gustav@tharr.UUCP (Paul Moore) (09/14/90)
I have recently seen stuff on the net about Troff-to-TeX converters, notably something called tr2tex. Can anybody tell me where I can get hold of this? I want to port to a new machine, so I'll need sources. Mailserver access would be best - I don't have ftp. Thanks, Gustav Note: E-Mail replies to pmoore@cix.compulink.co.uk rather than the above address.
gralia@ddsdx2.jhuapl.edu (Mars Gralia x5509) (09/15/90)
I, too, am interested in Troff-to-TeX (or, better, Troff-to-LaTeX) converters. So please post responses to net; don't just send them to Paul. P.S.: I've only rejoined the net recently, so if this is in an archive, please point me there. Reference: In <980@tharr.UUCP> gustav@tharr.UUCP (Paul Moore) writes: >I have recently seen stuff on the net about Troff-to-TeX converters, notably >something called tr2tex. Can anybody tell me where I can get hold of this? >I want to port to a new machine, so I'll need sources. Mailserver access would >be best - I don't have ftp. >Thanks, >Gustav >Note: E-Mail replies to pmoore@cix.compulink.co.uk rather than the above >address.
mark@motown.altair.fr (Mark James) (09/19/90)
People have been asking about tr2tex, so here is the information that
I posted on it a couple of weeks ago.
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TROFF-TO-LATEX.TAR-Z is available on wsmr-simtel20.army.mil
(26.2.0.74) in directory pd2:<unix-c.textproc>.
This program, written by Kamal Al-Yahya at Stanford, assists in the
translation of a troff document into LaTeX format. It recognizes most
-ms and -man macros, plus most eqn and some tbl preprocessor commands.
Anything fancier than that needs to be done by hand. Two style files
are provided. There is also a man page (which converts very well to
LaTeX :-). The program is copyrighted but free.
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If you don't have access to ftp, the following comes from Raymond
Chen's "Frequently Asked Questions" posting that appears on several
newsgroups once a month:
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To obtain a file from SIMTEL20 via email, send mail to an email
server (e.g., listserv@vm1.nodak.edu or listserv@vm.ecs.rpi.edu) with
no subject and containing the single line
/PDGET MAIL PD1:<MSDOS.GRAPHICS>VGAIMG12.ARC UUENCODE
for example. Do not include a signature because it confuses
the server. No more than 100k or 3 files per day will be sent.
For general instructions, send the message "GET PDGET HELP".
BITNET users can also use send LISTSERV commands to LISTSERV@NDSUVM1
or LISTSERV@RPIECS to accomplish the same thing.
[...]
If you don't even have email, most MSDOS SIMTEL20 files are available
for downloading on the Detroit Download Central network at 313-885-3956.
It is not a free system but the hourly cost is only 17 cents.
It's also accessible on Telenet via PC Pursuit and on Tymnet via
StarLink outdial.
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Hope this helps.
--
Mark James <mark@bdblues.altair.fr> or <mark@nuri.inria.fr>