HTMLDOC 1.8.27 Software Users Manual

What are all these commands?

htmldoc is the name of the sofware.

--book is a type of document that specifies that the input files are structured with headings.

-f output.html is where you want the converted files to go to. In this case, we requested the file be a HTML file. We could have made it a PDF (-f output.pdf) or Postscript (-f ouput.ps ), too.

file1.html and file2.html are the files you want to convert.

HTMLDOC will build a table of contents for the book using the heading elements (H1, H2, etc.) in your HTML files. It will also add a title page using the document TITLE text (you're going to learn about title files shortly) and other META information you supply in your HTML files. See Chapter 6 - HTML Reference for more information on the META variables that are supported.

Note:

When using book mode, HTMLDOC starts rendering with the first H1 element. Any text, images, tables, and other viewable elements that precede the first H1 element are silently ignored. Because of this, make sure you have an H1 element in your HTML file, otherwise HTMLDOC will not convert anything!

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