HTML Tidy  5.1.25
The HTACG Tidy HTML Project
Configuration

Configuration settings and files

To get a list of all configuration settings, see Config Options below or use:

1 tidy -help-config

Using a configuration file

The most convenient way to configure Tidy is by using separate configuration file.

Assuming you have created a Tidy configuration file named myconfig.txt (the name and extension don’t matter), you can instruct Tidy to use it via the command line option -config myconfig.txt for example:

1 tidy -config myconfig.txt file1.html file2.html

Alternatively, you can name the default config file via the environment variable named HTML_TIDY, the value of which is the absolute path for the config file.

You can also set config options on the command line by preceding the name of the option immediately (no intervening space) with the string “–”; for example:

1 tidy --break-before-br true --show-warnings false

You can find documentation for full set of configuration options on the Quick Reference page.

Example Configuration File

// sample config file for HTML tidy
indent: auto
indent-spaces: 2
wrap: 72
markup: yes
output-xml: no
input-xml: no
show-warnings: yes
numeric-entities: yes
quote-marks: yes
quote-nbsp: yes
quote-ampersand: no
break-before-br: no
uppercase-tags: no
uppercase-attributes: no
char-encoding: latin1
new-inline-tags: cfif, cfelse, math, mroot,
mrow, mi, mn, mo, msqrt, mfrac, msubsup, munderover,
munder, mover, mmultiscripts, msup, msub, mtext,
mprescripts, mtable, mtr, mtd, mth
new-blocklevel-tags: cfoutput, cfquery
new-empty-tags: cfelse

Config Options


HTML Tidy Configuration Settings

Within a file, use the form:

wrap: 72
indent: no

When specified on the command line, use the form:

--wrap 72 --indent no

Name                        Type       Allowable values                        
=========================== =========  ========================================
accessibility-check         enum       0 (Tidy Classic), 1 (Priority 1 Checks),
                                       2 (Priority 2 Checks), 3 (Priority 3    
                                       Checks)                                 
add-xml-decl                Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
add-xml-space               Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
alt-text                    String     -                                       
anchor-as-name              Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
ascii-chars                 Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
assume-xml-procins          Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
bare                        Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
break-before-br             Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
char-encoding               Encoding   raw, ascii, latin0, latin1, utf8,       
                                       iso2022, mac, win1252, ibm858, utf16le, 
                                       utf16be, utf16, big5, shiftjis          
clean                       Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
coerce-endtags              Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
css-prefix                  String     -                                       
decorate-inferred-ul        Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
doctype                     DocType    html5, omit, auto, strict, transitional,
                                       user                                    
drop-empty-elements         Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
drop-empty-paras            Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
drop-font-tags              Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
drop-proprietary-attributes Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
enclose-block-text          Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
enclose-text                Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
error-file                  String     -                                       
escape-cdata                Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
fix-backslash               Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
fix-bad-comments            Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
fix-uri                     Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
force-output                Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
gdoc                        Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
gnu-emacs                   Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
gnu-emacs-file              String     -                                       
hide-comments               Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
hide-endtags                Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
indent                      AutoBool   auto, y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0 
indent-attributes           Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
indent-cdata                Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
indent-spaces               Integer    0, 1, 2, ...                            
indent-with-tabs            Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
input-encoding              Encoding   raw, ascii, latin0, latin1, utf8,       
                                       iso2022, mac, win1252, ibm858, utf16le, 
                                       utf16be, utf16, big5, shiftjis          
input-xml                   Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
join-classes                Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
join-styles                 Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
keep-time                   Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
language                    String     -                                       
literal-attributes          Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
logical-emphasis            Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
lower-literals              Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
markup                      Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
merge-divs                  AutoBool   auto, y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0 
merge-emphasis              Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
merge-spans                 AutoBool   auto, y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0 
ncr                         Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
new-blocklevel-tags         Tag names  tagX, tagY, ...                         
new-empty-tags              Tag names  tagX, tagY, ...                         
new-inline-tags             Tag names  tagX, tagY, ...                         
new-pre-tags                Tag names  tagX, tagY, ...                         
newline                     enum       LF, CRLF, CR                            
numeric-entities            Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
omit-optional-tags          Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
output-bom                  AutoBool   auto, y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0 
output-encoding             Encoding   raw, ascii, latin0, latin1, utf8,       
                                       iso2022, mac, win1252, ibm858, utf16le, 
                                       utf16be, utf16, big5, shiftjis          
output-file                 String     -                                       
output-html                 Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
output-xhtml                Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
output-xml                  Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
preserve-entities           Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
punctuation-wrap            Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
quiet                       Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
quote-ampersand             Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
quote-marks                 Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
quote-nbsp                  Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
repeated-attributes         enum       keep-first, keep-last                   
replace-color               Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
show-body-only              AutoBool   auto, y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0 
show-errors                 Integer    0, 1, 2, ...                            
show-info                   Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
show-warnings               Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
skip-nested                 Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
slide-style                 String     -                                       
sort-attributes             enum       none, alpha                             
split                       Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
tab-size                    Integer    0, 1, 2, ...                            
tidy-mark                   Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
uppercase-attributes        Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
uppercase-tags              Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
vertical-space              AutoBool   auto, y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0 
word-2000                   Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
wrap                        Integer    0 (no wrapping), 1, 2, ...              
wrap-asp                    Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
wrap-attributes             Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
wrap-jste                   Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
wrap-php                    Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
wrap-script-literals        Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
wrap-sections               Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0       
write-back                  Boolean    y/n, yes/no, t/f, true/false, 1/0