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Subject: Text Processor Translators
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Date: Wed, 5-Jun-85 02:24:55 EDT
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From: allegra!convex!ctvax!pedz@UW-BEAVER.arpa

We currently have many documents and manuals written with Scribe.  Some
of our customers would prefer to get these items except using a different
text formatter.  Most of them prefer to have them in troff although I
am sure that there will be others who want TeX and prehaps runoff.

Are there any translators between any two of the above processors?  I
would be interested in public domain software or products sold by
other companies.  Also, if you can give any insight into the problem
of trying to write such a translator, I would be interested in hearing
from you.  I'll summarize the responses I get.

Thank you
Perry Smith
pedz@ctvax

p.s.  Thanks to all who answered my type font question.  Now I'm trying
to find a place which carries those books all of you mentioned.

[[Editor's note:  Van Jacobson of LBL wrote a translator from Scribe
to LaTeX which is named s2latex.  It is included on the Unix TeX
distribution tape.  Anyone know about Scribe to troff?	--Rick ]]