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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1920 21 22 23 24 Tidy25 26 27 WhatisTidy?28 29 30 Dox31 32 33 History34 35 36 ACK37 38 39 GetTidy40 41 42 FAQs43 44 454647 4849 50 51 52 53 54 Tidy55 ThegranddaddyofHTMLtools.56 Supportsmodernstandards.57 58

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5960 6162 63 Tidyreborn64 65 Thanksfortheeffortsof66 HTACG67 andprominentcontributors,HTMLTidyhasawholenewheartbeat68 andawholenewlife.69 70 7172 73 Tidytidies74 75 TidytidiesHTMLandXML.Itcantidyyourdocumentsbyitself,and76 developerscaneasilyintegrateitsfeaturesintoevenmorepowerful77 tools.78 79 8081 82 Tidygetsout83 84 20150904:LatestRelease5.0.0.Ifyouwanttofollowthedevelopmentoftidy,havealookatour

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100 101 102 WhatisTidy?103 104 105 106 WhatisTidy?107108 TidyisaconsoleapplicationforMacOSX,Linux,Windows,UNIX,and

more.109 ItcorrectsandcleansupHTMLandXMLdocumentsbyfixingmarkuperrorsand110 upgradinglegacycodetomodernstandards.111112 TidyLibisaCstaticanddynamiclibrarythatdeveloperscanintegrate

into113 theirapplicationsinordertobringallofTidyspowertoyourfavoritetools.114

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TidyLibisusedtodayindesktopapplications,webservers,andmore.115116 117 118119120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 Dox128 129 130 131 Documentation132133 ForeverythingyouneedtoknowaboutrunningTidyheadovertoour134 documentationpage.135136 Thereyouwilldiscoverhowtobuildthetidyconsoleapplicationforyour137 operatingsystem(ifnecessary),howtouseit,anddiscoverexamplesofall138 ofthegreatthingsthatTidycando.139140 Areyouadeveloper?AreyoulookingforTidyLibinformation?Thefeel141 freetogetstartedwiththedeveloperdocumentation.142143144 145 146147148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 History156 157 158

159 History160161 HTMLTidywascreatedbytheW3Csown

DaveRaggettbackinthe162 dawnoftheInternetage.HisoriginalInternetpageisstillavailableand163 givesasenseoftheearlyhistory:Clean

upyourWebpageswithHTMLTIDY.164165 SatisfiedwithhisworkDavepassedthetorchtoadedicatedgroupof166 maintainersattidy.sourceforge.netwherethe

importanttasksofturning167 TidyintoaClibraryandkeepingupwithdevelopingstandardswas168 performed.169170 W3CmemberstookarenewedinterestinTidyin2011andforkedthe171

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172 compatibilitywithHTML5viaakeycontributionfromoneoftheSourceForge

173 keymembers.174175 In2015agroupofconcerneddevelopers,users,andsoftwareintegratorsformed176 HTACGwiththegoalofrevitalizing

Tidy,whichhadfallenintoa177 nonmaintainedstate.AsaW3CCommunityGroup,HTACGwasdeemedworthybythe178 W3C,andW3CpassedownershipoftheirprojecttoHTACG,whereitiscurrently179 beingdevelopedandpreppedforanew,stable,andmodernrelease.180181 HTACGisalsoworkingdiligentlywiththeSourceForgemaintainersinaneffort182 toharmonizeHTMLTidyintoasingle,stable,solidreleaseonceagain.

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199 200 Acknowledgements201202 HTACGandtherestoftheHTMLTidyteamwanttoextendasincereand203 heartfeltthankyoutoeveryonewhomadeTidypossible.204205 206 DaveRaggett,theoriginaldeveloper.

207 ArnaudDesitter,longtimeSourceForgemaintainer.208 CharlesReitzel,longtimeSourceForgemaintainer.209 BjrnHhrmann,longtimeSourceForgemaintainer.210 MichaelSmith,GithubW3Cmaintainer.211 HTACGmembersandcontributors,whoareworkinghardtobringyouanew,212 stableTidy.213 214215 Arewemissingsomeone?Issueapullrequestagainsttheghpagesbranchof216 thisrepository.Youwillwanttoeditthisfile.

217218 DaveRaggettalsomaintainsalonglistofacknowledgementsathispage.219220221 222

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224225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 GetTidy233 234 235 236 GetTidy237238 YoumayalreadyhaveTidyonyourcomputer!Manyoperatingsystemsship

with239 thetidycommandpreinstalled.Chancesaregood,though,thatwhatyouhave240 issooutdatedthatitdoesntevenrecognizeHTML5.241242 CurrentlytogetTidyforthefirsttimeortoupdateyourcurrent243 installationyoushouldgrabthesourcecodefromitsgithubrepository.244245 CurrentlytheHTACGteamisworkinghardputtingthefinishingtouchesonthe246 new,stableversionofTidy,butyoucanbesurethatwearedeveloping247 solutionstoprovidebinariesforyouroperatingsystemaswellasdistribution248 throughallofthecommonLinux/Macsoftwarerepositories.249250 SoftwareusingTidyLib5.0.0RC.x251252 IfyouknowofanysoftwareusingmodernTidyorTidyLib,pleasefeelfreeto253 issueagithubpullrequest

againstthiswebpage,andwewillbesureto254 addit.Youwillwanttoeditthisfile.255256257 258 259260261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 FAQs269 270 271 272 FAQs273274 HowcanIreportbugsormake

featurerequests?275276 Ifyouhaveagithubaccount(easyandfree)weencourageyoutomakebug277 reportsandfeaturerequestsinourissuestracker.

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280281 Wewelcomecode,website,anddocumentationcontributions,andyouareinvited282 tojoinouropencommunity.Youcanmakepullrequestsforchangesyoumake283 inourgithubrepo.284285286 287 288289290

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