HXNAME2ID(1)							  HTML-XML-utils						      HXNAME2ID(1)

NAME

       hxname2id - move some NAME and ID attributes from an A to its parent

SYNOPSIS

       hxname2id [ -x ] [ file ]

DESCRIPTION

       The  hxname2id  command	reads  an  HTML  file and looks for elements with an A element as first child, with no intervening text other than
       whitespace. If that A element has an ID or NAME attribute, it is moved to the parent element and removed from the A.

       Because Netscape 4 doesn't understand ID attributes, it was common practice  to	write  <H2><A  NAME="sect7">...</A></H2>  instead  of  <H2
       ID="sect7">. This program can be used to convert such old HTML files to the new convention.

       Other programs in this suite, such as hxmultitoc(1), require IDs on headings instead of A elements with NAME attributes. So it is useful to
       run hxname2id prior to running hxmultitoc and similar program.  hxname2id can be used in a pipe.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

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

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.  hxname2id will try to correct the error and produce output anyway.

SEE ALSO

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

BUGS

       The error recovery for incorrect HTML is primitive.

6.x								    10 Jul 2011 						      HXNAME2ID(1)