Htags: An HTML Tagger

Htags is a very basic program that embeds HTML tags into a plain text file. It is not intended to create great, dynamic web pages.... it aims at writing simple, informative HTML pages with images, links, list items and formatted paragraphs and headings.

The program is simply a text file, written in a scripting language called TCL (Tool Command Language), so to run it you must install TCL on your computer. This is easy to do; go to the TCL website and download the installation file for your operating system, and install it after downloading. Be sure to go for the simple, FREE download option.... all you need for this is the free TCL interpreter, and it is an easy install.

The actual Htags program file is here. It is a plain unformatted script file and it does not need to be compiled. Save the file Htags.tcl to your disk and set the file permission to be executable. Assuming that you already installed TCL, if you double-click the Htags.tcl file, you should get this screen...

The following images show the sequence of typing in plain text and then inserting the basic HTML tags to create a simple report. Note that the tear-away menu for HTML tags is shown alongside the main window, because I simply tore it off .... you may opt to leave in a drop-down menu if you wish.

The tags in the HTML menu are simply the tags that I use all the time.... there are a hundred other HTML tags that I have no use for (which is why I wrote Htags).

There is also a right-mouse-button menu you can click inside the main text window. It has some other edit options.

Type in plain text.....

Tear away the HTML tag menu (optional)....

Select all the text to embed the global HTML stuff....

Hit the "html" tag that is in the HTML menu. That will insert the basic header and footer stuff that web browsers need to know.....

Add all the other tags for your report by selecting text and clicking the appropriate tag in the menu......

Save your work to a file (be sure to give it the .html suffix..... and finally ..... this is what it looks like in a web browser.....