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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> > I have written a very simple solution to convert html formatted mails
> > to pure text, presevering *some* of the markup. It does of course not
> > handle general html, but the readability of the typical eudora mail I
> > receive is greatly enhanced. 
> 
> This seems like an interesting approach for those who haven't
> installed w3, or those <adjective> people who don't want to use it to
> display messages in Gnus.
> 
> Do you have a newer version of this now, and would you be interested
> in including this in Gnus, and would you sign FSF copyright assignment
> papers?  :-)

Yes,

I have a *slightly* newer version - included below. As already
mentioned it works quite nicely on mail which contain some visual
html-markup, but nowadays I regularly receive ordinary web pages
written in MS Frontpage as mail, needless to say that my simple
solution fails on that.

I would be more than willing to include this in Gnus, and sign FSF
copyright assignment papers.

Regards - Joakim


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;; These functions provide a simple way to wash/clean html infected mails.
;; Definitely do not work in all cases, but some improvement in readability 
;; is generally obtained. Formatting is only done in the buffer, so the next
;; time you enter the article it will be "re-htmlized".
;;
;; The main function is "html2text"
;; 
;; Joakim Hove <hove@phys.ntnu.no>



;;
;; <Global variables>
;;

(defvar html2text-format-single-element-list '(("hr" . html2text-clean-hr)))

(defvar html2text-replace-list 
  '(("&nbsp;" . " ") ("&gt;" . ">") ("&lt;" . "<") ("&quot;" . "\"")) 
  "This is a alist(?) were each element is a dotted pair consisting of
an old string, and a replacement string. This replacement is done by
the function \"html2text-substitute\" which basically performs a 
replace-string operation for every element in the list. This is completely
verbatim - without any use of REGEXP")

(defvar html2text-remove-tag-list    
  '("html" "body" "p" "img" "dir" "head" "div" "br" "font" "title" "meta")
  "This is a list of tags which should be removed, without any formatting. 
Observe that if you the tags in the list are presented *without* any 
\"<\" or \">\". All occurences of a tag appearing in this list are removed,
irrespective of whether it is a closing or opening tag, or if the tag
has additional attributes. The actual deletion is done by the function
\"html2text-remove-tags\".

For instance the text:

\"Here comes something <font size\"+3\" face=\"Helvetica\"> big </font>.\"

will be reduced to:

\"Here comes something big.\"

If this list contains the element \"font\".")

(defvar html2text-format-tag-list    
  '(("b" 	  . html2text-clean-bold) 
    ("u" 	  . html2text-clean-underline) 
    ("i" 	  . html2text-clean-italic) 
    ("blockquote" . html2text-clean-blockquote)
    ("a"          . html2text-clean-anchor) 
    ("ul"         . html2text-clean-ul)
    ("ol"         . html2text-clean-ol)
    ("dl"         . html2text-clean-dl)
    ("center"     . html2text-clean-center))
  "This is an alist where each dotted pair consists of a tag, and then the name
of a function to be called when this tag is found. The function is called with
the arguments p1, p2, p3 and p4. These are demontrated below:

\"<b> This is bold text </b>\"
 ^   ^                 ^    ^  
 |   |                 |    |
p1  p2                p3   p4

Then the called function will typically format the text somewhat and remove the tags.")



(defvar html2text-remove-tag-list2  '("li" "dt" "dd" "meta")
  "This is a list of tags which are removed similarly to the list
\"html2text-remove-tag-list\" - but these tags are retained for the
formatting, and then moved afterwards.")


;;
;; </Global variables>
;;


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;;
;; <Utility functions>
;;


(defun html2text-buffer-head ()
  (if (string= mode-name "Article")
      (beginning-of-buffer)
    (beginning-of-buffer)
    )
  )


(defun html2text-replace-string (from-string to-string p1 p2)
  (goto-char p1)
  (let ((delta (- (string-width to-string) (string-width from-string)))
	(change 0))
    (while (search-forward from-string p2 t)
      (replace-match to-string)
      (setq change (+ change delta))
      )
    change
    )
  )

;;
;; </Utility functions>
;;


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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;


;;
;; <Functions related to attributes> i.e. <font size=+3>
;;

