edsono · February 24, 2013 15:49 · Dec 1, 2012 · Dec 1, 2012 · Dec 1, 2012 · Oct 15, 2012
diff --git a/rtftomarkdown.rb b/rtftomarkdown.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 If you start a second-level nested list as an ordered list, the next
 second-level list will be ordered. It's a textutil/RTF thing.
 =end
+write_file = false # for Services set to true to write out files with .md extension
 
 if ARGV.length == 0
 	puts "#{__FILE__} expects an input file (RTF or DOC) as an argument"
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ def remove_empty(input)
 	file = infile.sub(/\/$/,'')
 	if File.exists?(File.expand_path(file))
 		ext = file.match(/\.(\w+)$/)[1]
-		input = %x{/usr/bin/textutil -convert html -stdout #{file}}.strip
+		input = %x{/usr/bin/textutil -convert html -stdout "#{file}"}.strip
 
 
 		input.gsub!(/.*?<body>(.*?)<\/body>.*/m,"\\1")
@@ -95,8 +96,15 @@ def remove_empty(input)
 			line =~ /\*REMOVEME/
 		}.join("\n")
 
-		puts input
-		puts footer
+		if write_file
+			open(file+".md", 'w+') { |f|
+				f.puts input
+				f.puts footer
+			}
+		else
+			puts input
+			puts footer
+		end
 	else
 		puts "File not found: #{file}"
 	end

diff --git a/rtftomarkdown.rb b/rtftomarkdown.rb
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def remove_empty(input)
 				"*REMOVEME"
 			else
 				indent = ""
-				(list_level -1).times do indent += "\s\s\s\s" end
+				(list_level -1).times do indent += "    " end
 				line.gsub(/<li.*?>(.*?)<\/li>/,"#{indent}#{list_type[list_level]} \\1")
 			end
 		}.delete_if {|line|

diff --git a/rtftomarkdown.rb b/rtftomarkdown.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 combination produces seems impossible to work with. Most links disappear
 when converting from a DOC or DOCX file, and even Word's RTF export is
 unworkable.
+
+List levels converted by textutil can not be changed at a given depth.
+If you start a second-level nested list as an ordered list, the next
+second-level list will be ordered. It's a textutil/RTF thing.
 =end
 
 if ARGV.length == 0
@@ -71,6 +75,26 @@ def remove_empty(input)
 			line.strip
 		}.join("\n")
 
+		# handle lists
+		list_level = 0
+		list_type = []
+		input = input.split("\n").map { |line|
+			if line =~ /<([uo])l.*?>/
+				list_level += 1
+				list_type[list_level] = $1 =~ /u/ ? "*" : "1."
+				"*REMOVEME"
+			elsif line =~ /<\/[uo]l>/
+				list_level -= 1
+				"*REMOVEME"
+			else
+				indent = ""
+				(list_level -1).times do indent += "\s\s\s\s" end
+				line.gsub(/<li.*?>(.*?)<\/li>/,"#{indent}#{list_type[list_level]} \\1")
+			end
+		}.delete_if {|line|
+			line =~ /\*REMOVEME/
+		}.join("\n")
+
 		puts input
 		puts footer
 	else

diff --git a/rtftomarkdown.rb b/rtftomarkdown.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/ruby
-# Uses textutil, available on Mac only (installed by default)
-# Usage: rtftomarkdown.rb FILENAME.rtf
-# Outputs to STDOUT
+=begin
+Usage: rtftomarkdown.rb FILENAME.rtf
+
+Uses textutil, available on Mac only (installed by default)
+Outputs to STDOUT
+
+Notes:
+
+Links are replaced with Markdown references (duplicate links combined).
+This works fine on RTF files, but the markup that the Word/textutil
+combination produces seems impossible to work with. Most links disappear
+when converting from a DOC or DOCX file, and even Word's RTF export is
+unworkable.
+=end
 
 if ARGV.length == 0
 	puts "#{__FILE__} expects an input file (RTF or DOC) as an argument"
@@ -28,7 +39,7 @@ def remove_empty(input)
 		input.gsub!(/<\/?span( class=".*?")?>/,'')
 
