filename.html
34 which will likely produce a PDF file with no pages. To convert web
35 page files you must use the --webpage or --continuous options at the
36 command-line or choose Web Page or Continuous in the input tab of the
37 GUI.
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40 The following command-line options are supported by htmldoc:
41 --batch filename.book
43 Generates the specified book file without opening the GUI.
44 --bodycolor color
46 Specifies the background color for all pages.
47 --bodyfont {courier,helvetica,monospace,sans,serif,times}
49 --textfont {courier,helvetica,monospace,sans,serif,times}
51 Specifies the default typeface for all normal text.
52 --bodyimage filename
54 Specifies the background image that is tiled on all pages.
55 --book
57 Specifies that the HTML sources are structured (headings, chap‐
58 ters, etc.)
59 --bottom margin
61 Specifies the bottom margin in points (no suffix or ##pt), inches
62 (##in), centimeters (##cm), or millimeters (##mm).
63 --charset {cp-nnnn,iso-8859-1,...,iso-8859-15,utf-8}
65 Specifies the character set to use for the output. Note: UTF-8
66 support is limited to the first 128 Unicode characters that are
67 found in the input.
68 --color
70 Specifies that PostScript or PDF output should be in color.
71 --continuous
73 Specifies that the HTML sources are unstructured (plain web
74 pages.) No page breaks are inserted between each file or URL in
75 the output.
76 --datadir directory
78 Specifies the location of the htmldoc data files, usually
79 /usr/share/htmldoc or C:/Program Files/HTMLDOC.
80 --duplex
82 Specifies that the output should be formatted for double-sided
83 printing.
84 --effectduration {0.1...10.0}
86 Specifies the duration in seconds of PDF page transition effects.
87 --embedfonts
89 Specifies that fonts should be embedded in PDF and PostScript out‐
90 put.
91 --encryption
93 Enables encryption of PDF files.
94 --fontsize size
96 Specifies the default font size for body text.
97 --fontspacing spacing
99 Specifies the default line spacing for body text. The line spacing
100 is a multiplier for the font size, so a value of 1.2 will provide
101 an additional 20% of space between the lines.
102 --footer fff
104 Sets the page footer to use on body pages. See the HEADERS/FOOTERS
105 FORMATS section below.
106 --format format
108 -t format
110 Specifies the output format: epub, html, htmlsep (separate HTML
111 files for each heading in the table-of-contents), ps or ps2 (Post‐
112 Script Level 2), ps1 (PostScript Level 1), ps3 (PostScript Level
113 3), pdf11 (PDF 1.1/Acrobat 2.0), pdf12 (PDF 1.2/Acrobat 3.0), pdf
114 or pdf13 (PDF 1.3/Acrobat 4.0), or pdf14 (PDF 1.4/Acrobat 5.0).
115 --gray
117 Specifies that PostScript or PDF output should be grayscale.
118 --header fff
120 Sets the page header to use on body pages. See the HEADERS/FOOTERS
121 FORMATS section below.
122 --header1 fff
124 Sets the page header to use on the first body/chapter page. See
125 the HEADERS/FOOTERS FORMATS section below.
126 --headfootfont font
128 Sets the font to use on headers and footers.
129 --headfootsize size
131 Sets the size of the font to use on headers and footers.
132 --headingfont typeface
134 Sets the typeface to use for headings.
135 --help
137 Displays a summary of command-line options.
138 --helpdir directory
140 Specifies the location of the htmldoc online help files, usually
141 /usr/share/doc/htmldoc or C:/Program Files/HTMLDOC/DOC.
142 --hfimageN filename
144 Specifies an image (numbered from 1 to 10) to be used in the
145 header or footer in a PostScript or PDF document.
146 --jpeg[=quality]
148 Sets the JPEG compression level to use for large images. A value
149 of 0 disables JPEG compression.
150 --left margin
152 Specifies the left margin in points (no suffix or ##pt), inches
153 (##in), centimeters (##cm), or millimeters (##mm).
154 --linkcolor color
156 Sets the color of links.
157 --links
159 Enables generation of links in PDF files (default).
160 --linkstyle {plain,underline}
162 Sets the style of links.
163 --logoimage filename
165 Specifies an image to be used as a logo in the header or footer in
166 a PostScript or PDF document, and in the navigation bar of a HTML
167 document. Note that you need to use the --header, --header1,
168 and/or --footer options with the l parameter or use the corre‐
169 sponding HTML page comments to display the logo image inthe header
170 or footer.
171 --no-compression
173 Disables compression of PostScript or PDF files.
174 --no-duplex
176 Disables double-sided printing.
177 --no-embedfonts
179 Specifies that fonts should not be embedded in PDF and PostScript
180 output.
181 --no-encryption
183 Disables document encryption.
184 --no-jpeg
186 Disables JPEG compression of large images.
187 --no-links
189 Disables generation of links in a PDF document.
190 --no-numbered
192 Disables automatic heading numbering.
193 --no-pscommands
195 Disables generation of PostScript setpagedevice commands.
196 --no-strict
198 Disables strict HTML input checking.
199 --no-title
201 Disables generation of a title page.
202 --no-toc
204 Disables generation of a table of contents.
205 --numbered
207 Numbers all headings in a document.
208 --nup pages
210 Sets the number of pages that are placed on each output page.
211 Valid values are 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, and 16.
212 --outdir directory
214 -d directory
216 Specifies that output should be sent to a directory in multiple
217 files. (Not compatible with PDF output)
218 --outfile filename
220 -f filename
222 Specifies that output should be sent to a single file.
223 --owner-password password
225 Sets the owner password for encrypted PDF files.
226 --pageduration I{1.0...60.0}
228 Sets the view duration of a page in a PDF document.
229 --pageeffect effect
231 Specifies the page transition effect for all pages; this attribute
232 is ignored by all Adobe PDF viewers.
