On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 14:31 -0400, Reid Thompson wrote: > On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 12:52 +0100, Alpár Jüttner wrote: > > > Brewster chimes in. > > > > > > Whether they realize it or not, it can also be very annoying for > > > their recipients who are among the security-conscious who have their > > > emailers optioned to *not* translate HTML. > > > > > > I do not believe HTML should be used in emails. > > > > Lots of people suggest this, but I've never heard a satisfactory advice > > on what to use instead. Could you tell me how to send someone say a > > simple table if not in HTML? In a .doc or .xls file? HTML is at least > > standardized, cross-platform and directly supported by contemporary mail > > clients and web-mail services. > > > > Regards, > > > > Alpar > > > argh -- forgot my comment.
use one of the text based browsers to convert it.. (lynx, links, elinks, etc ). you can use them as noted previously, or $ elinks --dump http://www.december.com/html/demo/table.html or $ cat test.html | elinks --dump $ echo "$html_source" | elinks --dump etc.. > > $ elinks --dump tbl.html > With a normal border: > > +--------------+ > | First | Row | > |--------+-----| > | Second | Row | > +--------------+ > > With a thick border: > > +--------------+ > | First | Row | > |--------+-----| > | Second | Row | > +--------------+ > > With a very thick border: > > +--------------+ > | First | Row | > |--------+-----| > | Second | Row | > +--------------+ > > > $ cat tbl.html > <html> > <body> > > <h4>With a normal border:</h4> > <table border="1"> > <tr> > <td>First</td> > <td>Row</td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td>Second</td> > <td>Row</td> > </tr> > </table> > > <h4>With a thick border:</h4> > <table border="8"> > <tr> > <td>First</td> > <td>Row</td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td>Second</td> > <td>Row</td> > </tr> > </table> > > <h4>With a very thick border:</h4> > <table border="15"> > <tr> > <td>First</td> > <td>Row</td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td>Second</td> > <td>Row</td> > </tr> > </table> > > </body> > </html> > _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
