Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!batcomputer!rogerj From: rogerj@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Jagoda) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: printing .wn files Keywords: .wn, PostScript, easy question Message-ID: <10227@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: 8 May 90 22:06:45 GMT References: <1990May4.101750.5205@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Reply-To: rogerj@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Jagoda) Followup-To: comp.sys.next Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY Lines: 57 In article <1990May4.101750.5205@Neon.Stanford.EDU> hitt@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Daniel Hitt) writes: >There's a command line program wn2rtf (which is on the directory >/NextApps/WriteNow.app) which converts files from the .wn format >(WriteNow) to rtf (Rich Text Format). Really! You got this to work?! How!!???? The usage line reads: Usage: /NextApps/WriteNow.app/wn2rtf filename So we've tried: /NextApps/WriteNow.app/wn2rtf .wn --> nothing produced, no errors, no .rtf file made and: /NextApps/WriteNow.app/wn2rtf < .wn > .rtf --> no errors, nothing produced. What's the magic incantation? It sure would be nice if there were a man page or an entry in the DL for utilities like this...Perhaps some kind soul who go the utility working can post how to the net....:-). Thanks in advance! > >It would be very nice to have a similar program that converts files >to PostScript format---such a program, to be useful, could be invoked >from a terminal window by typing > the-program < the-file.wn > the-file.ps > Agreed! There are just some time when you can't get the NeXTStep window on whatever window you're remote accessing from (straight VT100, Sun, HP, etc...). Even better would be a way to do something like: lpr -P FILENAME.wn Don't laugh, lpr has -t -d -n flags for roff and tex files, why not .wn and .rtf??!! Just MHO, but the wn2ps piece is REALLY needed now for the afore-mentioned reasons. >This way, when you are remote-logged onto a NeXT machine, you could >produce a PostScript file, and then print it on a nearby printer. It >would be very helpful to do this when looking for documentation for >some NeXT item which only has documentation in the .wn format. > >I'm sure such a program must exist, or there must be some way to >get PostScript versions of .wn documents without being at the NeXT >console. I'd be much obliged if someone could post or e-mail to me >pointers on where such a program is. Me too, thanks in advance double plus too good! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Roger Jagoda -- My employers don't even like paying Cornell University me, let alone accept responsibility fqoj@cornella.cit.cornell.edu for anything I say or do! --