Don't use backspaces. Index: html2text-1.3.2a/html2text.C =================================================================== --- html2text-1.3.2a.orig/html2text.C 2008-09-20 00:36:07.709605411 +0300 +++ html2text-1.3.2a/html2text.C 2008-09-20 00:50:20.938879802 +0300 @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ const char *style = "compact"; int width = 79; const char *output_file_name = "-"; - bool use_backspaces = true; + bool use_backspaces = false; int i; for (i = 1; i < argc && argv[i][0] == '-' && argv[i][1]; i++) {