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Article #4589wysiwyg to troff conversion program
From: J H Proschan
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 1988 19:37
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 1988 19:37
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About a year ago, Small Press magazine reviewed a program called Softype, by Softest. This program translated word processor files (WordPerfect, MS Word, Wordstar 2000, Multimate, Samna Word, Displaywrite 3, . . .) into the equivalent troff files. It was available for MSDOS. When I tried to call the company, I was told that it had been bought out, and they new company had dropped Softype. Does anyone know if another company has taken it over, or if there are any similar programs on the market? DCA-to-troff would be an acceptable alternative. Paragraphing, fonts, headers, and indented lists are the major items needed. The program should run on an MSDOS machine, as uploading wp files is a nuisance, but a UNIX (VAX) version would be usable if there are no PC programs.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!umix!umich!mibte!gamma!pyuxp!nvuxj!nvuxl!nvuxh!jhp3 From: jhp3@nvuxh.UUCP (J H Proschan) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: wysiwyg to troff conversion program Message-ID: <227@nvuxh.UUCP> Date: 6 Apr 88 19:37:55 GMT Organization: Bell Communications Research Lines: 13 Keywords: troff, pc word processor