[comp.sources.wanted] TROFF conversion Scripts

wrl@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (Bill Lewandowski) (02/02/91)

Hi,

I have alot of TROFF documents formatted with
the "mm" macros. I would like to get these documents
in to Frame or another WYSIWYG format.

Frame has a filter package that converts pure
TROFF to Frame but it does not support "MM".

Has anyone ever written a script or program to
expand their mm macros in to the actual TROFF commands
and then insert them in to file ????

I could then convert the documents.

Thanks
Bill Lewandowski
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brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) (02/03/91)

In article <1991Feb1.173155.3161@wdl1.wdl.loral.com> wrl@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (Bill Lewandowski) writes:
<Hi,
<
<I have alot of TROFF documents formatted with
<the "mm" macros. I would like to get these documents
<in to Frame or another WYSIWYG format.
<
<Frame has a filter package that converts pure
<TROFF to Frame but it does not support "MM".
<
<Has anyone ever written a script or program to
<expand their mm macros in to the actual TROFF commands
<and then insert them in to file ????

But mm macros ARE troff commands.

Try adding the mm macros to the beginning of your document and see of
Frame will handle it.
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