[aclug-L] Re: re compusa and linux applications

[Lowell <lowell@xxxxxxxxx>]

John Phillips wrote:
> 
> less docfilename

alas, here is a sample of "less foo.abw." I assume a
.doc file would
come out approximately the same. (?) 

<p props="margin-left:0.5000in;
text-align:center"><c props="font-size:24pt;
font-style:italic; font-weight:bold">Troublesome
Pairs Exercise</c></p>
<p props="margin-left:0.5000in;
text-align:center"></p>
<p props="margin-left:0.5000in; text-align:left"><c
props="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;
font-style:italic; font-weight:bold">          
Directions: </c><c props="font-family:Times New
Roman; font-size:10pt; font-style:normal;
font-weight:normal">Choose the proper verb form from
the two choices offered, and </c></p>
<p props="margin-left:0.5000in; text-align:left"><c
props="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;
font-style:normal;
font-weight:normal">                      write it
in the blank  to the right.</c></p>

I have to look hard to find anything from the actual
text because
it's highly formatted; perhaps there's another step
I could take
to strip the formatting info, but less doesn't do it
by itself.

Lowell

"Never assume malice where incompetence suffices."

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