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diff --git a/help/wp-conv/rtf2latex.html b/help/wp-conv/rtf2latex.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a402aa49c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/help/wp-conv/rtf2latex.html @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html><head><title>rtf2TeX and rtf2LaTeX converters</title></head> +<body> +<p> Up to the <a href="http://tug.org">TUG homepage +(external link)</a><br> +Up to <a href="pctotex.html">Converters from PC +Textprocessors to LaTeX - Overview</a></p> +<h1>rtf2TeX and rtf2LaTeX</h1> +<p>last update: Feb 14, 2011</p> +<p>The information provided here is for those who are interested +in the history. +</p> +<p>First, Paul Dubois <dubois "at" +primate.wisc.edu> wrote an RTF reader and +converter to plain text or troff. The version is dated April 1991. <br> +See <a href="http://www.snake.net/software/RTF/">RTF +utilities homepage (external link)</a>. +</p> +<p>a) Based on this reader, Robert Lupton <rhl "at" +astro.princeton.edu> wrote +the <strong>rtf2TeX</strong> converter. Last revision +date: May 1992 </p> +<p>He comments on this as follows (README-file): <br> +citation begin>> <br> +This is a first attempt at an RTF to TeX converter. The parts that +handle fonts and such like seem to work pretty well, although they +could be improved, but the table handling is a problem. I had a good +deal of trouble trying to figure out what particular rtf control codes +were supposed to do; this makes it hard +to convert them into TeX. I have tried to produce good TeX, but this is +not easy due to the sloppy way that many RTF writers generate redundant +font and other changes. <br> +Many things are not handled at all, more due to my lacking motivation +than to their intrinsic difficulty. For example, I don't support double +columns, but it would be easy enough to do (I'd generate a control +sequence to do it, and add the TeX code required to the TeX_defs file. +I even have the TeX somewhere...). +<br> +<<citation end</p> +<p>So far the beginning of the README file. Later he commented: <br> +citation begin>> <br> +Most (all?) RTF is hopelessly unstructured <br> +(the equivalent of \bf \it Hello \rm World \bf He \it \rm said. ) <br> +and the code that I wrote tries valiantly to convert this to something +sensible, in this case <br> +{\it Hello\/} World {\bf He} said. <br> +It is this attempt to make the output TeX usable that makes the code +complicated... <br> +I did not try to convert equations or tables as I could find no +adaquate description of either; I don't think that it would be very +hard. <br> +<<citation end</p> +<p>Available on CTAN sites, dir .../support/rtf2tex </p> +<p>b) Based on these two, Erwin Wechtl wrote the rtf2LaTeX +converter. <br> +Last revision date: Aug. 1993 </p> +<p>He comments on this as follows (README-file): <br> +citation begin>> <br> +<strong>rtf2LaTeX</strong> is a filter built on Paul +DuBois' RTF reader that converts RTF (Microsoft's Rich Text Format) +into LaTeX. rtf2LaTeX expends a good deal of effort in an attempt to +make the resulting LaTeX maintainable and modifiable. <br> +<<citation end</p> +<p>At the moment converts text elements, but no formulas and no +graphics. <br> +C-source and an executable for MSDOS are available on CTAN sites, +dir .../support/rtf2latex </p> +<p>c) In 1999, Ujwal Sathyam took Paul Dubois' rtf reader source +and adapted it to handle later versions of rtf. +To distinguish this branch from the others, it was named +<strong>rtf2latex2e</strong>.<br> +In 2000, Steve Swanson from Mackichan Software +(http://www.mackichan.com, makers of Scientific Word and Workplace) +added the capability to convert Equation Editor and MathType objects.<br> +In the further course of development, many more features were added, +e.g. the capability to convert several types of embedded graphics.<br> +Release 1.0fc2 was finished in May 2001 and remained as such until 2010.</p> +<p>In Dec. 2010, Scott Prahl resumed development on rtf2latex2e, +resulting in a first 2.0 release in Jan 2011.</p> +<p>Available on CTAN sites, dir .../support/rtf2latex2e </p> +<hr> +<p>This HTML page is part of the texconv pages.<br> +Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 Wilfried Hennings<br> +You may copy and redistribute it under the following conditions:</p> +<ul> +<li>it must remain intact and the contents unchanged; if you'd +like to have something changed, contact me (texconvfaq "at" gmx.de). +Reformatting (e.g. from HTML to some other presentation format) is +granted as long as the contents are unchanged. </li> +<li>you may NOT ask money for it except a reasonable cost for +media and distribution</li> +</ul> +<p>Please also note the <a href="index.html#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.</p> +</body></html> |