(defun html2text-attr-value (attr-list attr)
  (nth 1 (assoc attr attr-list))
)



(defun html2text-get-attr (p1 p2 tag)
  (goto-char p1)
  (re-search-forward " +[^ ]" p2 t)
  (let* ((attr-string (buffer-substring-no-properties (1- (point)) (1- p2)))
	 (tmp-list (split-string attr-string))
	 (attr-list)
	 (counter 0)
	 (prev (car tmp-list))
	 (this (nth 1 tmp-list))
	 (next (nth 2 tmp-list))
	 (index 1))
    
    (cond
     ;; size=3
     ((string-match "[^ ]=[^ ]" prev)
      (let ((attr  (nth 0 (split-string prev "=")))
	    (value (nth 1 (split-string prev "="))))
	(setq attr-list (cons (list attr value) attr-list))
	)
      )
     ;; size= 3
     ((string-match "[^ ]=\\'" prev)
      (setq attr-list (cons (list (substring prev 0 -1) this) attr-list))
      )
     )

    (while (< index (length tmp-list))
      (cond 
       ;; size=3
       ((string-match "[^ ]=[^ ]" this)
	(let ((attr  (nth 0 (split-string this "=")))
	      (value (nth 1 (split-string this "="))))
	  (setq attr-list (cons (list attr value) attr-list))
	  )
	)
       ;; size =3
       ((string-match "\\`=[^ ]" this)
	(setq attr-list (cons (list prev (substring this 1)) attr-list)))

       ;; size= 3
       ((string-match "[^ ]=\\'" this)
	(setq attr-list (cons (list (substring this 0 -1) next) attr-list))
	)
  
       ;; size = 3
       ((string= "=" this)
	(setq attr-list (cons (list prev next) attr-list))
       )
      )
      (setq index (1+ index))
      (setq prev this)
      (setq this next)
      (setq next (nth (1+ index) tmp-list))
      )


    ;;
    ;; Tags with no accompanying "=" i.e. value=nil
    ;;
    (setq prev (car tmp-list))
    (setq this (nth 1 tmp-list))
    (setq next (nth 2 tmp-list))
    (setq index 1)

    (if (not (string-match "=" prev))
	(progn
	  (if (not (string= (substring this 0 1) "="))
	      (setq attr-list (cons (list prev nil) attr-list))
	    )
	  )
      )

    (while (< index (1- (length tmp-list)))
      (if (not (string-match "=" this))
	  (if (not (or (string= (substring next 0 1) "=") (string= (substring prev -1) "=")))
	      (setq attr-list (cons (list this nil) attr-list))
	    )
	)
      (setq index (1+ index))
      (setq prev this)
      (setq this next)
      (setq next (nth (1+ index) tmp-list))
      )

    (if this 
	(progn
	  (if (not (string-match "=" this))
	      (progn
		(if (not (string= (substring prev -1) "="))
		    (setq attr-list (cons (list this nil) attr-list))
		  )
		)
	    )
	  )
      )
    attr-list  ;; return - value
    )
)

;;
;; </Functions related to attributes>
;;


;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;


;;
;; <Functions to be called to format a tag-pair>
;;
(defun html2text-clean-list-items (p1 p2 list-type)
  (goto-char p1)
  (let ((item-nr 0)
	(items   0))
    (while (re-search-forward "<li>" p2 t)
      (setq items (1+ items)))
    (goto-char p1)
    (while (< item-nr items)
      (setq item-nr (1+ item-nr))
      (re-search-forward "<li>" (point-max) t)
      (cond
       ((string= list-type "ul") (insert " o "))
       ((string= list-type "ol") (insert (format " %s: " item-nr)))
       (insert " x "))
      )
    )
  )

