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#!/bin/bash
#
# svg_convertHtmlToText.sh -- This function takes one HTML file
# and produces one plain-text file (i.e., without markup inside).
#
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# $Id$
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

function xhtml_convertToText {

    # Verify existence of HTML file.
    cli_checkFiles ${FILE}.xhtml

    local COMMAND=''
    local OPTIONS=''

    # Define the command path to text-based web browser and options
    # used to produce plain-text files. Most of these programs have a
    # dump option that print formatted plain-text versions of given
    # HTML file to stdout.
    if [[ -x '/usr/bin/lynx' ]];then
        COMMAND='/usr/bin/lynx'
        OPTIONS='-force_html -nolist -width 70 -dump'
    elif [[ -x '/usr/bin/elinks' ]];then
        COMMAND='/usr/bin/elinks'
        OPTIONS='-force_html -no-numbering -no-references -width 70 -dump'
    elif [[ -x '/usr/bin/w3m' ]];then
        COMMAND='/usr/bin/w3m'
        OPTIONS='-dump'
    fi

    if [[ $COMMAND != '' ]];then

        # Print action message.
        if [[ -f ${FILE}.txt ]];then
            cli_printMessage "${FILE}.txt" --as-updating-line
        else
            cli_printMessage "${FILE}.txt" --as-creating-line
        fi

        # Convert from HTML to plain-text without markup.
        ${COMMAND} ${OPTIONS} ${FILE}.xhtml > ${FILE}.txt

    else
        cli_printMessage "`gettext "No way to convert from HTML to plain-text found."`" --as-error-line
    fi

}