Re: Looking for a HTML --> text utility

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Andrew D. Taylor (af883@freenet.carleton.ca)
Thu, 20 Jun 1996 11:50:19 -0400 (EDT)

Earlier, Michael C. Taylor (most excellent last name) asked:

>On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, Al Gilman wrote:
>> Have you played with "lynx -dump"?
>
>Is there a noticable difference between lynx -dump and using print to a
>local file?

Yes. lynx -dump isn't as nice IMO. A print to local file prints the lynx
rendering. A lynx -dump footnotes each link by adding an ugly [12] where
the achor command is and listing the URLs at the end.

The purpose of an ascii rendering would seem to be for those without web
access to view the document. I don't see a need for the URLs in such an
instance. 

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