# File: formatter-example-3.py import formatter import htmllib, string class Writer(formatter.DumbWriter): def __init__(self): formatter.DumbWriter.__init__(self) self.tag = "" self.bold = self.italic = 0 self.fonts = [] def new_font(self, font): if font is None: font = self.fonts.pop() self.tag, self.bold, self.italic = font else: self.fonts.append((self.tag, self.bold, self.italic)) tag, bold, italic, typewriter = font if tag is not None: self.tag = tag if bold is not None: self.bold = bold if italic is not None: self.italic = italic def send_flowing_data(self, data): if not data: return atbreak = self.atbreak or data[0] in string.whitespace for word in string.split(data): if atbreak: self.file.write(" ") if self.tag in ("h1", "h2", "h3"): word = string.upper(word) if self.bold: word = "*" + word + "*" if self.italic: word = "_" + word + "_" self.file.write(word) atbreak = 1 self.atbreak = data[-1] in string.whitespace w = Writer() f = formatter.AbstractFormatter(w) file = open("samples/sample.htm") # print html body as plain text p = htmllib.HTMLParser(f) p.feed(file.read()) p.close() ## $ python formatter-example-3.py ## ## _A_ _CHAPTER._ ## ## Some text. Some more text. Some *emphasised* text. A link[1].