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diff --git a/help/wp-conv/texperf.html b/help/wp-conv/texperf.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..de8212d671 --- /dev/null +++ b/help/wp-conv/texperf.html @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html> +<head> + <title>TeXPerfect</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>TeXPerfect</h1> + +<p>last update: July 28, 1998</p> + +<p>citation begin>></p> + +<p>From: John Forkosh <forkosh "at" panix.com> <br> +Subject: New WordPerfect -> LaTeX Translater <br> +Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 09:16:36 -0400 (EDT) <br> +I recently uploaded my WordPerfect -> LaTeX translater, called TeXPerfect, +to CTAN. It's available in the support directory under texperf +(.../support/texperf). <br> +(The ... stands for a host specific base directory, which often is either +"/pub/tex" or "/tex-archive") <br> +Full C source is provided, as are executables for both DOS and Linux. The +00README file in the directory provides more details. John (forkosh "at" panix.com) +<br> +<<citation end</p> + +<p>following extracted from the 00README file: </p> + +<p>citation begin>></p> + +<p>Conversion functionality </p> + +<p>Some of the LaTeX conversions performed by TeXPerfect are: <br> +Suppose your input contains a greek alpha from the WordPerfect character set 8. +The output will contain $\alpha$ instead. Most of the other special character +sets provided by WordPerfect are similarly converted. (This conversion is +table-driven by the data in wpchrset.h, and can be easily augmented or +modified.) <br> +Superscripts, subscripts, bold, italics, etc, are all properly interpreted and +handled. <br> +"Hard" returns in WordPerfect <strong>should</strong> generate an +extra blank line, so that LaTeX will see them as paragraphs. That functionality +is mostly programmed, but a last-minute difficulty prevented me from completing +it. Also, no attempt is made to generate section/subsection/etc commands. <br> +If your running text contains an expression like f(x), TeXPerfect will +recognize it and surround it with $'s. A variety of other ad hoc +"rules" are hand-coded into the program to decide when to enter/exit +math mode. Needless to say, the decision isn't always right. You'll need to +correct tp's mistakes in Step 2 above. <br> +Equations written with WordPerfect's equation editor will be reproduced +"verbatim" by TeXPerfect, surrounded by \[ and \]. The only +correction applied is that 1 over 2 becomes 1 \over 2, and similarly for +various other keywords. But no serious attempt to interpret and translate your +equation is made. Matrices, etc, will require considerable hand-tweaking on +your part. But at least you'll have what you originally wrote right in front of +your eyes. <br> +A little LaTeX preamble, etc, is provided, primarily for "cosmetic" +purposes. WordPerfect's margin settings, etc, are <strong>not</strong> +interpreted to construct this preamble. You'll have to modify that information +yourself. </p> + +<p>Warnings </p> + +<p>TeXPerfect was written to interpret files formatted by WordPerfect 5.1 for +DOS. When run against 5.1 files, TeXPerfect is pretty robust. But, for this +release, I commented out the lines that check the version number. If you're +using WP/Win, it can prepare output in 5.1 format. I'd recommend you do that +before using TeXPerfect. <br> +<<citation end</p> + +<hr> + +<p>This HTML page is part of the texconv pages.<br> +Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008 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> |