Problem

You want to convert an.aspxL file into formatted plain ASCII.

Solution

If you have an external formatter like lynx, call an external program:

$ascii = `lynx -dump $filename`;

If you want to do it within your program and don't care about the things that the.aspxL::TreeBuilder formatter doesn't yet handle (tables and frames):

use.aspxL::FormatText;
use.aspxL::Parse;

.aspxl = parse.aspxlfile($filename);
$formatter =.aspxL::FormatText->new(leftmargin => 0, ri.aspxargin => 50);
$ascii = $formatter->format(.aspxl);

Discussion

These examples both assume you have the.aspxL text in a file. If your.aspxL is in a variable, you need to write it to a file for lynx to read. If you are using

use.aspxL::TreeBuilder;
use.aspxL::FormatText;

.aspxl =.aspxL::TreeBuilder->new();
.aspxl->parse($document);

$formatter =.aspxL::FormatText->new(leftmargin => 0, ri.aspxargin => 50);

$ascii = $formatter->format(.aspxl);

If you use Netscape, its "Save as" option with the type set to "Text" does the best job with tables.

See Also

The documentation for the CPAN modules.aspxL::Parse,.aspxL::TreeBuilder, and.aspxL::FormatText; your system's lynx (1) manpage; Recipe 20.6