(defun html2text-clean-dtdd (p1 p2)
  (goto-char p1)
  (let ((items   0)
	(item-nr 0))
    (while (re-search-forward "<dt>" p2 t)
      (setq items (1+ items)))
    (goto-char p1)
    (while (< item-nr items)
      (setq item-nr (1+ item-nr))
      (re-search-forward "<dt>\\([ ]*\\)" (point-max) t)
      (if (match-string 1)
	  (kill-region (point) (- (point) (string-width (match-string 1))))
	)
      (let ((def-p1 (point))
	    (def-p2 0))
	(re-search-forward "\\([ ]*\\)\\(</dt>\\|<dd>\\)" (point-max) t)
	(if (match-string 1)
	    (progn
	      (let* ((mw1 (string-width (match-string 1)))
		     (mw2 (string-width (match-string 2)))
		     (mw  (+ mw1 mw2)))
		(goto-char (- (point) mw))
		(kill-region (point) (+ (point) mw1))
		(setq def-p2 (point))
		)
	      )
	  (setq def-p2 (- (point) (string-width (match-string 2)))))
	(put-text-property def-p1 def-p2 'face 'bold)
	)
      )
    )
  )
      




(defun html2text-delete-tags (p1 p2 p3 p4)
  (kill-region p1 p2)
  (kill-region (- p3 (- p2 p1)) (- p4 (- p2 p1)))
)

(defun html2text-delete-single-tag (p1 p2)
  (kill-region p1 p2)
  )

(defun html2text-clean-hr (p1 p2)
  (html2text-delete-single-tag p1 p2)
  (goto-char p1)
  (newline 1)
  (insert (make-string fill-column ?-))
  )



(defun html2text-clean-ul (p1 p2 p3 p4)
  (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
  (html2text-clean-list-items p1 (- p3 (- p1 p2)) "ul")
  )

(defun html2text-clean-ol (p1 p2 p3 p4)
  (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
  (html2text-clean-list-items p1 (- p3 (- p1 p2)) "ol")
  )

(defun html2text-clean-dl (p1 p2 p3 p4)
  (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
  (html2text-clean-dtdd p1 (- p3 (- p1 p2)))
)

(defun html2text-clean-center (p1 p2 p3 p4)
  (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
  (center-region p1 (- p3 (- p2 p1)))
  )
  

(defun html2text-clean-bold (p1 p2 p3 p4)
  (put-text-property p2 p3 'face 'bold)
  (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
)

(defun html2text-clean-title (p1 p2 p3 p4)
  (put-text-property p2 p3 'face 'bold)
  (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
)

(defun html2text-clean-underline (p1 p2 p3 p4)
  (put-text-property p2 p3 'face 'underline)
  (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
)

(defun html2text-clean-italic (p1 p2 p3 p4)
  (put-text-property p2 p3 'face 'italic)
  (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
)

(defun html2text-clean-font (p1 p2 p3 p4)
  (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
  )

(defun html2text-clean-blockquote (p1 p2 p3 p4)
  (html2text-delete-tags p1 p2 p3 p4)
)


(defun html2text-clean-anchor (p1 p2 p3 p4)
  ;; If someone can explain how to make the URL clickable 
  ;; I will surely improve upon this.
  (let* ((attr-list (html2text-get-attr p1 p2 "a"))
	 (href (html2text-attr-value attr-list "href")))
    (kill-region p1 p4)
    (goto-char p1)
    (insert (substring href 1 -1 ))
    (put-text-property p1 (point) 'face 'bold)
    )
  )

;;
;; </Functions to be called to format a tag-pair>
;;


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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;


;;
;; <Functions to be called to fix up paragraphs>
;;

(defun html2text-fix-paragraph (p1 p2)
  (goto-char p1)
  (let ((has-br-line)
	(refill-start)
	(refill-stop))
    (if (re-search-forward "<br>$" p2 t)
	(setq has-br-line t)
      )
    (if has-br-line
	(progn
	  (goto-char p1)
	  (if (re-search-forward ".+[^<][^b][^r][^>]$" p2 t)
	      (progn
		(beginning-of-line)
		(setq refill-start (point))
		(goto-char p2)
		(re-search-backward ".+[^<][^b][^r][^>]$" refill-start t)
		(next-line 1)
		(end-of-line)
		;; refill-stop should ideally be adjusted to accomodate the "<br>" strings which are removed
		;; between refill-start and refill-stop.
		;; Can simply be returned from my-replace-string
		(setq refill-stop (+ (point) (html2text-replace-string "<br>" "" refill-start (point))))
		;;(message "Point = %s  refill-stop = %s" (point) refill-stop) (sleep-for 4)
		(fill-region refill-start refill-stop)
		)
	    )
	  )
      )
    )
  (html2text-replace-string "<br>" "" p1 p2)
  )
	      

