README_Kto8


The "Kto8" program converts the strangely
ASCII-encoded text files often output by D. Knuth's
"TeX" program (v 3.x) into true 8-bit text files.
The sign of probable need for conversion by "Kto8"
is the presence of pairs ^^ of hat characters.  If
there are no such pairs, Kto8 will merely copy the
file intact.

     "Kto8" is presently a pd freeware program
realized for Macintosh OS as a tiny drag-and-drop
utility with a multiple file capability.

     Since Textures satisfactorily writes 8-bit text
files, "Kto8" is dedicated to the several other
Macintosh OS TeX systems currently in use.

    "Kto8" can be helpful or essential when text
files output by TeX are to be edited visually --
which occurs, for example:

  ---   when TeX has been called upon to change the
encoding of a text file, and

  ---   when an index is being prepared on the basis
of information gleaned by TeX.
     
              
             Laurent Siebenmann,

             lcs@topo.math.u-psud.fr
             laurent@math.toronto.edu