Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!dptcdc!tmsoft!mnetor!frank
From: frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Looking for troff to word processor/page layout
Message-ID: <5043@mnetor.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jul 89 14:57:58 GMT
References: <237@6sigma.UUCP> <562@pbseps.UUCP>
Reply-To: frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick)
Organization: Computer X (CANADA) Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lines: 34

In article <562@pbseps.UUCP> gary@pbseps.PacBell.COM (Gary Gallaher) writes:
>In article <237@6sigma.UUCP> blm@6sigma.UUCP (Brian Matthews) writes:
>>I've got a bunch of text in troff (actually eroff), using pic and tbl.  I
>>need to get this text into either Word, Word Perfect, or Ventura on the
>>PC, with as much formatting intact as possible.  So, if you have anything
>>that takes troff as input and spits out one of the above, or something
>.
>I'd be interested in this type of information also.  I'd like to get a copy
>of what is mailed.  Maybe if someone has a short reply it could be posted.
>I suspect others are interested also.

I pulled this off the net a while ago. Perhaps Avatar provides drivers to
perform the reverse operation.

In article <6903@ihlpl.ATT.COM> nala@ihlpl.ATT.COM (A. Flora-Holmquist) writes:

    > I would like to include MAC drawings in troff documents and would 
    > appreciate a few pointers from anyone who has already solved this
    > problem.

Avatar currently offers a number of Macintosh printer drivers, one of which
accomplishes exactly what "nala" seeks.  MDPIC produces Unix "pic" files from
almost any Mac application (including MacDraw, Cricket Draw, Excel, MacWrite,
MS Word, Fullwrite, Chemintosh, etc.).  The "pic" files are fed through Unix
pic and troff to produce Unix troff documents with included pictures.

For further information, call Avatar at 412/422-9509, or write at Avatar at
5606 Northumberland, Pittsburgh PA  15217-1238.  Product information and demo
packages are available.

-- 
Frank Kolnick,
consulting for, and therefore expressing opinions independent of, Computer X
UUCP: {allegra, linus}!utzoo!mnetor!frank