1HTML::FromText(3)     User Contributed Perl Documentation    HTML::FromText(3)
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NAME

6       HTML::FromText - converts plain text to HTML
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VERSION

9       version 2.07
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SYNOPSIS

12           use HTML::FromText;
13           text2html( $text, %options );
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15           # or
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17           use HTML::FromText ();
18           my $t2h  = HTML::FromText->new( \%options );
19           my $html = $t2h->parse( $html );
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DESCRIPTION

22       "HTML::FromText" converts plain text to HTML. There are a handful of
23       options that shape the conversion. There is a utility function,
24       "text2html", that's exported by default. This function is simply a
25       short- cut to the Object Oriented interface described in detail below.
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METHODS

28   new
29           my $t2h = HTML::FromText->new({
30               paras      => 1,
31               blockcode  => 1,
32               tables     => 1,
33               bullets    => 1,
34               numbers    => 1,
35               urls       => 1,
36               email      => 1,
37               bold       => 1,
38               underline  => 1,
39           });
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41       Constructs a new "HTML::FromText" object using the given configuration.
42       The resulting object can parse lots of objects using the "parse"
43       method.
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45       Options to "new" are passed by name, with the value being either true
46       or false. If true, the option will be turned on. If false, it will be
47       turned off.  The following outlines all the options.
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49       Decorators
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51       metachars
52            This option is on by default.
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54            All characters that are unsafe for HTML display will be encoded
55            using HTML::Entities::encode_entities().
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57       urls This option is off by default.
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59            Replaces URLs with links.
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61       email
62            This option is off by default.
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64            Replaces email addresses with "mailto:" links.
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66       bold This option is off by default.
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68            Replaces text surrounded by asterisks ("*") with the same text
69            surrounded by "strong" tags.
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71       underline
72            This option is off by default.
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74            Replaces text surrownded by underscores ("_") with the same text
75            surrounded by "span" tags with an underline style.
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77       Output Modes
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79       The following are three output modes and the options associated with
80       them. They are listed in order of precidence. If none of these modes
81       are supplied, the basic decorators are applied to the text in whole.
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83       pre  This option is off by default.
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85            Wraps the entire text in "pre" tags.
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87       lines
88            This option is off by default.
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90            Preserves line breaks by inserting "br" tags at the end of each
91            line.
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93            This mode has further options.
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95            spaces
96                 This option is off by default.
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98                 All spaces are HTML encoded.
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100       paras
101            This option is off by default.
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103            Preserves paragraphs by wrapping them in "p" tags.
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105            This mode has further options.
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107            bullets
108                 This option is off by default.
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110                 Convert bulleted lists into unordered lists ("ul"). Bullets
111                 can be either an asterisk ("*") or a hyphen ("-"). Lists can
112                 be nested.
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114            numbers
115                 This option is off by default.
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117                 Convert numbered lists into ordered lists ("ol"). Numbered
118                 lists are identified by numerals. Lists may be nested.
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120            headings
121                 This option is off by default.
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123                 Convert paragraphs identified as headings into HTML headings
124                 at the appropriate level. The heading "1. Top" would be
125                 heading level one ("h1"). The heading "2.5.1. Blah" would be
126                 heading level three ("h3").
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128            title
129                 This option is off by default.
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131                 Convert the first paragraph to a heading level one ("h1").
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133            tables
134                 This option is off by default.
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136                 Convert paragraphs identified as tables to HTML tables.
137                 Tables are two or more rows and two or more columns. Columns
138                 should be separated by two or more spaces.
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140            The following options apply specifically to indented paragraphs.
141            They are listed in order of precidence.
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143            blockparas
144                 This option is off by default.
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146                 Convert indented paragraphs to block quotes using the
147                 "blockquote" tag.
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149            blockquotes
150                 Convert indented paragraphs as "blockparas" would, but also
151                 preserving line breaks.
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153            blockcode
154                 Convert indented paragraphs as "blockquotes" would, but also
155                 preserving spaces using "pre" tags.
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157   parse
158         my $html = $t2h->parse( $text );
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160       Parses text supplied as a single scalar string and returns the HTML as
161       a single scalar string.  All the tabs in your text will be expanded
162       using Text::Tabs::expand().
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FUNCTIONS

