Query: Web Site Capturing software?

[Anne Prestamo]

On Tue, 28 May 1996, Whittier Public Library wrote:

> A plea for clarification:  By "capturing," the responses seem to 
> refer to the ability to view HTML offline.  For example, one 
> respondent suggested that files stored in the Netscape cache could be 
> read by recommended software.  Is this what the original query was 
> asking?  In any case, I'd like to know how saved--not cached--HTML 
> can be stripped of the "markup," leaving only the text.  (Saved 
> files, I know, do not include graphics.)
> 
> I have heard that recent versions of Netscape perform the task, and 
> that certain word processing applications will do the same.  Hearsay?
> 
The Pro 2.52 version of HotDog strips HTML very nicely, allowing the user 
to strip an entire document, or to choose specific sections.

Anne Prestamo
+Reference/Instruction Librarian
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
+Adjunct Faculty/School of Library and Information Science
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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