generate some html from directory content

generate some html from directory content

[Sébastien Kirche]

Hi,

i am looking for an elisp package  or routine that could help me to generate
a list or a table of <a> tags in a html file corresponding to the content of
a directory. 

The directory consist mainly of elisp files with few binaries and pics.

I would  use such a  helper to generate  a index file  of files and  then to
document that list.

Thanks for some pointers.

-- 
Sébastien Kirche

Re: generate some html from directory content

[Matthew Huggett]

>   From: sebastien.kirche@free.fr
>   Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
>   Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:13:17 +0100
>
>   i am looking for an elisp package or routine that could help me to
>   generate a list or a table of <a> tags in a html file corresponding
>   to the content of a directory.
>
>   The directory consist mainly of elisp files with few binaries and
>   pics.
>
>   I would use such a helper to generate a index file of files and
>   then to document that list.

The function 'directory-files' might be useful.  It takes the name of
a directory and returns a list of file names. 

This needs cleaning up (html header etc.), but just as an example:

(defun html-dir-list (dir)
  (interactive "DDirectory name: ")
  (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "html directory listing"))
  (dolist (x (directory-files dir t))
    (insert (concat "<a>" x "</a>"))
    (newline)))

Regards,

Matthew

RE: generate some html from directory content

[Drew Adams]

    i am looking for an elisp package  or routine that could help
    me to generate
    a list or a table of <a> tags in a html file corresponding to
    the content of
    a directory.

    The directory consist mainly of elisp files with few binaries and pics.

    I would  use such a  helper to generate  a index file  of files
    and  then to
    document that list.

My library `mkhtml.el' (Make HTML) does just that. It uses Hrvoje Niksic's
`htmlize.el', which creates HTML files from fontified buffers. `htmlize.el'
does not create HTML links from Emacs links (mouse-2 in Dired, to open a
file, for instance). `mkhtml.el' extends `htmlize.el' to recognize such
Emacs mouse links and convert them to HTML links. That sounds like what you
want to do, at least for a Dired buffer.

The only problem is that I have not had a chance to update `mkhtml.el' in a
number of years, and it will not work with the newer versions of
`htmlize.el'. You will have to find an old version of `htmlize.el' (I don't
know which one) to use with it. Also `mkhtml.el' works with Emacs 20; it has
not been updated to work with Emacs 21.

You can find `mkhtml.el' here: http://www.emacswiki.org/elisp/mkhtml.el.
Perhaps you can find an old copy of `htmlize.el' or perhaps you can update
`mkhtml.el' to work with a recent version (and with Emacs 21, if that's what
you have). At the least, you may be able to create what you want using some
of the `mkhtml.el' code as a guide. The Dired part of `mkhtml.el' is quite
simple, if I remember right (the Info part is more complex - see P.S.).

HTH,

   Drew

P.S. `mkhtml.el' also does the same thing for Info buffers: It creates an
HTML page or set of HTML pages that correspond to Info buffers, complete
with hypertext links. You can also ask it to merge a set of Info nodes
together, to put them on the same Info page.

Re: generate some html from directory content

[Sébastien Kirche]

Le 21 Jan 2005, Drew Adams a formulé :

> My library `mkhtml.el' (Make HTML) does just that. It uses Hrvoje Niksic's
> `htmlize.el', which creates HTML files from fontified buffers.

Thank you  for your suggestion,  it sounds interesting.  I will take  a look
tonight.

Until now, i was suggested different solutions. Maybe it could be helpful to
someone else if i expose them ?

Simple ones : 
- Matthew Huggett directory-file solution in the current thread
- viewing  the directory  with a  browser then saving  the buffer  (eg: lynx
  -source for doing programatically)

Otherwise  the  best  solution i  was  told  is  not  in  elisp but  with  a
tiny-but-powerfull shell script from a fr.comp.application.emacs contributor
(Matthieu Moy): htmllist.sh (here : http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/utils/)

Thank you for your contributions :)

-- 
Sébastien Kirche