Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 15:28:42 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> Cc: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de, FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RTF text Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960225152649.8883B-100000@thurston.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <9602252022.AA21066@tera.com>
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On Sun, 25 Feb 1996, Gary Kline wrote: > According to Christoph Kukulies: > > > > > > > > Does anyone know any free tool that can read RTF text format? Maybe > > > format it in, say, postscript, so I could print it? > > > > > > I have a big, nearly 400K article a friend wrote and wants me to look at, > > > but it's using RTF (rich text format?) and I'm stuck. I think maybe a > > > lot of the size of the thing is in embedded graphics, which seem to be > > > encoded in big blocks of hexadecimal chars. > > > > in ports/print there is rtf2latex (from one inferno to the next :-) > > Doesn't mime handle rtf ? At least MS Word does . > > > > If memory serves, there are TeX/LaTeX tools that churn > out *.ps files. I'm not sure how _complete_ a translation > each does. That was the gotcha that got-me a year ago. Thanks, guys, I found and built rtf2LaTeX (I hate those embedded capitals) but it seems to choke on the first few lines of this Mac-generated document. I've had lots of trouble in the past trying to get Mac postscript to print, so I guess I'm not surprised. I think I'm just going to give this idea up. > > gary kline > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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