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c38e0c97 1;;; html2text.el --- a simple html to plain text converter -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
e84b4b86 2
ba318903 3;; Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5;; Author: Joakim Hove <hove@phys.ntnu.no>
6
7;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
8
5e809f55 9;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
23f87bed 10;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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11;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
12;; (at your option) any later version.
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13
14;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
5e809f55 16;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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17;; GNU General Public License for more details.
18
19;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
5e809f55 20;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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21
22;;; Commentary:
23
24;; These functions provide a simple way to wash/clean html infected
25;; mails. Definitely do not work in all cases, but some improvement
e2642250 26;; in readability is generally obtained. Formatting is only done in
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27;; the buffer, so the next time you enter the article it will be
28;; "re-htmlized".
29;;
e2642250 30;; The main function is `html2text'.
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31
32;;; Code:
33
34;;
35;; <Global variables>
36;;
37
38(eval-when-compile
39 (require 'cl))
40
41(defvar html2text-format-single-element-list '(("hr" . html2text-clean-hr)))
42
43(defvar html2text-replace-list
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44 '(("&acute;" . "`")
45 ("&amp;" . "&")
46 ("&apos;" . "'")
47 ("&brvbar;" . "|")
48 ("&cent;" . "c")
49 ("&circ;" . "^")
50 ("&copy;" . "(C)")
51 ("&curren;" . "(#)")
52 ("&deg;" . "degree")
53 ("&divide;" . "/")
54 ("&euro;" . "e")
55 ("&frac12;" . "1/2")
56 ("&gt;" . ">")
57 ("&iquest;" . "?")
58 ("&laquo;" . "<<")
59 ("&ldquo" . "\"")
60 ("&lsaquo;" . "(")
61 ("&lsquo;" . "`")
62 ("&lt;" . "<")
63 ("&mdash;" . "--")
64 ("&nbsp;" . " ")
65 ("&ndash;" . "-")
66 ("&permil;" . "%%")
67 ("&plusmn;" . "+-")
c38e0c97 68 ("&pound;" . "£")
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69 ("&quot;" . "\"")
70 ("&raquo;" . ">>")
71 ("&rdquo" . "\"")
72 ("&reg;" . "(R)")
73 ("&rsaquo;" . ")")
74 ("&rsquo;" . "'")
c38e0c97 75 ("&sect;" . "§")
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76 ("&sup1;" . "^1")
77 ("&sup2;" . "^2")
78 ("&sup3;" . "^3")
79 ("&tilde;" . "~"))
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80 "The map of entity to text.
81
82This is an alist were each element is a dotted pair consisting of an
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83old string, and a replacement string. This replacement is done by the
84function `html2text-substitute' which basically performs a
85`replace-string' operation for every element in the list. This is
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86completely verbatim - without any use of REGEXP.")
87
88(defvar html2text-remove-tag-list
89 '("html" "body" "p" "img" "dir" "head" "div" "br" "font" "title" "meta")
90 "A list of removable tags.
91
92This is a list of tags which should be removed, without any
e2642250 93formatting. Note that tags in the list are presented *without*
338ecb71 94any \"<\" or \">\". All occurrences of a tag appearing in this
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95list are removed, irrespective of whether it is a closing or
96opening tag, or if the tag has additional attributes. The
97deletion is done by the function `html2text-remove-tags'.
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98
99For instance the text:
100
101\"Here comes something <font size\"+3\" face=\"Helvetica\"> big </font>.\"
102
103will be reduced to:
104
105\"Here comes something big.\"
106
107If this list contains the element \"font\".")
108
109(defvar html2text-format-tag-list
110 '(("b" . html2text-clean-bold)
e2642250 111 ("strong" . html2text-clean-bold)
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112 ("u" . html2text-clean-underline)
113 ("i" . html2text-clean-italic)
e2642250 114 ("em" . html2text-clean-italic)
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115 ("blockquote" . html2text-clean-blockquote)
116 ("a" . html2text-clean-anchor)
117 ("ul" . html2text-clean-ul)
118 ("ol" . html2text-clean-ol)
119 ("dl" . html2text-clean-dl)
120 ("center" . html2text-clean-center))
121 "An alist of tags and processing functions.
