From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12C5F13838B for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:39:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3AB68E0A4A; Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:38:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0A848E09C8 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:38:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AD623401CA for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:38:53 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.674 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.674 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.269, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.703, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=unavailable Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id gjbF0u0YzD4X for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:38:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3EA4C34021A for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:38:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XXbLl-0003mH-R1 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Fri, 26 Sep 2014 21:38:42 +0200 Received: from rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com ([71.40.157.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2014 21:38:41 +0200 Received: from wireless by rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2014 21:38:41 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: devmanual searching Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:38:27 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <5421D361.9080401@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 71.40.157.251 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/29.0 SeaMonkey/2.26.1) X-Archives-Salt: 32ce3a2d-f849-4274-ae85-72e19379408d X-Archives-Hash: 4a71f02ee8be568fc98010b5dec9e45c Jc García gmail.com> writes: > There's 'app-doc/devmanual' that is basically the html files that make > the devmanual but, if you have them in your pc you can convert them to > plain text and grep them, plus you have the manual even if offline. Ok, some years (decades?) ago I use html2txt. It must have been part of a deprecated package, as now I do not find it. So what's the best method to convert the devmanual installed locally now, app-doc/devmanual~9999, to a singular large text file for searching? file:///usr/share/doc/devmanual/html/index.html I see many tools for converting text to html, but not the otherway? Besides are there probably newer, slicker ways to do this conversion to a singular flat text file, that I'm not aware of...... Then, with that flat file in the same dir as above, I'll just point the browser straight to the flat file version and use the searchbox built into the browser. all suggestions are most welcome. James