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HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.

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How do I set up the simplest HTTP local server?

I use the R Studio IDE to do many things, one of which is to serve local websites utilizing the blogdown package which is a fork of hugo. I write the code in R Studio and preview the site utilizing the blogdown::serve_site() command. This is the…
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How can I preview HTML documents from the command line?

I use catdoc to preview Word documents from the command line. Is there something similar for HTML? In other words I would like to do cathtml Webpage.html | less and get more or less a man page look output.
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access webpage through ssh

I need to access the IEEE xplore, but I don't have right to download out of institute. I can login into the server of institute via ssh, so How can I access IEEE xplore through institute server via ssh? I have searched solutions, some one…
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I used wget to download html files, where are the images in the file stored?

Firefox was loading very slow, so I decided to use wget to save HTML files.I used the following command, wget http://textbook.s-anand.net/ncert/class-xii/chemistry/hello-this-first-chapter The files have been saved in my home folder.But I don't…
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How can I download an HTML webpage including JavaScript-generated content from the terminal?

On Google Chrome, when we go to the development mode, right-click an HTML element → Copy → Copy element, we can copy the HTML content of a webpage. Below is an example of the procedure I've described: My problem is that, when I use wget for…
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Is it possible to open an Ubuntu app from HTML?

I'm creating a webpage right now and am wondering if it is possible to input a command in HTML that will open an installed Ubuntu app like Chromium, or a terminal window, or Nautilus. Is something like this possible? Thanks!
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Create pdf from HTML book

There are some sites that provide books as HTML pages (e.g., legal stuff). What can I use to create a PDF book from these pages, based on the already-existing structure? In Windows there is Adobe Professional (commercial software). I'm guessing…
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Linking to man page sections?

Online man pages in HTML with section anchors? It would be good to have an online version of the Ubuntu man pages with direct links into subsections. That would allow to point someone to the relevant documentation in many cases - for example in…
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Zenity and text formating

I just discovered that zenity support html tags. zenity --error --text "hello <b>world</b>" but how to make it work with entry type ? zenity --entry --text "hello <b>world</b>" It's printing tags instead of interpreting…
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Recursive HTML to PDF

I have a folder with this structure: /main-folder /index.html /subfolder1 /index1.html /file1.html with many sub folder and only html files... i want to convert all them to pdf using only one command or a simple script that doesn't…
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How can I set an HTML page as the desktop background?

Before people flag this as an exact duplicate of How can I use a .html file as desktop background/wallpaper? please let me clarify . Unlike that question where he just wants desktop icons for launching webapps , I want to use a HTML page as a…
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Is there a Dreamweaver HTML editor replacement?

Possible Duplicate: Basic Web Development IDE/Editor like Dreamweaver? I used Adobe's Dreamweaver for working on web pages and various text editors. I already have a few favorite text editors but couldn't find a good replacement for Dreamweaver?…
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Using the Evolution with an external editor?

I seek for using LibreOffice Writer or a similar tool as a mail composer and reader in the Evolution. In Windows Outlook I have used Microsoft Word directly for writing mails. Evolution default mail editor does not enable easy and precise HTML…
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What is the best editor for HTML, CSS etc?

in Windows I'm using Komodo & Notepad++ for coding HTML, CSS etc. In Ubuntu, what's the best editor I can use? Thanks :)
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Any way to mass auto indent php and html code in Ubuntu?

I have about 50~ poorly indented and very very hard to read to code. Do you guys have any tips on how to indent this to make it more readable?
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