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

[John Phillips <jphillip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The best way to remove formatting is to save the file out of the
original word-processing program as an ASCII text file.  ps2ascii
would just take out the ps commands, and probably mess up even more
the embedded formatting from the w-p.
John Phillips


On Sun, 28 May 2000, Lowell wrote:

> John Phillips wrote:
> > 
> > In your case lynx docfilename
> > john phillips
> 
> I had opened it in ns to make cut-and-paste easier;
> the file in question is actually a word-processing
> file from Abiword, but I believe any w-p file would
> come across with the same problems: more format than
> text.
> btw, IS there a utility to remove formatting? Sounds
> like it would be a hard thing to do. Would ps2ascii
> work on a ps file in that way, perhaps?
> 
> 
> "If it ain't broke, let me have a shot at it!"
> 
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