Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 17:21:26 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: turning [x]html files into .odt files. Message-ID: <b79ecaef0905270921h12c8f917r26f95faeaf955fa6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090526180435.GA3980@thought.org> References: <20090526180435.GA3980@thought.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
2009/5/26 Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>: > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0This may or may not be of interest to anybody who creates = professional > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0typeset-looking manuscripts. =A0I use vi as I have for 30 = years simply > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0because my fingers know it. =A0I can keep fingers on keybo= ard rather than > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0switch back and forth to mouse. =A0Last night I used a ver= y short php/html > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0file that used HTML and converted it [[[EVENTUALLY]]] to t= he open desktop > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0format. =A0Just now I wrote a one sentence file, a2oofile,= using vi/nvi: > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"Good morning, people. =A0It is so *great* to be back home= ." > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Then using File -> Export, saved it as a2oofile.odt. > > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0*) atom a2oofile =A0[ creates a2oofile.html ] > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0The a2oofile.html file is: > > <!doctype html public '-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN'> > <!-autotranslation from ASCII or ISO-8859.1 by Gary Kline, kline@thought.= org---> > <! @(#) a2oofile.html translated from a2oofile !> > <HTML> > =A0<HEAD> > =A0 =A0<TITLE> =A0<!your title here --> =A0</TITLE> > =A0 =A0<! your header lines here --> > =A0</HEAD> > > <META NAME=3D"Keywords" CONTENT=3D"whatever"> > =A0<META NAME=3D"revisit-after" CONTENT=3D"7 days"> > =A0<META NAME=3D"author" content=3D"Gary Kline"> > =A0<META NAME=3D"copyright" content=3D"\xa9 Thought Unlimited"> > <BODY BGCOLOR=3D"#FFFFFF" LINK=3D"#00FFFF" VLINK=3D"#006633"><FONT SIZE= =3D"4"> > <P> > “Good morning, people. =A0It is so <EM>great</EM> to be back home.&= rdquo; > > </FONT> > </BODY> > </HTML> > > > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0*) Then switer a2oofile.html > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0*) File -> Export [and select to save as the ODT] and you = have a2oofile.odt > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0I began writing my ascii to markup suite in 1994; it was d= esigned to do > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0ONE =A0thing: to =A0*word* into <EM>word</EM>. =A0I've add= ed only the left and > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0right quotes. =A0atom does nothing else. =A0i have tweaked= it for 15 years; > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0never gave to it ports because I hate writing the docs. = =A0Anybody > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0interested in handing the port, please let me know. > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0gary > > > > -- > =A0Gary Kline =A0kline@thought.org =A0http://www.thought.org =A0Public Se= rvice Unix > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://jottings.thought.org =A0 http://transfinite.thought= .org > =A0 =A0The 4.91a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.p= hp > In a few days, I'll have a fair bit of spare time. I can make a port then, if no-one more experienced wants to snap it up. Like your Jottings, by the way. Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?b79ecaef0905270921h12c8f917r26f95faeaf955fa6>