HTMLDOC 1.8.23 Software Users Manual ESP−003−20021023 Easy Software Products Copyright 1997−2002, See the GNU General Public License for Details. HTMLDOC 1.8.23 Software Users Manual Table of Contents Introduction..................................................................................................................................................IN−1 History...............................................................................................................................................IN−1 Organization of This Manual............................................................................................................IN−2 Support..............................................................................................................................................IN−2 Encryption Support............................................................................................................................IN−2 Copyright, Trademark, and License Information..............................................................................IN−2 Chapter 1 − Installing HTMLDOC..............................................................................................................1−1 Installing a Binary Distribution...........................................................................................................1−1 Installing HTMLDOC from the Source Distribution..........................................................................1−3 Chapter 2 − Getting Started..........................................................................................................................2−1 Starting HTMLDOC............................................................................................................................2−1 Choosing a HTML File........................................................................................................................2−1 Setting the Output File.........................................................................................................................2−3 Generating the Document....................................................................................................................2−3 Chapter 3 − Generating Books......................................................................................................................3−1 Overview.............................................................................................................................................3−1 Choosing HTML Files.........................................................................................................................3−2 Selecting a Title File............................................................................................................................3−2 Setting the Output Format...................................................................................................................3−3 Setting the Output File.........................................................................................................................3−3 Generating the Document....................................................................................................................3−3 Saving Your Book...............................................................................................................................3−3 Chapter 4 − HTMLDOC from the Command−Line...................................................................................4−1 Converting Web Pages........................................................................................................................4−1 Generating Books................................................................................................................................4−2 Setting the Title File............................................................................................................................4−2 Chapter 5 − Using HTMLDOC on a Web Server.......................................................................................5−1 The Basics............................................................................................................................................5−1 Calling HTMLDOC from a Shell Script.............................................................................................5−2 Calling HTMLDOC from Perl............................................................................................................5−3 Calling HTMLDOC from PHP............................................................................................................5−3 Calling HTMLDOC from C................................................................................................................5−5 Calling HTMLDOC from Java............................................................................................................5−6 Chapter 6 − HTML Reference......................................................................................................................6−1 General Usage......................................................................................................................................6−1 Elements..............................................................................................................................................6−2 Comments............................................................................................................................................6−5 FONT Attributes..................................................................................................................................6−7 Headings..............................................................................................................................................6−7 Images..................................................................................................................................................6−9 Links....................................................................................................................................................6−9 META Attributes.................................................................................................................................6−9 i HTMLDOC 1.8.23 Software Users Manual Table of Contents Chapter 6 − HTML Reference Page Breaks.........................................................................................................................................6−9 Tables...................................................................................................................................................6−9 Chapter 7 − GUI Reference...........................................................................................................................7−1 The HTMLDOC GUI..........................................................................................................................7−1 The Input Tab......................................................................................................................................7−3 The Output Tab....................................................................................................................................7−5 The Page Tab.......................................................................................................................................7−7 The TOC Tab.......................................................................................................................................7−9 The Colors Tab..................................................................................................................................7−10 The Fonts Tab....................................................................................................................................7−11 The PS Tab........................................................................................................................................7−13 The PDF Tab.....................................................................................................................................7−14 The Security Tab...............................................................................................................................7−16 The Options Tab................................................................................................................................7−17 The File Chooser...............................................................................................................................7−19 Chapter 8 − Command−Line Reference.......................................................................................................8−1 Basic Usage.........................................................................................................................................8−1 Options.................................................................................................................................................8−2 Messages............................................................................................................................................8−19 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE...............................................................................................A−1 Appendix A − License Agreement................................................................................................................A−3 Appendix B − Book File Format...................................................................................................................B−1