Mail Archives: djgpp/1994/02/24/13:38:00
On Thu, 24 Feb 1994, Peter A Robinson wrote:
>
> > Is it not true that you need a Postscript cartridge in order
> > to run off Postscript files on an HP Laserjet printer? If you
> > do not have one, you are out of luck.
>
> Even if you have a postscript printer, you're limited to printing the
> whole documentation or none at all.
That's not true. There is a program:
psselect
which allows you to select centain pages in a ps file
and create another one. It comes with other useful postscript
goodies, such as pstops (used for 2up, 4up etc.), psbook, etc.
I got the source codes from, I guess ftp.shsu.edu, and compiled
using DJGPP.
>
> > The problem of having documentation in readable form is not an
> > inconsequential problem. It would seem to me that some of
> > the following would be useful --
> > (a) ASCII text versions of the documentation
>
> I'd love this! I've experimented with TEX to text converters, but
> none of them can cope with the djgpp docs.
>
Have you tried dvitty, dvi2tty, or dvispell (of emTeX)?
> (d) Documentation in the file format of a generally used word
> > processor (Word for Windows, Word Perfect, Ami Pro?)
>
> Yes, yes, yes! Or how about a TeX import filter for Word? Or a DVI
> to Word converter or... anything that allows you to print out
> selected pages, really.
There is a utility dvi2rtf which converts dvi files to rtf files.
Most sophisticated PC word processors (such as Word, WP, etc.)
can import rtf files.
I guess, again, it is available from ftp.shsu.edu.
>
> Yup. The TexInfo verison is a big improvement - at least it is now
> possible to consult the docs online, but I would *love* to be able to
> search for keywords with a standard text search program.
TeXInfo was created to provide on-line documents, with nice
searching features. Once used to it, you may *love* it ...
Young
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