This chapter describes how to use HTMLDOC from the command-line to convert web pages and generate books.
Note: The free version of HTMLDOC for Windows does not include the command-line program.
% htmldoc --webpage -f output.pdf filename.html ENTER % htmldoc --webpage -f output.ps filename.html ENTERwhere
output.pdf and output.ps are the names
of the files you want to generate, and filename.html is
the HTML file you are converting.
The --webpage option tells HTMLDOC that
you want to convert a web page or other unstructured document.
The -f option tells HTMLDOC what file to
generate. If you don't specify an output file then a PDF file is
send to the standard output.
% htmldoc --book -f output.html file1.html ... fileN.html ENTER % htmldoc --book -f output.pdf file1.html ... fileN.html ENTER % htmldoc --book -f output.ps file1.html ... fileN.html ENTERwhere
output.html, output.pdf, and output.ps
are the names of the files you want to generate, and file1.html
to fileN.html are the HTML files you want to use for the book.
The --book option tells HTMLDOC that you want to
generate a book from the HTML file(s) you specified.
HTMLDOC will build a table of contents for the book using
the heading elements (H1, H2, etc.) in
your HTML files. It will also add a title page using the
document TITLE text and other META
information you supply in your HTML files.
--titlefile option sets the HTML file or image
to use on the title page:
% htmldoc --titlefile filename.bmp ... ENTER % htmldoc --titlefile filename.gif ... ENTER % htmldoc --titlefile filename.jpg ... ENTER % htmldoc --titlefile filename.png ... ENTER % htmldoc --titlefile filename.html ... ENTERHTMLDOC supports BMP, GIF, JPEG, and PNG images, as well as generic HTML text you supply for the title page(s).