;;
;; This one is interactive ...
;;
(defun html2text-fix-paragraphs ()
  "This _tries_ to fix up the paragraphs - this is done in quite a ad-hook
fashion, quite close to pure guess-work. It does work in some cases though."
  (interactive)
  (html2text-buffer-head)
  (replace-regexp "^<br>$" "") 
;; Removing lonely <br> on a single line, if they are left
;; intact we dont have any paragraphs at all.
  (html2text-buffer-head)
  (while (< (point) (point-max))
    (let ((p1 (point)))
      (forward-paragraph 1)
      ;;(message "Kaller fix med p1=%s  p2=%s " p1 (1- (point))) (sleep-for 5)
      (html2text-fix-paragraph p1 (1- (point)))
      (goto-char p1)
      (if (< (point) (point-max)) 
	  (forward-paragraph 1))
      )
    )
  )

;;
;; </Functions to be called to fix up paragraphs>
;;


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;;
;; <Interactive functions>
;;

(defun html2text-remove-tags (tag-list)
  "Removes the tags listed in the list \"html2text-remove-tag-list\".
See the documentation for that variable."
  (interactive)
  (dolist (tag tag-list)
    (html2text-buffer-head)
    (while (re-search-forward (format "\\(</?%s[^>]*>\\)" tag) (point-max) t)
      (let ((p1 (point)))
	(search-backward "<")
	(kill-region (point) p1)
	)
      )
    )
  )



(defun html2text-format-tags ()
  "See the variable \"html2text-format-tag-list\" for documentation"
  (interactive)
  (dolist (tag-and-function html2text-format-tag-list)
    (let ((tag      (car tag-and-function))
	  (function (cdr tag-and-function)))
      (html2text-buffer-head)
      (while (re-search-forward (format "\\(<%s\\( [^>]*\\)?>\\)" tag) (point-max) t)
	(let ((p1)
	      (p2 (point))
	      (p3) (p4) 
	      (attr (match-string 1)))
	  (search-backward "<" (point-min) t)
	  (setq p1 (point))
	  (re-search-forward (format "</%s>" tag) (point-max) t)
	  (setq p4 (point))
	  (search-backward "</" (point-min) t)
	  (setq p3 (point))
	  (funcall function p1 p2 p3 p4)
	  (goto-char p1)
	  )
	)
      )
    )
  )

(defun html2text-substitute ()
  "See the variable \"html2text-replace-list\" for documentation"
  (interactive)
  (dolist (e html2text-replace-list)
    (html2text-buffer-head)
    (let ((old-string (car e))
	  (new-string (cdr e)))
      (html2text-replace-string old-string new-string (point-min) (point-max))
      )
    )
  )

(defun html2text-format-single-elements ()
  ""
  (interactive)
  (dolist (tag-and-function html2text-format-single-element-list)
    (let ((tag      (car tag-and-function))
	  (function (cdr tag-and-function)))
      (html2text-buffer-head)
      (while (re-search-forward (format "\\(<%s\\( [^>]*\\)?>\\)" tag) (point-max) t)
	(let ((p1)
	      (p2 (point)))
	  (search-backward "<" (point-min) t)
	  (setq p1 (point))
	  (funcall function p1 p2)
	  )
	)
      )
    )
  )

;;
;; Main function
;;	  
(defun html2text ()
  (interactive)
  (save-excursion
    (let ((org-case-fold-search case-fold-search))
      (setq case-fold-search 't)
      (if (string= mode-name "Article")
	  (toggle-read-only -1)
	)
      
      (html2text-remove-tags html2text-remove-tag-list)
      (html2text-format-tags)
      (html2text-remove-tags html2text-remove-tag-list2)
      (html2text-substitute)
      (html2text-format-single-elements)
      (html2text-fix-paragraphs)

      
      (if (string= mode-name "Article")
	  (toggle-read-only  1)
	)
      (setq case-fold-search org-case-fold-search)

      )
    )
  )

;;
;; </Interactive functions>
;; 








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