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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!laidbak!tellab5!vpnet!serveme!tallboy!news From: HANK@DUCVAX.AUBURN.EDU (DARREL HANKERSON) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: TeX -> ASCII Message-ID: <01GNP6C8X1Z4002VC0@DUCVAX.AUBURN.EDU> Date: 18 Aug 92 01:12:00 GMT Sender: news@tallboy.chi.il.us Lines: 19 Jon Sonntag writes: >So.. The next question is, is there any way to convert .TEX files to ascii >text? Or, it there some viewer to read them online? I remeber reading about >something like that but can't remember where. You need to determine if the file is a TeX or Texinfo file (look at first few lines for '\input texinfo'). 1. If Texinfo, then it can be converted to on-line man with makeinfo or Emacs. Look for makeinfo at ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in pub/os2/all/gnu/gnuinfo.zoo (or something like that). This is a DOS/OS2 port from Kai Uwe Rommel. Emacs for OS2 2.0 is available at the same site. 2. If it is a TeX file, you could, of course, "TeX" it and then use a screen previewer. emTeX is a good choice for this. This is a big install. If you must have ASCII, you may be able to use the dvispell (beta, with the emTeX stuff) to convert the dvi file (you still need TeX to get the dvi file). This won't convert dvi files with, say, math. --darrel hankerson hank@ducvax.auburn.edu