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- From: death@netcom.com (David Burrowes)
- Subject: New file conversion software placed on cs.orst.edu
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.054712.27909@netcom.com>
- Keywords: PICT, rtf, conversion, fonts
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 05:47:12 GMT
- Lines: 90
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- I have placed five `freeware' file conversion applications in the submissions
- directory at cs.orst.edu (See note at end for details).
- They will generally only be of interest to those of you who either have
- Macintoshes as well as a NeXT, or interact a lot with Mac users.
-
- These apps are:
-
- Convert MacPaint
- Converts MacPaint documents to .eps files
-
- Convert TEXT
- Converts text files between NeXT and Macintosh text formats
- (thus, preserving `special' characters like bullets, printers
- quotes, etc).
-
- Convert RTF
- Yet another rtf file converter. I dunno how it compares,
- feature-wise, with the other ones out there. This will
- convert from Mac to NeXT, or back. Aside from mundane
- character and font name conversion, this will use the
- Convert PICT app, mentioned below, the convert
- embeded PICT images to produce a .rtfd file.
-
- Convert FONT
- Allows one to convert Macintosh *bitmaped* fonts to Type 3
- PostScript fonts (good for keeping your dearly loved PD mac
- fonts (or your specialized linguistic or mathematical) fonts
- usable on the NeXT). This does NOT produce outlines from the
- bitmaps, but rather builds a PS font that just displays
- bitmaped characters
-
- Convert PICT
- This will convert a file in the Macintosh PICT graphics format
- to an eps file. It converts essentially all the PICT opcodes,
- not just bitmaps. (info about exactly what it doesn't convert
- fully is in the app's help window)
-
- More details about all of these applications is available in their Help
- windows. (the .README files at cs.orst.edu are very edited versions of
- the text in those windows).
-
- All of these have only been used by myself. As a result, I'm calling them
- Beta versions, since they can't be said to have gotten a good testing (Use
- them with caution! =). I will try to fix any serious bugs, and after
- a couple months post fixed ones.
-
- These are all NeXTSTEP 2.1 applications that I have been developing during
- odd moments over the past year. They have not been used or tested very
- extensively under 3.0.
-
- I'd like to hear any comments you might have about using them. Ideally, bugs
- and the like should be sent to:
-
- bugs@kira.net.netcom.com
-
- while comments, etc. to me at:
-
- death@kira.net.netcom.com
-
-
- \david john burrowes
-
- NOTES:
- I tried to place these apps on sonata.cc.purdue.edu, but my ftp session
- froze/hung after the first put command I issued. Anyone know what's
- wrong? (other's have reported this).
-
- cs.orst.edu broke my connection whenever I tried to transfer a large file
- (92K worked, 130K did not). As a result, I had to uuencode Convert PICT
- and split that into two pieces.
-
- Sorry for the inconveniance. As soon as these probles are gone, I will
- post to sonata, and a new pict converter to cs.orst.edu.
-
- FILE DETAILS:
- cs.orst.edu
- pub/next/submissions
- -rw-rw-rw- 1 ftp student 1096 Jan 11 00:04 Convert_FONT.README
- -rw-rw-rw- 1 ftp student 76449 Jan 11 00:05 Convert_FONT.tar.Z
- -rw-rw-rw- 1 ftp student 967 Jan 11 00:05 Convert_MacPaint.README
- -rw-rw-rw- 1 ftp student 43676 Jan 11 00:05 Convert_MacPaint.tar.Z
- -rw-rw-rw- 1 ftp student 1760 Jan 11 00:04 Convert_PICT.README
- -rw-rw-rw- 1 ftp student 92967 Jan 11 00:12 Convert_PICT.tar.Z.uu.pt1
- -rw-rw-rw- 1 ftp student 92722 Jan 11 00:13 Convert_PICT.tar.Z.uu.pt2
- -rw-rw-rw- 1 ftp student 1805 Jan 11 00:05 Convert_RTF.README
- -rw-rw-rw- 1 ftp student 61201 Jan 11 00:05 Convert_RTF.Z
- -rw-rw-rw- 1 ftp student 1755 Jan 11 00:04 Convert_TEXT.README
- -rw-rw-rw- 1 ftp student 43413 Jan 11 00:05 Convert_TEXT.Z
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