# HTML Tidy for HTML5 (experimental)

This repo is an experimental fork of the code from [tidy.sourceforge.net][1].
This source code in this version supports processing of HTML5 documents. The
changes for HTML5 support started from a [patch developed by Björn Höhrmann][2].

   [1]: http://tidy.sourceforge.net

   [2]: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2011Nov/0007.html

For more information, see [w3c.github.com/tidy-html5][3]

   [3]: http://w3c.github.com/tidy-html5/

## Building the tidy command-line tool

For Linux/BSD/OSX platforms, you can build and install the `tidy` command-line
tool from the source code using the following steps.

  1. `make -C build/gmake/`

  2. `make install -C build/gmake/`

Note that you will either need to run `make install` as root, or with `sudo make
install`.

## Building the libtidy shared library

For Linux/BSD/OSX platforms, you can build and install the `tidylib` shared
library (for use in building other applications) from the source code using the
following steps.

  1. sh build/gnuauto/setup.sh && ./configure && make

  2. make install

Note that you will either need to run `make install` as root, or with `sudo make
install`.