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.