# 2026-07-16 13:37:00.133769 UTC (+0000)

webdump 0.3 was released.

webdump is a HTML to plain-text converter tool.

For example:

	url='https://codemadness.org/webdump.html'
	curl -s "$url" | webdump -8 -a -l -r -b "$url" | less -R

It can be found at:
  * git://git.codemadness.org/webdump
  * gopher://codemadness.org/1/git/webdump
  * https://codemadness.org/releases/webdump/
  * gopher://codemadness.org/1/releases/webdump/

webdump has the following changes compared to 0.2:

Fixes:
* Safely print URI in (inline) link references and do not limit the length of URI.
* Improve literal text parsing, for example in elements like <title>, <style>, <textarea>.
* Link references improvements and link references with the -s and -u flag
    * When specifying -x it does not show link references on the bottom (requires -l flag).
    * When using the -u flag all link references as added, but as hidden links.
    * When using the -s flag all link references as added, but as visible links (if
      it was originally visible).
  This makes it more logical to use with the -x flag.
* Improve error checking for invalid selectors (with the -s and -u option).

Features:
* For the -x option add a field to indicate if its a visible or hidden link reference.
* Add for OSC 8 escape sequences using the -o option for inline links/references.
  This is disabled by default because of security implications if used carelessly.

  An example how it works:
  printf '\e]8;;http://example.com\e\\This is a link\e]8;;\e\\\n'

Other:
* Small memory usage reductions.
* Improved the testsuite for coverage testing.
* Documentation and man page improvements.
* Code-style improvements and typo fixes.

Happy hacking,

Hiltjo