From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E5523EA9F for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 07:10:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g0BCAeE18858 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 07:10:40 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) id g0BCAe018624 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 07:10:40 -0500 Received: from mielke.cc (root@CPE00608C86A77D.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [24.157.76.7] (may be forged)) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) with ESMTP id g0BCAdd18620 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 07:10:39 -0500 Received: from dave.private.mielke.cc (root@dave.private.mielke.cc [192.168.0.2]) by mielke.cc (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0BCAbk25522 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 07:10:38 -0500 Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by dave.private.mielke.cc (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA08902 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 07:09:07 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: dave.private.mielke.cc: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 07:09:06 -0500 (EST) From: Dave Mielke To: Blinux Mailing list Subject: Re: AFT -- Almost free text. In-Reply-To: <20020111112941.3e7e0d2a.gandre@arkeia.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: [quoted lines by Gil Andre on January 11, 2002, at 11:29] >But what about Word? Well, "aft" is a small utility that >can convert a very simple ASCII file into .RTF if need be. Here's my stupid question for the day. Why would one need to do that? Why not just give the person who's insisting on using Word the plain old ASCII file and let him tell Word to read it in? Surely Word can read in a plain old ASCII text file, can't it? Now, LaTeX to Word, via a route which wouldn't lose any of the mark-up, would be useful. -- Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | I believe that the Bible is the Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | Word of God. Please contact me EMail: dave@mielke.cc | Canada K2A 1H7 | if you're concerned about Hell.