phil9l/man2html

Simple console application for converting from man (nroff format) into html for my university python course.

MAN2HTML

Simple console application (written for my university python course) for converting from man (nroff format) into html.

Description

Converts nroff data into html format.

Usage

./main.py --input FILE [--output FILE]

Example

./main.py --input tmp.txt --output output.html Or to convert from man directly use the following one:

zcat `man -w g++` > in.txt; ./main.py -i in.txt -o out.html

Options

• --input FILE — input file in nroff format
• --output FILE — output file (will have html format)

Structure

utils.py

Subsidiary functions.

• man2html(text_lines) — converts nroff text into html one by one
• modify_line(line) — converts one line from nroff into html
• apply_part_tags(line) — modifies line with one kind of tags while possible
• apply_part_tags_once(line) — modifies line with the same kind of tags one
• apply_not_closing_tags(line) — modifies line with one kind of tags that doesn't have closing ones
• change_font(line) — changes current font based on line tags
• update_font(positions) — updates current font based on nroff rules

main.py

Small script using utils to convert data from nroff into html format.