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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: pynq@midway.uchicago.edu (George Jetson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: TeX -> ASCII Message-ID: <9208181401.AA29660@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: 18 Aug 92 14:01:36 GMT Sender: news@tallboy.chi.il.us Lines: 35 >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. I've determined that GCC.TEX is a Texinfo file. (quads:restored_files 4 %) head GCC.TEX \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- @setfilename gcc.info @c @setfilename usegcc.info @c To produce the full manual, use the "gcc.info" setfilename, and @c make sure the following does NOT begin with '@c' (and the @clear line DOES) @set INTERNALS @c To produce a user-only manual, use the "usegcc.info" setfilename, and @c make sure the following does NOT begin with '@c': @c @clear INTERNALS So, I ftp'd to the indicated place, got GNUINFO.ZOO, and extracted MAKEINFO.EXE (from the OUT directory in the ZOO) and ran it on my DOS machine and got: <1> (E:\) makeinfo gcc.tex Making info file `gcc.info' from `gcc.tex'. gcc.info: No such file or directory So... 'Vas de problem???