To start with HTML or Text that is the Question.

Angel has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I can have a page that needs to be generated in text for emails and for display on screen in HTML. Should I start in HTML and use HTML::Parser, Or in txt and look for module that does txt to html?

Angel

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Re: To start with HTML or Text that is the Question. by sauoq (Abbot) on Dec 19, 2002 at 23:54 UTC
Start with HTML. Trying to figure out how to rationally insert tags into plain text isn't going to be easy. Better yet, use XML. -sauoq "My two cents aren't worth a dime.";	[reply]
Re: To start with HTML or Text that is the Question. by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Dec 20, 2002 at 00:43 UTC
If you want to be able to produce sane plaintext output, chances are it lends itself to writing in POD. `:)` Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]