122
123This is an alist where each dotted pair consists of a tag, and then
e2642250 124the name of a function to be called when this tag is found. The
23f87bed 125function is called with the arguments p1, p2, p3 and p4. These are
4c36be58 126demonstrated below:
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127
128\"<b> This is bold text </b>\"
129 ^ ^ ^ ^
130 | | | |
131p1 p2 p3 p4
132
133Then the called function will typically format the text somewhat and
134remove the tags.")
135
136(defvar html2text-remove-tag-list2 '("li" "dt" "dd" "meta")
137 "Another list of removable tags.
138
139This is a list of tags which are removed similarly to the list
140`html2text-remove-tag-list' - but these tags are retained for the
141formatting, and then moved afterward.")
142
143;;
144;; </Global variables>
145;;
146
147;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
148;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
149
150;;
151;; <Utility functions>
152;;
153
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155(defun html2text-replace-string (from-string to-string min max)
156 "Replace FROM-STRING with TO-STRING in region from MIN to MAX."
157 (goto-char min)
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158 (let ((delta (- (string-width to-string) (string-width from-string)))
159 (change 0))
e2642250 160 (while (search-forward from-string max t)
23f87bed 161 (replace-match to-string)
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162 (setq change (+ change delta)))
163 change))
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164
165;;
166;; </Utility functions>
167;;
168
169;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
170;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
171
172;;
173;; <Functions related to attributes> i.e. <font size=+3>
174;;
175
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176(defun html2text-attr-value (list attribute)
177 "Get value of ATTRIBUTE from LIST."
178 (nth 1 (assoc attribute list)))
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0683d241 180(defun html2text-get-attr (p1 p2)
23f87bed 181 (goto-char p1)
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182 (re-search-forward "\\s-+" p2 t)
183 (let (attr-list)
184 (while (re-search-forward "[-a-z0-9._]+" p2 t)
185 (setq attr-list
186 (cons
187 (list (match-string 0)
188 (when (looking-at "\\s-*=")
189 (goto-char (match-end 0))
190 (skip-chars-forward "[:space:]")
191 (when (or (looking-at "\"[^\"]*\"\\|'[^']*'")
192 (looking-at "[-a-z0-9._:]+"))
193 (goto-char (match-end 0))
194 (match-string 0))))
195 attr-list)))
e2642250 196 attr-list))
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197
198;;
199;; </Functions related to attributes>
200;;
201
202;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
203;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
204
205;;
206;; <Functions to be called to format a tag-pair>
207;;
208(defun html2text-clean-list-items (p1 p2 list-type)
209 (goto-char p1)
210 (let ((item-nr 0)
211 (items 0))
01c52d31 212 (while (search-forward "<li>" p2 t)
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213 (setq items (1+ items)))
214 (goto-char p1)
215 (while (< item-nr items)
216 (setq item-nr (1+ item-nr))
01c52d31 217 (search-forward "<li>" (point-max) t)
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218 (cond
219 ((string= list-type "ul") (insert " o "))
220 ((string= list-type "ol") (insert (format " %s: " item-nr)))
e2642250 221 (t (insert " x "))))))
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222
223(defun html2text-clean-dtdd (p1 p2)
224 (goto-char p1)
225 (let ((items 0)
226 (item-nr 0))
01c52d31 227 (while (search-forward "<dt>" p2 t)
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228 (setq items (1+ items)))
229 (goto-char p1)
230 (while (< item-nr items)
231 (setq item-nr (1+ item-nr))
232 (re-search-forward "<dt>\\([ ]*\\)" (point-max) t)
233 (when (match-string 1)
234 (delete-region (point) (- (point) (string-width (match-string 1)))))
235 (let ((def-p1 (point))
236 (def-p2 0))
237 (re-search-forward "\\([ ]*\\)\\(</dt>\\|<dd>\\)" (point-max) t)
238 (if (match-string 1)
239 (progn
240 (let* ((mw1 (string-width (match-string 1)))
241 (mw2 (string-width (match-string 2)))
242 (mw (+ mw1 mw2)))
243 (goto-char (- (point) mw))
244 (delete-region (point) (+ (point) mw1))
245 (setq def-p2 (point))))
246 (setq def-p2 (- (point) (string-width (match-string 2)))))
247 (put-text-property def-p1 def-p2 'face 'bold)))))
248
249(defun html2text-delete-tags (p1 p2 p3 p4)
250 (delete-region p1 p2)
