What is HTMLtidy?
HTMLtidy (otherwise known as Tidy) is an
Amiga port of Dave
Raggett's Tidy, which is a program designed to tidy up your HTML
source files. It can adjust the layout of the source to make it easier for
you to read, wrapping lines and indenting tables and lists etc.
However, that is not all that HTMLtidy does - it can also fix some of the
more common HTML mistakes, including
- Missing or unmatched tags;
- End tags in the wrong order;
- Missing quotes round attributes;
- Missed
/
in end tags;
- Missing
>
closing tags;
and many more.
Finally, it can help you to convert to StyleSheets by converting various
style aspects into inline style information in the form of <STYLE>
tags.
For further details of exactly what HTMLtidy can do for
you, have a look at Dave
Raggett's Tidy site which contains more details of the original Tidy
program from which this Amiga version is ported.
Requirements
The requirements for HTMLtidy are pretty light -
- A 680x0-based Amiga or compatible (probably works under UAE but who knows?);
- OS3 (compiled and tested under OS3.1, although it should work under
OS3.0. Functionality under pre-OS3.0 is not guaranteed);
- ixemul.library V47 or better;
- Some HTML files to tidy ;-) ;
- RAM and disk requirements are minimal.
Installing HTMLtidy
There is no installer, but installation is very easy - just copy the tidy
executable to anywhere you want, making sure it is in your path
(C: is probably as good a place as any for now).
Using HTMLtidy
Currently, there is no GUI for HTMLtidy, but I have one planned
(eventually, work-permiting!) - it'll be
uploaded both here and on AmiNet when it's finished, but until then, just
use HTMLtidy from the command line (via the command tidy).
Typing tidy -h will give a list of the various options available,
and details of what the options do, together with information about the
config file feature, are all available here.
Website
The main website for the Amiga port of Tidy can be found at
http://www.amiga.u-net.com/MadDogSoftware/Tidy.html, which will always
contain the latest release (plus, very soon, some additional stuff for
Tidy).
WhatWare?
HTMLtidy is released as freeware. The original source code is
© Dave Raggett
and the W3C. This port is released with Dave's knowledge and permission.
If you find HTMLtidy useful then please drop me a line to let me
know people are using it. If you dislike it, then again, let me know why.
Also please let me know any suggestions you have for it - I'll pass them back
to Dave as appropriate.
Finally, in the unlikely event that you find problems with
HTMLtidy, please direct them to me rather than to Dave in the first
instance, in case it is a problem introduced in the port rather than in the
original program.
Mailinglist
Yes, there is now a mailinglist dedicated to the Amiga port of
HTMLTidy (not to be confused with the main mailinglist for the
original version run by Dave). This list is currently very low
volume and is designed both for announcements about new releases of
HTMLTidy and also for discussion, suggestions, comments, bug reports
and the like. It is hosted free by OneList and you can join by one of
two ways -
- Sign up through the mailing list signup web page;
- Send an email to HTMLTidy-subscribe@onelist.com
Thank You
Thank you to
Fredrik Ismyren,
Rudi Kohut,
Kimmo Vaariskoski,
Andreas Etzrodt,
Glen Shannon,
Palle Anker Larsen,
Leif Johnsson,
Phil Ellis,
Lee (TLT),
Kai Weber,
Fabrizio Andolfi,
Mohammed M Karam,
Gerard Cornu,
Larry McGahey,
Malcolm Campbell,
Peter Richards
and
Stefan Keilwert
for their comments, encouragement and suggestions,
and to Dave Raggett for writing and maintaining the original version of Tidy and for agreeing to the Amiga port.
After all that excitement, why not come back to the Mad Dog Software
home page to rest a while!
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