165   text2html
166           my $html = text2html(
167                                $text,
168                                urls  => 1,
169                                email => 1,
170                               );
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172       Functional interface that just wraps the OO interface. This function is
173       exported by default. If you don't want it you can "require" the module
174       or "use" it with an empty list.
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176           require HTML::FromText;
177           # or ...
178           use HTML::FromText ();
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180   Subclassing
181       Note: At the time of this release, the internals of "HTML::FromText"
182       are in a state of development and cannot be expected to stay the same
183       from release to release. I expect that release version 3.00 will be
184       analogous to a 1.00 release of other software. This is because the
185       current maintainer has rewritten this distribution from the ground up
186       for the "2.x" series.  You have been warned.
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188       The following methods may be used for subclassing "HTML::FromText" to
189       create your own text to HTML conversions. Each of these methods is
190       passed just one argument, the object ($self), unless otherwise stated.
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192       The structure of $self is as follows for this release.
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194           {
195            options => {
196                        option_name => $value,
197                        ...
198                       },
199            text    => $text, # as passed to parse(), with tabs expanded
200            html    => $html, # the HTML that will be returned from parse()
201           }
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203       pre
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205       Used when "pre" mode is specified.
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207       Should set "$self->{html}".
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209       Return value is ignored.
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211       lines
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213       Used when "lines" mode is specified.
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215       Implements the "spaces" option internally when the option is set to a
216       true value.
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218       Should set "$self->{html}".
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220       Return value is ignored.
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222       paras
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224       Used when the "paras" mode is specified.
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226       Splits "$self->{text}" into paragraphs internally and sets up
227       "$self->{paras}" as follows.
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229           paras => {
230                     0 => {
231                           text => $text, # paragraph text
232                           html => $html, # paragraph html
233                          },
234                     ... # and so on for all paragraphs
235                    },
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237       Implements the "title" option internally when the option is turned on.
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239       Converts any normal paragraphs to HTML paragraphs (surrounded by "p"
240       tags) internally.
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242       Should set "$self->{html}".
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244       Return value is ignored.
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246       headings
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248       Used to format headings when the "headings" option is turned on.
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250       Return value is ignored.
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252       bullets
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254       Format bulleted lists when the "bullets" option is turned on.
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256       Return value is ignored.
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258       numbers
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260       Format numbered lists when the "numbers" option is turned on.
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262       Return value is ignored.
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264       tables
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266       Format tables when the "tables" option is turned on.
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268       Return value is ignored.
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270       blockparas
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272       Used when the "blockparas" option is turned on.
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274       Return value is ignored.
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276       blockquotes
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278       Used when the "blockquotes" option is turned on.
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280       Return value is ignored.
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282       blockcode
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284       Used when the "blockcode" option is turned on.
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286       Return value is ignored.
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288       urls
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290       Turn urls into links when "urls" option is turned on.
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292       Should operate on "$self->{html}".
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294       Return value is ignored.
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296       email
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298       Turn email addresses into "mailto:" links when "email" option is turned
299       on.
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301       Should operate on "$self->{html}".
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303       Return value is ignored.
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305       underline
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307       Underline things between _underscores_ when "underline" option is
308       turned on.
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310       Should operate on "$self->{html}".
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312       Return value is ignored.
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314       bold
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316       Bold things between *asterisks* when "bold" option is turned on.
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318       Should operate on "$self->{html}".
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320       Return value is ignored.
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322       metachars
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324       Encode meta characters when "metachars" option is turned on.
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326       Should operate on "$self->{html}".
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328       Return value is ignored.
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330   Output
331       The output from "HTML::FromText" has been updated to pass XHTML 1.1
332       validation. Every HTML tag that should have a CSS class name does. They
333       are prefixed with "hft-" and correspond to the names of the options to
334       new() (or text2html()). For example "hft-lines", "hft-paras", and
335       "hft-urls".
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337       One important note is the output for "underline". Because the <u> tag
338       is deprecated in this specification a "span" is used with a style
339       attribute of "text-decoration: underline". The class is "hft-
340       underline". If you want to override the "text-decoration" style in the
341       CSS class you'll need to do so like this.
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343           text-decoration: none !important;
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SEE ALSO

346       text2html(1).
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AUTHORS

349       •   Ricardo SIGNES <rjbs@cpan.org>
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351       •   Casey West <casey@geeknest.com>
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353       •   Gareth Rees <garethr@cre.canon.co.uk>
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356       This software is copyright (c) 2003 by Casey West.
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358       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
359       the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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363perl v5.38.0                      2023-07-20                 HTML::FromText(3)
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