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From: mikew@wheeler (Mike Whitbeck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Have WP5.0 to LaTeX !
Keywords: pascal wp latex turbo ibm
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Date: 8 Mar 90 15:25:21 GMT
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I have found a German PD Word(im)Perfect 5.0 (IBM version) to LaTeX
translator. It is written in Turbo-pascal [the IBM executables can be
found at 131.211.80.5 - somewhere in the Netherlands]. Any one care to
try and compile it on an ST? Translate to C?

The ST WordPerfect (4.2) should be compatible except for (1) more
features in WP 5.0 (IBM) [no problem going from lesser to greater I
would hope!] (2) different magic numbers [for WP to recognise vintage
of input file and source machine- IBM, MAC...].

I quit on WP some time ago but this might rejuvenate my interest,
unfortunately  I don't have a pascal compiler. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED
SEND MAIL. The file is about 52K so depending on the number of replies
I will either e-mail or place it in an ftp'able site.

PS- output remarks to the user are in English, 
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^     
Some program comments are in English, German, and I suspect some Dutch
[gofigure!]- pretty easy to read the code.

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