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Re: WordPerfect <-> nroff/troff converter available?

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From: Mike Mitchell
Date: Wed, 03 May 1989 13:21
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In article <517@coyote.UUCP> ejm@coyote.UUCP (E.J. McKernan) writes:
>In article <225@indri.primate.wisc.edu>, bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes:
>> 
>> Does anyone have a public domain program or programs for converting
>> between WordPerfect and nroff/troff formats?  Failing that, does anyone
>
>I could use a WP 5.0 to nroff format converter as well. Please reply via
>email to this address:

You could use the WP5.0 PTR.EXE program to come up with a custom printer
definition which would spit out troff (look at some of the PostScript
definitions for ideas).

It is the other direction troff to WP 5.0 that interests me. Anyone with
a macro package?


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