251 (delete-region (- p3 (- p2 p1)) (- p4 (- p2 p1))))
252
253(defun html2text-delete-single-tag (p1 p2)
254 (delete-region p1 p2))
255
256(defun html2text-clean-hr (p1 p2)
257 (html2text-delete-single-tag p1 p2)
258 (goto-char p1)
259 (newline 1)
e2642250 260 (insert (make-string fill-column ?-)))
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261
262(defun html2text-clean-ul (p1 p2 p3 p4)
263 (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
e2642250 264 (html2text-clean-list-items p1 (- p3 (- p1 p2)) "ul"))
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265
266(defun html2text-clean-ol (p1 p2 p3 p4)
267 (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
e2642250 268 (html2text-clean-list-items p1 (- p3 (- p1 p2)) "ol"))
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269
270(defun html2text-clean-dl (p1 p2 p3 p4)
271 (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
e2642250 272 (html2text-clean-dtdd p1 (- p3 (- p1 p2))))
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273
274(defun html2text-clean-center (p1 p2 p3 p4)
275 (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
e2642250 276 (center-region p1 (- p3 (- p2 p1))))
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277
278(defun html2text-clean-bold (p1 p2 p3 p4)
279 (put-text-property p2 p3 'face 'bold)
e2642250 280 (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4))
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281
282(defun html2text-clean-title (p1 p2 p3 p4)
283 (put-text-property p2 p3 'face 'bold)
e2642250 284 (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4))
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285
286(defun html2text-clean-underline (p1 p2 p3 p4)
287 (put-text-property p2 p3 'face 'underline)
e2642250 288 (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4))
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289
290(defun html2text-clean-italic (p1 p2 p3 p4)
291 (put-text-property p2 p3 'face 'italic)
e2642250 292 (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4))
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293
294(defun html2text-clean-font (p1 p2 p3 p4)
e2642250 295 (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4))
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296
297(defun html2text-clean-blockquote (p1 p2 p3 p4)
e2642250 298 (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4))
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299
300(defun html2text-clean-anchor (p1 p2 p3 p4)
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301 ;; If someone can explain how to make the URL clickable I will surely
302 ;; improve upon this.
303 ;; Maybe `goto-addr.el' can be used here.
0683d241 304 (let* ((attr-list (html2text-get-attr p1 p2))
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305 (href (html2text-attr-value attr-list "href")))
306 (delete-region p1 p4)
307 (when href
308 (goto-char p1)
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309 (insert (if (string-match "\\`['\"].*['\"]\\'" href)
310 (substring href 1 -1) href))
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311 (put-text-property p1 (point) 'face 'bold))))
312
313;;
314;; </Functions to be called to format a tag-pair>
315;;
316
317;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
318;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
319
320;;
321;; <Functions to be called to fix up paragraphs>
322;;
323
324(defun html2text-fix-paragraph (p1 p2)
325 (goto-char p1)
01c52d31 326 (let ((refill-start)
23f87bed 327 (refill-stop))
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328 (when (re-search-forward "<br>$" p2 t)
329 (goto-char p1)
330 (when (re-search-forward ".+[^<][^b][^r][^>]$" p2 t)
331 (beginning-of-line)
332 (setq refill-start (point))
333 (goto-char p2)
334 (re-search-backward ".+[^<][^b][^r][^>]$" refill-start t)
fdc90613 335 (forward-line 1)
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336 (end-of-line)
337 ;; refill-stop should ideally be adjusted to
cc4a96c6 338 ;; accommodate the "<br>" strings which are removed
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339 ;; between refill-start and refill-stop. Can simply
340 ;; be returned from my-replace-string
341 (setq refill-stop (+ (point)
342 (html2text-replace-string
343 "<br>" ""
344 refill-start (point))))
345 ;; (message "Point = %s refill-stop = %s" (point) refill-stop)
346 ;; (sleep-for 4)
347 (fill-region refill-start refill-stop))))
348 (html2text-replace-string "<br>" "" p1 p2))
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349
350;;
351;; This one is interactive ...
