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Article #598Converting (WordStar || 1-2-3) ==> ASCII
From: Richard Perlman
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1989 02:30
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1989 02:30
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I am looking for a program (filter) to translate WordStar and/or
Lotus 1-2-3 documents to POA (Plain Old ASCII). I realize each
of these programs has this capability built in, they do not
serve the needs of the specific applications I am working on.
* I would like to do the WordStar => ASCII conversion on the fly in
a .bat file (without having to run WordStar) as part of a file
transfer operation.
* While 1-2-3's "print-to-file [.prn] works for most applications,
in this particular case the file is "wider" than 240 characters and
1-2-3 insists on paneling the output file, which I must then
"paste" back together again (minor pain).
BTW, in both cases the output goes to a UNIX (Sequent) system
so the conversion could take place in either the MS-DOS or UNIX
environments.
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