arCHMage
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arCHMage converts CHM files to HTML, plain text and PDF. CHM is the format used
by Microsoft HTML Help, also known as Compiled HTML.

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Usage
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Extract CHM content into directory
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    archmage -x <chmfile> [output directory]

Extraction does not overwrite existing directories.

Dump HTML data from CHM
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    archmage -d <chmfile>

Convert CHM file into another format
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    archmage -c (html|text|pdf) <chmfile> [output file]

This feature requires `htmldoc(1)`, and `lynx(1)` or `elinks(1)` installed.

Installation
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    pip install archmage

Requirements
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arCHMage has the following dependencies:

  * Python 3.5+
  * PyCHM
  * BeautifulSoup4

Optional dependencies:

  * htmldoc - converting to plain text, single HTML, PDF formats
    (Debian/Ubuntu: `htmldoc`)
  * Lynx or ELinks - converting to plain text
    (Debian/Ubuntu: `lynx`)