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NAME

       hxtoc - insert a table of contents in an HTML file

SYNOPSIS

       hxtoc [ -x ] [ -l low ] [ -h high ] [ file ] [ -t ] [ -d ] [ -c class ]

DESCRIPTION

       The hxtoc command reads an HTML file, inserts missing ID attributes  in
       all  H1  to H6 elements between the levels -l and -h (unless the option
       -d is in effect, see below) and  also  inserts  A  elements  with  NAME
       attributes,  so  old  browsers  will  recognize the H1 to H6 headers as
       target anchors as well (unless the option -t is in effect). The  output
       is written to stdout.

       If there is a comment of the form

           <!--toc-->

       or a pair of comments

           <!--begin-toc-->
           ...
           <!--end-toc-->

       then  the  comment,  or  the  pair  with everything in between, will be
       replaced by a table of contents, consisting of a list (UL) of links  to
       all headers in the document.

       The  text of headers is copied to this table of contents, including any
       inline markup, except that DFN tags and  SPAN  tags  with  a  CLASS  of
       "index" are omitted (but the elements content is copied).

       If  a header has a CLASS attribute with as value (or one of its values)
       the keyword "no-toc", then that header will not appear in the table  of
       contents.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -x        Use  XML conventions: empty elements are written with a slash
                 at the end: <IMG />

       -l low    Sets the lowest numbered header to appear  in  the  table  of
                 content. Default is 1 (i.e., H1).

       -h high   Sets  the  highest  numbered header to appear in the table of
                 content. Default is 6 (i.e., H6).

       -t        Normally, hxtoc adds both ID attributes and empty A  elements
                 with  a  NAME  attribute  and CLASS="bctarget", so that older
                 browsers that do no understand ID will still find the target.
                 With this option, the A elements will not be generated.

       -c class  The  generated UL elements in the table of contents will have
                 a CLASS attribute with  the  value  class.   The  default  is
                 "toc".

       -d        Tries  to use DIV elements as targets instead of H1 to H6: If
                 a header element H1 to H6 within the range -l to -h is  found
                 and it is the first child of a DIV element, then the table of
                 contents will link to  the  DIV  instead  of  to  the  header
                 element.  The  DIV will be given an ID if it doesn’t have one
                 yet.  ID

OPERANDS

       The following operand is supported:

       file      The name of an HTML file. If absent, standard input  is  read
                 instead.

DIAGNOSTICS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0         Successful completion.

       > 0       An  error  occurred  in  the parsing of the HTML file.  hxtoc
                 will try to correct the error and produce output anyway.

SEE ALSO

       asc2xml(1), hxnormalize(1), hxnum(1), xml2asc(1)

BUGS

       The error recovery for incorrect HTML is primitive.