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diff --git a/help/wp-conv/latex2rtf.html b/help/wp-conv/latex2rtf.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8ba5ec132a --- /dev/null +++ b/help/wp-conv/latex2rtf.html @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html><head><title>latex2rtf converter</title></head> +<body> +<p>Up to the <a href="http://tug.org">TUG homepage +(external link)</a><br> +Up to <a href="textopc.html">Converters from LaTeX to PC +Textprocessors - +Overview</a></p> +<h1>latex2rtf converter </h1> +<p>this page last updated on Jan. 10, 2011</p> +<p>latex2rtf, written in C. </p> +<p>Converts most standard LaTeX markup and some more, but only +those +markup and packages which are hard-coded in latex2rtf's program code. +</p> +<p>LaTeX equations are converted either to Word's formula fields +(EQ fields) or images. +(Anyone who wants and is able to implement conversion to equation +editor objects please contact me (texconvfaq "at" gmx.de).)<br> +The default is conversion to formula fields. These generally display +the equations in a reasonable quality. If in Word you double-click on a +formula field, it will be converted to an equation editor object, but +often with really bad result (depending on which constructs are +contained in the equation). <br> +Conversion of equations to images requires a TeX installation, +ImageMagick, and Ghostscript. +</p> +<p>References are converted to field functions which must be +updated after loading the resulting rtf file into Word (mark complete +document and press F9). +</p> +<p>Still there are drawbacks in the conversion. In fact, don't +expect any LaTeX-file to be converted like you want, don't expect it to +be converted without errors or warnings, and: don't even expect it to +be converted at all, since LaTeX2rtf is at most at a very experimental +stage. LaTeX2rtf is known to have a lot of bugs. In fact we could state +that there are some special cases, where a LaTeX-file can be translated +to RTF satisfactorily by LaTeX2rtf. <br> +-- This was sort of disclaimer, ok? Ok! </p> +<p>C-source and makefiles (compiles on Unix and Macintosh OSX +with gcc; +Linux with gcc; MS-DOS/Windows with gcc (djgpp or cygwin); and +Macintosh OS9 with the DropUnix environment) as well as executables for +MS-DOS (compatible with win95, win98, winME, nt4.0, win2000, winXP, and +Vista) and Macintosh are available from <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/latex2rtf/"> +http://sourceforge.net/projects/latex2rtf/ (external link)</a>. </p> +<p>A stable but not always the most recent release is also +available from <a href="index.html#ctan">CTAN</a>, +directory .../support/latex2rtf <br> +(the ... stands for a host specific base directory, which often is +either "/pub/tex" or "/tex-archive"). </p> +<p>We still seek for people joining us as maintainer or +developer. If you are interested, contact me (texconvfaq "at" gmx.de).</p> +<h3>Program Copyright:</h3> +<p>This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or +modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as +published by the +Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your +option) any later version. <br> +This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but +WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANT-ABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the <a href="GPL.txt">GNU General Public License</a> +for more details. </p> +<p>Note that this Copyright note only applies to the changes made +to get the actual version. The older versions have their own Copyright +policy stated in their distribution. </p> +<h3>History:</h3> +<p> In 1994 the first Version of LaTeX2rtf was written by a group +of students of the Viena University supervised by Ralf Schlatterbeck. +They took up a LaTeX parser and added most of the functionality to the +program. In 1995 work continued with a second group of students. The +result was LaTeX2rtf Version 1.5. </p> +<p>Unfortunately, two different persons started further +development of that program, not knowing of each other:</p> +<ul> +<li>In 1997, Daniel Taupin started updating this converter. He +added e.g. the feature to convert equations to bitmaps by invoking the +TeX engine. However this required the emTeX distribution (for DOS) +which is no longer supported. </li> +<li> In 1998, Georg Lehner found the reference to the original +LaTeX2rtf on this webpage and added some functionality. His work +resulted in version 1.8aa. Unfortunately he did not know about Daniel's +developments.</li> +</ul> +<p>In 2001, Scott Prahl started to make some significant +enhancements, also including many of Daniel's additions. He is still +working on it. Latest stable release is 2.1.1 b5 and includes all of +the features of Daniel's version.</p> +<p>Temporarily I (Wilfried Hennings) feel responsible for +coordinating the exchange of development information. But <em>we +are still seeking for a person who can act as coordinator of future +development, and we also need a person to take over the development. +</em> Anyone feeling able to do that +please contact me by email to texconvfaq "at" gmx.de. </p> +<p>The project is now hosted at sourceforge.net which aids in +further development. Visit its homepage at <a href="http://latex2rtf.sourceforge.net/"> +http://latex2rtf.sourceforge.net/ (external link)</a> or its +project page at <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/latex2rtf/"> +http://sourceforge.net/projects/latex2rtf/ (external link)</a>. </p> +<hr> +<p>This HTML page is part of the texconv pages.<br> +Copyright © 1998 … 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>
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