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- From: peg@cs.washington.edu (Pete Granger)
- Subject: Re: Troff --> Tex conversion
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.192143.4265@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
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- Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
- References: <1993Jan8.203802.12296@beaver.cs.washington.edu> <1993Jan9.064720.29939@ugle.unit.no>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 19:21:43 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan9.064720.29939@ugle.unit.no> bgitv@termo.unit.no (Bard Grimsmo) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan8.203802.12296@beaver.cs.washington.edu> peg@cs.washington.edu (Pete Granger) writes:
- >>
- >>I have a file (just one) that dates back to my days as a troff user,
- >>which I would like to convert to Tex or (preferably) LaTex. I could do
- >>it manually, but I am lazy. Does anyone know of a program that will do
- >>this for me?
- >>
- >Yes, the "tr2latex" program will do it, you will find it at most large
- >FTP-servers in the TeX directory.
-
- Thanks for the pointer. I found it at ftp.uni-stuttgart.de. It
- compiles and does convert my .trf file to a .tex file.
-
- Unfortunately, it doesn't create a .tex file that works -- it attempts
- to use fonts that aren't here (a conversion program should stick with
- standards, I would think), messes up simple things like centering
- lines, and doesn't bother to convert the tables (doesn't know how to
- translate tab stops), which is what interested me in the first place.
-
- I guess I'll just have to overcome laziness. :-)
- --
- Pete Granger | "Dolphins had been telling humans dirty jokes for thou-
- peg@cs.washington.edu | sands of years, before men...began to understand."
- | - David Brin, "Sundiver"
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