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In <1992Dec14.144836.23230@cheshire.oxy.edu> legend@cheshire.oxy.edu
(Linda A. Malcor) writes:

> >We need a translator to convert WordPerfect 5.1 to ascii,
> >to make mail work better here at NCAR. Anybody have any
> >ideas on how to make this happen?
> 
> I have been writing translators for WP -> various ASCII without writing
> a single line of code. Use the PTR program (it comes with every version
> of WP since 4.2?) to modify the STANDARD.PRS printer driver. 
(...)
> install you new print driver and tell WP that it is printing to a file
> (saddly it must be a single file name so you have to deal with that).

I guess this idea could be improved by having WP write to a named pipe,
with a suitable mailer-daemon listening at the other end. You call the
printer 'mailer' and sending mail will be as easy as printing a document.

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