 		# substitute headers
-		input.gsub!(/<p class="p1"><b>(.+?)<\/b><\/p>/,'# \\1')
+		input.gsub!(/<p class="p1">(?:<b>)?(.+?)(?:<\/b>)?<\/p>/,'# \\1')
 		input.gsub!(/<p class="p2"><b>(.+?)<\/b><\/p>/,'## \\1')
 		input.gsub!(/<p class="p3"><b>(.+?)<\/b><\/p>/,'## \\1')
 		input.gsub!(/<p class="p4"><b>(.+?)<\/b><\/p>/,'### \\1')
@@ -39,16 +50,29 @@ def remove_empty(input)
 		}.join("\n")
 
 		# remove paragraph tags
-		input.gsub!(/<p class="p5">(.*?)<\/p>/,'\\1')
+		input.gsub!(/<p class="p\d">(.*?)<\/p>/,'\\1')
 		# emphasis
 		input.gsub!(/<\/?b>/,'**')
 		input.gsub!(/<\/?i>/,'*')
+		# links
+		links = {}
+		footer = ''
+		input.gsub!(/<a href="(.*?)">(.*?)<\/a>/) do |match|
+			if links.has_key? $1
+				marker = links[$1]
+			else
+				links[$1] = links.length + 1
+				footer += "\n[#{links[$1]}]: #{$1}"
+			end
+			"[#{$2}][#{links[$1]}]"
+		end
 
 		input = input.split("\n").map { |line|
 			line.strip
 		}.join("\n")
 
 		puts input
+		puts footer
 	else
 		puts "File not found: #{file}"
 	end

diff --git a/rtftomarkdown.rb b/rtftomarkdown.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/ruby
 # Uses textutil, available on Mac only (installed by default)
+# Usage: rtftomarkdown.rb FILENAME.rtf
+# Outputs to STDOUT
 
 if ARGV.length == 0
 	puts "#{__FILE__} expects an input file (RTF or DOC) as an argument"

diff --git a/rtftomarkdown.rb b/rtftomarkdown.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/ruby
+# Uses textutil, available on Mac only (installed by default)
+
+if ARGV.length == 0
+	puts "#{__FILE__} expects an input file (RTF or DOC) as an argument"
+	exit
+end
+
+def remove_empty(input)
+	input.gsub!(/(<(\w+)( class=".*?")?>\s*<\/\2>)/,'')
+	input = remove_empty(input) if input =~ /(<(\w+)( class=".*")?>\s*<\/\2>)/
+	return input.strip
+end
+
+ARGV.each do |infile|
+	file = infile.sub(/\/$/,'')
+	if File.exists?(File.expand_path(file))
+		ext = file.match(/\.(\w+)$/)[1]
+		input = %x{/usr/bin/textutil -convert html -stdout #{file}}.strip
+
+
+		input.gsub!(/.*?<body>(.*?)<\/body>.*/m,"\\1")
+
+		# remove span/br tags, unneccessary
+		input.gsub!(/<br>/,'')
+		input.gsub!(/<\/?span( class=".*?")?>/,'')
+
+		# substitute headers
+		input.gsub!(/<p class="p1"><b>(.+?)<\/b><\/p>/,'# \\1')
+		input.gsub!(/<p class="p2"><b>(.+?)<\/b><\/p>/,'## \\1')
+		input.gsub!(/<p class="p3"><b>(.+?)<\/b><\/p>/,'## \\1')
+		input.gsub!(/<p class="p4"><b>(.+?)<\/b><\/p>/,'### \\1')
+		input.gsub!(/<p class="p5"><b>(.+?)<\/b><\/p>/,'### \\1')
+
+		input = input.split("\n").map { |line|
+			remove_empty(line)
+		}.join("\n")
+
+		# remove paragraph tags
+		input.gsub!(/<p class="p5">(.*?)<\/p>/,'\\1')
+		# emphasis
+		input.gsub!(/<\/?b>/,'**')
+		input.gsub!(/<\/?i>/,'*')
+
+		input = input.split("\n").map { |line|
+			line.strip
+		}.join("\n")
+
+		puts input
+	else
+		puts "File not found: #{file}"
+	end
+end