What is setext2html.pl?
setext2html.pl is a  Perl Script which converts setext formatted documents like TidBITS (by Adam C. Engst) to HTML styled documents. The script is already setup to run on a Mac.

What can it do? 
Translate urls into HTML url references.

Translate mail addresses into HTML mailto references so you can send mail to someone when you click
on the address.

Generate multiple output files based on titles in the input file and build an index file to these output files.

Translate setext style typotags to bold/italic/underlined html tags.

It creates an index of all the titles/subheads it finds and stores references to these titles/subheads
at the beginning of the HTML-ized document.

How does it woRK?
Read the readme.mac file in the folder called "mac".

If you want to run the script under Unix, read the readme.unix file in the folder called "unix"

Contacting the author
Send suggestions, remarks, bugs, postcards etc. to:

Hans Verbrugge
Bijlmerplein 447
1102 DM Amsterdam
The Netherlands

email: hans@solair1.inter.nl.net

Legal notes
This software is freeware, not public domain, and may be distributed freely.

DISCLAIMER:
YOU, THE USER OF THIS SOFTWARE WILL USE THIS SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES.