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.