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Conference vaxuum::document_ft

Title:DOCUMENT T1.0
Notice:**New notesfile (DOCUMENT.NOTE) now available (see note 897)**
Moderator:CLOSET::ADLER
Created:Mon Feb 09 1987
Last Modified:Thu Oct 31 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:897
Total number of notes:4397

469.0. "DSR2GNC/DOC$CONVERT generate things I don't understand..." by COOKIE::WITHERS (Le plus ca change...) Fri Jun 05 1987 12:11

I had a small runoff file that I recently needed to convert to GNC.  This
worked except that it generated some tags I don't understand (and one I
can't find documented).  What I did was switch to BL6, run DSR2GNC, switch
back to BL7, run DOC$CONVERT and look at the results.  The tags whose
purpose I don't understand are:

<DOCTYPE>(MANUAL)

<delimiter>

and generated constructs such as:

<P>
<P>
<ENDLIST>
<P>
<P>


Any explanation would be appreciated...

BobW
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469.1Just delete 'em...COOKIE::JOHNSTONMon Jun 08 1987 14:1418
Bob, 


<DOCTYPE>(MANUAL) is an informational tag only, telling you that the 
file was written to be processed with the MANUAL doctype.  For your 
files, it is probably incorrect.   You wouldn't hurt anything by simply 
deleting this tag. 

Based on my experience, <delimiter> is a tag that has no use except to
signal some possible problems with embedded lists.   Have a hard copy of 
your DSR .MEM file nearby and edit appropriately.  Usually I only have 
to delete the <delimiter>.

Simply get rid of extraneous <p>s in list constructs.



Rose
469.2grateful for help in #2CLOSET::ANKLAMMon Jun 08 1987 16:156
    
    Rose,
    
    thanks for helping with this! that converter is really, really old...
    
    patti