bcking@faust.UUCP (12/19/85)
We need a way to exchange WordPerfect files and nroff files. Does
anybody know how to do this?
What we have is a bunch of PCs running WordPerfect (we like it a lot,
especially 4.1), and a bunch of minis (VAXen and PDP-11s running Unix)
that know about nroff/troff. And a couple of Imagen laser printers.
It sure would be nice to be able to take an nroff input file, mess with
it using WordPerfect and print the result on the laser printer. And
then take a WordPerfect file, send it to the VAX and add a bunch more
text to it, then troff it to the laser printer.
We'd like to preserve formatting info (like indents and stuff) and
"hard" pagination and RETURN, but put off line wrapping, word spacing,
page numbering, etc.
What may make this a little easier is that WordPerfect already has a
convert program that can deal with WordStar, DCA and DIF.
== Christine King
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