Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!nuug!ifi!gisle From: gisle@ifi.uio.no (Gisle Hannemyr) Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted Subject: WordPerfect to LaTeX Message-ID: Date: 7 Oct 90 23:34:10 GMT References: <17640001@hplred.HP.COM> Sender: gisle@ifi.uio.no (Gisle Hannemyr) Organization: Norwegian Computing Center, Oslo, Norway Lines: 35 Nntp-Posting-Host: kyrre.ifi.uio.no In-Reply-To: curry@hplred.HP.COM's message of 5 Oct 90 19:41:52 GMT Originator: gisle@kyrre.ifi.uio.no In article <17640001@hplred.HP.COM> curry@hplred.HP.COM (Bo Curry) writes: >>/ hplred:comp.sources.wanted / gisle@ifi.uio.no (Gisle Hannemyr) / 9:43 am Oct 4, 1990 / >>I am looking for a tool that do a reasonable job converting LaTeX >>manuscripts into the format used by a one of the common microcomputer >>word processors (preferably Word or WordPerfect) with things >>like italics, boldface, etc. intact. > And I'm interested in the inverse problem: Word Perfect => LaTeX. There is WP2LaTeX, ver. 1.0 (27-1-1990) written by R.C. Houtepen (Eindhoven University of Technology). It will convert WP 5.0 documents into LaTeX. It looks capable and well written, but is written in Turbo Pacal 5.0 which means that it is not useful outside a DOS and OS/2 environment. I think this is the main reason for it not beeing much circulated. It is copyrighted but free. If you are interested, I can mail you a copy of the source code and documentation. Also, if anyone has converted this to C or Unix Pascal to work on Unix (SunOS), I am _very_ interested in a copy. -- Disclaimer: The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of my employer, not necessarily mine, and probably not necessary. - gisle hannemyr (Norwegian Computing Center) EAN: C=no;PRMD=uninett;O=nr;S=Hannemyr;G=Gisle (X.400 SA format) gisle.hannemyr@nr.no (RFC-822 format) Inet: gisle@ifi.uio.no UUCP: ...!mcsun!ifi!gisle ------------------------------------------------