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- \ ASC2VP.S
- \ Transform a mild-mannered ASCII file into one that has
- \ Ventura Publisher special characters in it -- makes it look better in print
-
- \ THIS SECTION WILL TRANSFORM COMMON TEXT INTO SPECIAL SYMBOLS
- \ You may want to change some of the left-hand definitions, if they
- \ conflict with standard text you already use.
-
- ...=<193> \ ellipses (three periods in a row)
- --=<197> \ em dash (two hyphens in a row)
- (TM)=<191> \ trademark, as in Macintosh(TM)
- (tm)=<191> \ trademark
- (C)=<189> \ copyright, as in (C) 1988
- (c)=<189> \ copyright
- (R)=<190> \ registered mark, as in IBM(R) PC
- (r)=<190> \ registered mark
- (ss)=<185> \ section mark, as in (ss)1.2.1
- (++)=<186> \ double dagger
- (+)=<187> \ single dagger
-
- \ Here are some definitions for a bullet using a period, asterisk, letter o
-
- . = <195>\20 \ period between spaces to bullet
- \2a = <195>\20 \ asterisk between spaces to bullet
- o = <195>\20 \ "o" between spaces to bullet
- \0a. =\0a<195>\20 \ period at beginning of line to bullet
- \0a\2a =\0a<195>\20 \ asterisk at beginning of line to bullet
- \0ao =\0a<195>\20 \ "o" at beginning of line to bullet
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- \ THIS SECTION WILL FIX DOUBLE QUOTES TO BE LEFT-AND-RIGHT FACING
-
- "=<170> \ If none of the following left-sided conversions are done, then
- \ assume a double quote is a right-sided quote
-
- "= <169> \ double quote after a space should be left-sided
- \0a"=\0a<169> \ and these are various other left-sided quotes
- \09"=\09<169> \ (You may want to add some of your own)
- -"=-<169>
- /"=/<169>
- ("=(<169>
- _"=_<169>
-
- \ Note: the following conversions could also be handled with a numeric
- \ wild card, but I've chosen to make them literal for speed purposes.
-
- 0"=0" \ assume that quotes following number characters
- 1"=1" \ are meant to be inches.
- 2"=2"
- 3"=3"
- 4"=4"
- 5"=5"
- 6"=6"
- 7"=7"
- 8"=8"
- 9"=9"
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