---
name: "yodl2html"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "yodl"
version: "4.03.03-1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/yodlconverters"
---

# yodl2html(1)

miscellaneous Yodl converters

Part of [yodlconverters(1)](/yodlconverters/1.md).

## NAME

yodl2... - miscellaneous Yodl converters

## SYNOPSIS

**yodl2...** \[OPTION\]... FILE

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page describes the various shell scripts that convert documents in the Yodl language to other formats. The basic converters are:

- o

  [**yodl2html**(1)](/yodl2html/1.md): converts to HTML, writes a file with the extension **.html**.

- o

  [**yodl2man**(1)](/yodl2man/1.md): converts to nroff \`man’ format, writes **.man**. Can be further processed with e.g. **nroff -Tascii -man** *file***.man**.

- o

  [**yodl2latex**(1)](/yodl2latex/1.md): converts to LaTeX output, writes **.latex**. Can be further processed with, e.g., **latex** *file***.latex**.

- o

  [**yodl2txt**(1)](/yodl2txt/1.md): converts to plain ASCII, writes **.txt**. This is a very rudimentary converter, a last-resort.

## OPTIONS

The options are identical to those of the [**yodl**(1)](/yodl/1.md) program.

Additionally, the following options are available:

- o

  \`--no-warnings’:\
   By default the converters call [**yodl**(1)](/yodl/1.md) using the \`-w’ flag. The option \`--no-warnings’ suppresses this flag.

- o

  \`--intermediate=\<filename\>’:\
   By default, files used for the communication between yodl and yodlpost are removed following the conversion. The \`--intermediate=\<filename\>’ option may be provided to retain these files, called \`\<filename\>’ and \`\<filename\>.idx’.

## FILES

Each **yodl2***format* converter requires a file *format.yo* in Yodl’s include path (e.g., \`tmp/wip/macros’). This file is auto-loaded before \`FILE’ (see the synopsis) is loaded, to make the conversion to *format* possible.

The output is written to one or more files having the extension *.format*.

## SEE ALSO

[**yodl**(1)](/yodl/1.md),  [**yodlbuiltins**(7)](/yodlbuiltins/7.md),  [**yodlletter**(7)](/yodlletter/7.md),  [**yodlmacros**(7)](/yodlmacros/7.md),  [**yodlmanpage**(7)](/yodlmanpage/7.md), [**yodlpost**(1)](/yodlpost/1.md),  [**yodlstriproff**(1)](/yodlstriproff/1.md),  [**yodltables**(7)](/yodltables/7.md),  [**yodlverbinsert**(1)](/yodlverbinsert/1.md).

## BUGS

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## AUTHOR

Frank B. Brokken (f.b.brokken@rug.nl),