BEBO%SLACVM.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA (11/07/85)
Date: 7 November 1985, 08:47:51 PST
From: Bebo White (415) 854-3300 x2907 BEBO at SLACVM
To: INFO-CPM at AMSAA.ARPA
Subject: WordStar to ASCII
Does anyone have a program/utility that I can run on my CompuPro 816
to convert WordStar files to straight ASCII?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Bebo White
Stanford Linear Accelerator Centergenerous@lll-tis-b.ARPA (Curtis C. Generous) (11/07/85)
In article <15584@styx.UUCP> you write: >(From: BEBO%SLACVM.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA) > > >Date: 7 November 1985, 08:47:51 PST >From: Bebo White (415) 854-3300 x2907 BEBO at SLACVM >To: INFO-CPM at AMSAA.ARPA >Subject: WordStar to ASCII > >Does anyone have a program/utility that I can run on my CompuPro 816 >to convert WordStar files to straight ASCII? > >Thanks in advance for your help. > > Bebo White > Stanford Linear Accelerator Center There is a utility program which is part of the TURBO POWER TOOLS which does exactly what you want. I can't seem to find the source code anywhere, but if I do, I will be glad to tell you exactly how it is done. If my memory does not fail me, you might want to try this command, which I suspect might also work: PIP ascii.fil = wordstar.fil [Z] The Z option masks out the most significant bit from the source file. I believe that WS uses that bit for it's internal use. Let me know if this works. -Curtis- Curtis C. Generous generous@lll-tis-b.ARPA {akgua,allegra,cbosgd,decwrl,dual,ihnp4,sun}!idi!styx!generous Tel: (415) 422-6907 Lawrence Livermore National Lab Dept L-275 POB 808 Lawrence, CA 94550
mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate) (11/08/85)
While we're at it, does anyone know of a program to take a text and convert it into a WS file, with all the proper E-O-Paragraphs in the right places and such? Please respond by mail to: seismo!umcp-cs!mangoe or mangoe@mimsy.umd.edu (for ARPA fans) Charley Wingate
edelheit@MITRE.ARPA (Jeff Edelheit) (11/08/85)
Re the [Z] option: It works and works very well. Another positive thing that can be said about CP/M rather than PC/MS-DOS. (Was I suprised to find that DOS didn't offer the same option.) Jeff Edelheit (edelheit@mitre)
treid@mitre.ARPA (Thomas Reid) (11/08/85)
There are two files that you want, both found on simtel20 in the pd:<cpm.txtutl> directory. They are ensoft.com and unsoft1c.lbr. unsoft will remove soft spaces, end-of-lines, hyphens, etc. and convert or lose dot commands. Much more powerful than using pip to strip off high order bits. ensoft will take a plain text file and put the soft spaces and line feeds back in. Also useful. I use both all the time. You might also look at the fil*.* files in the same directory. They are the Irv Hoff filter commands which do much the same. These are cp/m 80 .com files and thus will work on the 8 side of your 816.
bob@multivu.UUCP (Bob Hutson) (11/10/85)
In article <2961@brl-tgr.ARPA> BEBO%SLACVM.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA writes: >Does anyone have a program/utility that I can run on my CompuPro 816 >to convert WordStar files to straight ASCII? This is untested but ... I believe that WordStar can generate ``straight ASCII'' by itself. I am not in a position to test this, but as I recall, WordStar can ``print'' a file to another file. The resulting file may very well be what you're looking for. -- ~ bob Bob Hutson MultiView Systems, San Jose, CA, 95132 {ucbvax,decwrl}!dual!vecpyr!altos86!multivu!bob
tom@utcsri.UUCP (Tom Nadas) (11/11/85)
Use PIP.COM:
A>PIP ASCII.FIL=WS.FIL[Z]
RJS in Toronto
c/o
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Tom Nadas
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CSNET: tom@torontoedelheit@MITRE.ARPA (Jeff Edelheit) (11/12/85)
Bob - if you haven't done any character enhancement, you are correct. However, if you want underscores, bold, etc. It doesn't really work that well. Jeff Edelheit (edelheit@mitre)
shor@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Melinda Shore) (11/12/85)
[] > From: bob@multivu.UUCP (Bob Hutson) > I believe that WordStar can generate ``straight ASCII'' by > itself. I am not in a position to test this, but as I recall, > WordStar can ``print'' a file to another file. The resulting > file may very well be what you're looking for. Printing to disk expands the dot commands and makes basic line- and page-end decisions, but leaves high bits on. It doesn't get rid of control characters (^S, ^B, etc.), either. -- Melinda Shore ..!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!shor University of Chicago Computation Center Staff.Melinda%chip@UChicago.Bitnet "Beavers, by teamwork family life!" [Dr. Bronner]
talmy@RAND-UNIX.ARPA (Shel Talmy) (11/17/85)
Wordstar will certainly print out a ASCII file, which can also be accessed under the non-document mode.
talmy@RAND-UNIX.ARPA (Shel Talmy) (11/18/85)
I've had to resend this, for whatever reson. It didn't take the first time, so please excuse the strange way it's getting there...if it does. My reply was that Wordstar certainly will print a ASCII file, & it can be accessed via the non-document mode. Hope it helps.