5.0802 Rs: Word Perfect to SGML Conversions (2/66)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 30 Mar 1992 20:07:36 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0802. Monday, 30 Mar 1992.
(1) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1992 23:09 GMT (25 lines)
From: Peter Flynn <CBTS8001@IRUCCVAX.UCC.IE>
Subject: Re: SGML conversion request posted to Humanist
(2) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 92 14:36:18 CST (41 lines)
From: (Gerhard Obenaus) <g-obenaus@uiuc.edu>
Subject: SGLM in Word Perfect
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Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1992 23:09 GMT
From: Peter Flynn <CBTS8001@IRUCCVAX.UCC.IE>
Subject: Re: SGML conversion request posted to Humanist
John asks:
> Does anyone know of a way to take WordPerfect files/documents and change
> the WordPerfect tagging/coding to SGML equivalents? The idea is to be
> able to create documents in WordPerfect and then automatically transform
> the imbedded WordPerfect codes (e.g., italic) into SGML equivalents.
I had a circular from WordPerfect Corp a week or two ago, soliciting
comments on their plans to incorporate SGML sensitivity into
WordPerfect. I replied (with reference to our own work) that it would be
warmly welcomed, provided there were conversion facilities, visible DTDs
(ie not compiled-only), fully-qualified parsing, and options to hide
or reveal SGML tags (and a lot of other stuff). They seem very serious
about it...but it was information-only, so don't hold your breath.
In the meantime, I believe XGML from Exoterica and Mark-It from Sema
are both capable of some conversion into and/or out of WordPerfect. I'd
be interested to hear from anyone who has experience of these abilities.
///Peter Flynn
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Date: Sun, 29 Mar 92 14:36:18 CST
From: (Gerhard Obenaus) <g-obenaus@uiuc.edu>
Subject: SGLM in Word Perfect
>Dear HUMANISTs,
>Does anyone know of a way to take WordPerfect files/documents and change
>the WordPerfect tagging/coding to SGML equivalents? The idea is to be
>able to create documents in WordPerfect and then automatically transform
>the imbedded WordPerfect codes (e.g., italic) into SGML equivalents.
John
John J. Hughes
XB.J24@Stanford
John, I'm not aware of anybody who has gone through the trouble of making
up a few macros to perform that task. But it can certainly be done. The
best would be to redefine a keyboard so that when you press F8 for
underline, the SGLM code gets inserted. I'm not sure if you can also
redefine function keys in WordPerfect, but if not, select some other key
combination to insert the code. For example, if you wanted to insert a code
for paragraph and assign it to the key combination ALT-P, all you have to
do is turn the macro recording feature on (CTRL-F10), key in {P} (or
whatever the SGLM code for paragraph is), then key in {\P} to
mark the end of the paragraph. The result would be:
{P}{\P}. The cursor will be sitting on the end-paragraph code and the
last code will be pushed forward as you type. To end the marking of
the paragraph, just hit the END key, and the cursor will sit right behind
that code and you will be finished marking your paragraph.
Anyway, you can define a special keyboard for SGLM assigning the macros to
key-combinations within a particular keyboard. That way, these macros
will only be available if your SGLM keyboard is selected. If you define a
plain macro, they will always be available, the disadvantage being that
every time you want to use a particular key-combination for another
macro, it may already be taken up by your SLGM macros.
Hope this helps.
Gerhard