converters xxx2lout

[Mark Summerfield]

I've written a few perl scripts to convert source texts into Lout and 
bundled them into xxx2lout-0.01.tar.gz 
Here's an extract from the README:

The following little perl programs are included:
* html2lout - Converts HTML to lout
* pod2lout  - Converts pod to lout
* txt2lout  - Converts plain text to lout
* perl2lout - Converts perl programs to lout

txt2lout can be used as a nice filter, say in vi, with ".,$!txt2lout -w 0" 
for example.

html2lout (i.e. HTML/LoutParser.pm) doesn't do tables - but I intend having a
go at that. It also doesn't deal with &entities; very well since it relies on
HTML/Parser.pm to translate them and uses each 8-bit character as is; the awk
html2lout converts entities directly into address@hidden entity}'s which is 
what I
should do.

Even if they don't give you exactly the results you want they may be enough to
knock some source text into a usable form.

You can find xxx2lout-0.01.tar.gz on the web by pointing your browser to
ftp://ftp.bora.net/pub/CPAN//authors/id/S/SU/SUMMER

It will appear at other CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites as 
it gets mirrored over the next day or so.

They have been tested with Linux, but I am not aware of any reason why they 
shouldn't run under other systems.

They are licensed as per Perl - either GNU or Artistic so you can use them 
freely.

Regards.
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