otlsplit

  1. Summary

      Splits an outline into separate outlines according to the defined split level. Good for creating simple web sites from a single outline file. Also good for splitting large outines into smaller outlines like separating an outline of a book into a bunch of chapter outlines. (see otltail)

      You can do some pretty amazing things with this simple tool. When coupled with otl2thml, you can create even create whole websites. In fact, www.noels-lab.com was created from a single OTL file.

  1. Usage 
       otlsplit.py options inputfile
 Options
      -l level  The number of levels to split down to. The default is 1
      -D dir    Specifiy a target directory for the output files
      -t        Include a title line (the parerent heading) in split files
      -v        Print version (RCS) information.
      -h        Show help.
 output is on STDOUT
  1. Example

      Here is a simple example using a book. If you start with the following outline and run 'otlsplit -l 1 bool.otl', you'll end up with a file for each level-1 heading. In this case, table of contents, preface, index and chapters.

    1. Before splitting
      1. Book.otl (file contains)
        1. Book Title
        2. Preface

            blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

        3. Chapter 1

            blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

          1. Section A

              blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

          2. Section B

              blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

        4. Chapter 2

            blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

        5. Chapter 3

            blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

        6. Index

            blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

    2. After splitting
      1. Preface.otl (file contains)

          blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

      2. Chapter_1.otl (file contains)

          blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

        1. Section A

            blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

        2. Section B

            blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

      3. Chapter_2.otl (file contains)

          blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

      4. Chapter_3.otl (file contains)

          blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

      5. Index.otl (file contains)

          blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

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  1. License

      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License.

      This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

      You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

  1. Credits 
       Copyright © 2006 Noel Henson					Updated: 2006-02-19
 noel@noels-lab.com