From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 66-109-36-44.ip.termserv.net ([66.109.36.44] helo=mhonline.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16Qos8-00078B-00 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:08:53 -0500 Received: (qmail 16666 invoked from network); 16 Jan 2002 12:08:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hudson.mhonline.net) ([209.23.50.176]) (envelope-sender ) by smtp.mhonline.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 16 Jan 2002 12:08:26 -0000 Received: from localhost (chuckh@localhost) by hudson.mhonline.net (8.11.4/8.10.2) with ESMTP id g0GC8KF00563 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:08:20 -0500 Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:08:20 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Hallenbeck To: Speakup Distribution List Subject: experiment with enscript scares me Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi gang, Yesterday Geoff told us about the production of rtf documents from text documents with enscript. I had just finished preparing a formatted text document of nearly 10000 words and decided to see what happens if I create an RTF document from that formatted text version, and then recover it with rtf2htm and the lynx --dump option. Just for comparison I also asked enscript to create an html document from the same formatted text file, and then I applied lynx with the --dump option on it also. The results are pretty scary. First, here is the wc output of the original file, which gives the line count, the word count, and the byte count: 953 9614 50635 Next, the wc output from the html conversion only: 963 9624 50851 Looks like the document grew by 10 lines, 10 words, and 216 bytes. Finally, here is the wc output from the RTF+html conversion: 704 8045 46841 Examining this converted and reconverted document in an editor reveals gross errors, with some words missing, others concatenated, and whole lines missing throughout the document. I guess the point is - if you plan to use enscript to go the RTF route, you had better watch it closely and double check your work. For me, it has screwed up pretty badly. Chuck *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh The Moon is Waxing Crescent (8% of Full)