233 --pagelayout {single,one,twoleft,tworight}
235 Specifies the initial layout of pages for a PDF file.
236 --pagemode {document,outlines,fullscreen}
238 Specifies the initial viewing mode for a PDF file.
239 --path
241 Specifies a search path for files in a document.
242 --permissions permission[,permission,...]
244 Specifies document permissions for encrypted PDF files. The fol‐
245 lowing permissions are understood: all, none, annotate, no-anno‐
246 tate, copy, no-copy, modify, no-modify, print, and no-print. Sepa‐
247 rate multiple permissions with commas.
248 --pscommands
250 Specifies that PostScript setpagedevice commands should be
251 included in the output.
252 --quiet
254 Suppresses all messages, even error messages.
255 --referer url
257 Specifies the URL that is passed in the Referer: field of HTTP
258 requests.
259 --right margin
261 Specifies the right margin in points (no suffix or ##pt), inches
262 (##in), centimeters (##cm), or millimeters (##mm).
263 --size pagesize
265 Specifies the page size using a standard name or in points (no
266 suffix or ##x##pt), inches (##x##in), centimeters (##x##cm), or
267 millimeters (##x##mm). The standard sizes that are currently rec‐
268 ognized are "letter" (8.5x11in), "legal" (8.5x14in), "a4"
269 (210x297mm), and "universal" (8.27x11in).
270 --strict
272 Enables strict HTML input checking.
273 --textcolor color
275 Specifies the default color of all text.
276 --title
278 Enables the generation of a title page.
279 --titlefile filename
281 --titleimage filename
283 Specifies the file to use for the title page. If the file is an
284 image then the title page is automatically generated using the
285 document meta data and title image.
286 --tocfooter fff
288 Sets the page footer to use on table-of-contents pages. See the
289 HEADERS/FOOTERS FORMATS section below.
290 --tocheader fff
292 Sets the page header to use on table-of-contents pages. See the
293 HEADERS/FOOTERS FORMATS section below.
294 --toclevels levels
296 Sets the number of levels in the table-of-contents.
297 --toctitle string
299 Sets the title for the table-of-contents.
300 --top margin
302 Specifies the top margin in points (no suffix or ##pt), inches
303 (##in), centimeters (##cm), or millimeters (##mm).
304 --user-password password
306 Specifies the user password for encryption of PDF files.
307 --verbose
309 -v Provides verbose messages.
311 --version
313 Displays the current version number.
314 --webpage
316 Specifies that the HTML sources are unstructured (plain web
317 pages.) A page break is inserted between each file or URL in the
318 output.
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321 Htmldoc returns a non-zero exit status if any errors are seen, zero
322 otherwise.
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325 The header and footer of each page can contain up to three preformatted
326 values. These values are specified using a single character for the
327 left, middle, and right of the page, resulting in the fff notation
328 shown previously.
329 Each character can be one of the following:
331 . blank
333 / n/N arabic page numbers (1/3, 2/3, 3/3)
335 : c/C arabic chapter page numbers (1/2, 2/2, 1/4, 2/4, ...)
337 1 arabic numbers (1, 2, 3, ...)
339 a lowercase letters
341 A uppercase letters
343 c current chapter heading
345 C current chapter page number (arabic)
347 d current date
349 D current date and time
351 h current heading
353 i lowercase roman numerals
355 I uppercase roman numerals
357 l logo image
359 t title text
361 T current time
363 u current filename or URL
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368 HTMLDOC looks for several environment variables which can override the
369 default directories, display additional debugging information, and dis‐
370 able CGI mode:
371 HTMLDOC_DATA
373 This environment variable specifies the location of htmldoc's data
374 and fonts directories, normally /usr/share/htmldoc or C:/Program
375 Files/HTMLDOC.
376 HTMLDOC_DEBUG
378 This environment variable enables debugging information that is
379 sent to stderr. The value is a list of any of the following key‐
380 words separated by spaces: "all", "links", "memory", "remote‐
381 bytes", "table", "tempfiles", and/or "timing".
382 HTMLDOC_HELP
384 This environment variable specifies the location of htmldoc's doc‐
385 umentation directory, normally /usr/share/doc/htmldoc or C:/Pro‐
386 gram Files/HTMLDOC/doc.
387 HTMLDOC_NOCGI
389 This environment variable, when set (the value doesn't matter),
390 disables CGI mode. It is most useful for using htmldoc on a web
391 server from a scripting language or invocation from a program.
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394 Create a PDF file from a web site:
395 htmldoc --webpage -f example.pdf http://www.example.com/
396 Create a PostScript book from a directory of HTML files
397 htmldoc --book -f example.pdf *.html
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400 HTMLDOC Users Manual
401 https://michaelrsweet.github.io/htmldoc
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405 Michael R Sweet
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408 HTMLDOC is copyright © 1997-2019 by Michael R Sweet.
409 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
411 under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as pub‐
412 lished by the Free Software Foundation.
413 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
415 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER‐
416 CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
417 Public License for more details.
418 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
420 with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
421 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
42228 August 2019 HTMLDOC 1.9.6 htmldoc(1)