Subject: Re:  Let's try this again
From: Bryanston School <MOLESWORTH DOT THOMAS AT bryanston DOT co DOT uk>
Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 15:36:02 +0100
Message-Id: <000000186752915188562@bryanston.co.uk>
Organization: Bryanston School
To: DJGPP <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>


On Thu, May 16, 1996, 5:02:22 am GMT Paul Derbyshire wrote:


>
>Shawn Lee (slee AT fs1 DOT mar DOT lmco DOT com) writes:
>> About two weeks ago, I asked if there was a way to convert the info
>> files to Win-Help files.  I took the idea of getting mkrtf/HCP to do the
>> conversion and ran with it.
>>
>> Two problems:
>> -It took forever to find mkrft - it is old and doesn't maintain the
>> links (menu's & nodes) when it converts to rtf.
>> -The help compiler is newer than the one that was recommended, so it
>> didn't know how to read the rtf correctly.
>>
>> So, let's try this again.  I have the Help compiler (VC++).  How can I
>> go from the info files to an rtf file that can be used with the new help
>> compiler and keep the links?

Try downloading a version of TeX for DOS. There's lots of TeX stuff on
ftp.tex.ac.uk (I think) in somewhere like /pub/TeX - this may not be
right, can anyone correct it?

Anyway, there should be a conversion program there which will convert an
Info-TeX file to an RTF file. There are utilities to convert TEX files to
HTML, if that would be better.

You might have better luck asking in a newsgroup about TeX.

>
>If someone succeeds in making Winhelp .HLP files out of the djgpp dox,
>(esp. Win 95 version as well as Win3.1 version) it would be extremely nice
>if they were placed on some ftp site, so everyone could benefit :-)