352;;
353(defun html2text-fix-paragraphs ()
354 "This _tries_ to fix up the paragraphs - this is done in quite a ad-hook
355fashion, quite close to pure guess-work. It does work in some cases though."
356 (interactive)
86713405 357 (goto-char (point-min))
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358 (while (re-search-forward "^<br>$" nil t)
359 (delete-region (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)))
23f87bed 360 ;; Removing lonely <br> on a single line, if they are left intact we
c7015153 361 ;; don't have any paragraphs at all.
86713405 362 (goto-char (point-min))
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363 (while (not (eobp))
364 (let ((p1 (point)))
365 (forward-paragraph 1)
366 ;;(message "Kaller fix med p1=%s p2=%s " p1 (1- (point))) (sleep-for 5)
367 (html2text-fix-paragraph p1 (1- (point)))
368 (goto-char p1)
369 (when (not (eobp))
370 (forward-paragraph 1)))))
371
372;;
373;; </Functions to be called to fix up paragraphs>
374;;
375
376;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
377;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
378
379;;
380;; <Interactive functions>
381;;
382
383(defun html2text-remove-tags (tag-list)
e2642250 384 "Removes the tags listed in the list `html2text-remove-tag-list'.
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385See the documentation for that variable."
386 (interactive)
387 (dolist (tag tag-list)
86713405 388 (goto-char (point-min))
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389 (while (re-search-forward (format "\\(</?%s[^>]*>\\)" tag) (point-max) t)
390 (delete-region (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)))))
391
392(defun html2text-format-tags ()
e2642250 393 "See the variable `html2text-format-tag-list' for documentation."
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394 (interactive)
395 (dolist (tag-and-function html2text-format-tag-list)
396 (let ((tag (car tag-and-function))
397 (function (cdr tag-and-function)))
86713405 398 (goto-char (point-min))
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399 (while (re-search-forward (format "\\(<%s\\( [^>]*\\)?>\\)" tag)
400 (point-max) t)
401 (let ((p1)
402 (p2 (point))
0683d241 403 (p3) (p4))
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404 (search-backward "<" (point-min) t)
405 (setq p1 (point))
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406 (unless (search-forward (format "</%s>" tag) (point-max) t)
407 (goto-char p2)
408 (insert (format "</%s>" tag)))
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409 (setq p4 (point))
410 (search-backward "</" (point-min) t)
411 (setq p3 (point))
412 (funcall function p1 p2 p3 p4)
e2642250 413 (goto-char p1))))))
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414
415(defun html2text-substitute ()
e2642250 416 "See the variable `html2text-replace-list' for documentation."
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417 (interactive)
418 (dolist (e html2text-replace-list)
86713405 419 (goto-char (point-min))
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420 (let ((old-string (car e))
421 (new-string (cdr e)))
e2642250 422 (html2text-replace-string old-string new-string (point-min) (point-max)))))
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423
424(defun html2text-format-single-elements ()
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425 (interactive)
426 (dolist (tag-and-function html2text-format-single-element-list)
427 (let ((tag (car tag-and-function))
428 (function (cdr tag-and-function)))
86713405 429 (goto-char (point-min))
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430 (while (re-search-forward (format "\\(<%s\\( [^>]*\\)?>\\)" tag)
431 (point-max) t)
432 (let ((p1)
433 (p2 (point)))
434 (search-backward "<" (point-min) t)
435 (setq p1 (point))
e2642250 436 (funcall function p1 p2))))))
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437
438;;
439;; Main function
440;;
441
442;;;###autoload
443(defun html2text ()
444 "Convert HTML to plain text in the current buffer."
445 (interactive)
446 (save-excursion
447 (let ((case-fold-search t)
448 (buffer-read-only))
449 (html2text-remove-tags html2text-remove-tag-list)
450 (html2text-format-tags)
451 (html2text-remove-tags html2text-remove-tag-list2)
452 (html2text-substitute)
453 (html2text-format-single-elements)
454 (html2text-fix-paragraphs))))
455
456;;
457;; </Interactive functions>
458;;
e2642250 459(provide 'html2text)
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23f87bed 461;;; html2text.el ends here