raymond@math.berkeley.edu (Raymond Chen) (06/16/91)
Three years ago, I wrote `WP2X', which converts WP4.2 documents into anything,
using a configuration file do control the conversion.
Two years ago, I asked for beta testers, got some, and shipped the program to
them. But none of them responded to my subsequent requests for feedback.
Last year, I expanded the program to handle a larger set of control codes.
This year, I'm making a second request for beta testers. The `WP2X' program
is still restricted to WP4.2 (which shouldn't be too big a deal since Ctrl-F5
lets you save a WP5.0 document in WP4.2 format). It contains configuration
files for...
* plain TeX
* LaTeX article style
* SCRIPT
* SCRIPT/GML
* troff
A snippet of the plain TeX configuration file, so you get an idea of how
it works:
# Begin and end boldface
Bold="{\\bf "
bold="}"
Consequently, if you know that, say, all underlined text are glossary
terms, you could put the configuration strings
Und="\\glossary{"
und="}"
and have underlined text come out \glossary{like this}.
The program is not intended to be used to perform a perfect translation, but
rather as an early step in the conversion of a document from WP to TeX.
Enough hype. I'm looking for beta testers. The program is written in C, and
the only ANSI features used are function prototypes and enums. It should run
fine on UNIX boxes as well as IBM PC. Send email to raymond@math.berkeley.edu
if you're interested.
Thank you for your attention.