TeX->nroff Conversion Package

[Beverly Erlebacher]

In article <1255 at maccs.UUCP> dan at maccs.UUCP (Dan Trottier) writes:
>In article <11945 at mimsy.UUCP> chris at mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
>>In article <16150 at brl-adm.ARPA>JPLILER at simtel20.arpa (John R. Pliler) writes:>>>... I am looking for a conversion package to convert TeX documents into
>>>nroff format.
>
>>I would say that it cannot be done, except that nroff and TeX both
>>contain programming languages.  Certainly it is not easy (even the
>>other direction is quite difficult).
>
>Actually it can be done and has been done. Someone at the University of
>Toronto has done an excellent job.

Thank you for these kind words.  My program, texi2roff, solves a smaller
problem than full TeX to troff conversion. It will convert documents using
the Texinfo macro package to be printable with nroff or troff, using -ms. 
Many GNU documents use Texinfo, and texi2roff makes them readable for those
who do not have access to TeX.

>Hopefully it will be available in the near future to everyone.

I've intended from the start to submit it to comp.sources.unix.
I use some -ms macros, but as much as possible avoid macros and emit
raw commands. Not everyone has -ms, and the mixture of raw commands
and macros causes some problems. I'd like write a small macro package
for it, but I dont know troff well enough to do this easily, and
I'm very short of time these days.

>[So please don't send me mail asking for it! ]

I may post it as is, since it is in quite usable condition.

If anyone needs it right now, like JPLILER at simtel20.arpa, write to me.

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Beverly Erlebacher      ...uunet!utai!utcsri!erlebach
                            erlebach at csri.toronto.edu