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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

661.0. "TROFF to PSROFF to DOCUMENT anyone?" by COOKIE::JOHNSTON () Tue Jul 14 1987 17:29

Does anyone out there have any experience going from TROFF, an ULTRIX 
text formatting system to DOCUMENT?

Also interested in anyone who knows how to go from TROFF to PSROFF.

Conversion programs are of particular interest.

Thanx

Rose
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661.1YES, TROFF to DOCUMENTHJUXB::HAHERMon Jul 20 1987 17:4612
    Rose
    
    I have written a conversion program in VAX SCAN to convert
    TROFF to DOCUMENT.  All of the TROFF constructs (e.g. tables and
    pic) do not convert in a straightforwared manner.  In other 
    words, you must edit the files after you run the conversion.
    
    What is PSROFF - device independant TROFF????
    
    Contact me at HJUXB::HAHER for further information.
    
    Elaine
661.2make my day!COOKIE::JOHNSTONMon Jul 20 1987 19:3614
Wow, Elaine.  I'm franky astounded that I received a reply to that note; I was 
sure I was finally asking the impossible.  A thousand blessings on your
children and pets!  May your toilet never clog!  May your mail always send
successfully across the net!  

Esen Oskarahan at COOKIE::OSKARAHAN is the engineer actually looking for the
information.  I have forwarded your message to him, so he should be in contact
with you.  Because he is a new user, you may have to exhibit some patience or
ask me to be go-between if things get confusing.

Thanx for your response!


Rose
661.3PSROFF is postscript, I thinkCOOKIE::JOHNSTONMon Jul 20 1987 19:465
If I understood Esen correctly, PSROFF is a postscript version of TROFF.



Rose