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Subject:Re: Frame to troff filter?? NEW EXPORT FILTER From:Frank Stearns <franks -at- FSATOOLS -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 16 Jun 1995 07:03:06 -0700
> > Does anyone know of a reliable MIF-to-troff filter? Or, has anyone
> > solved this problem another way?
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> The "Frame Connections" catalog lists the following possibilities from
> third party developers:
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> Unfortunately it is expensive to develope products to support FrameMaker
> So you can't "roll your own" filter tools unless you have deep pockets
> and a good C programmer looking for a new challenge. (I tried this
> option but my pockets weren't deep enough...)
We've just introduced a programmable filter extension to our popular
FrameMaker-to-ASCII (FM2A) filter. The export filter provides many points
where you can insert strings into the text output. These strings are
commands for the target text processor (HTML, Latex/Tex, SGML,
Nroff/Troff, among others - whatever you use, you can support). The filter
also provides string insertion points for implied structures, such as list
begin/end, table row begin/end, and so on.
Because you define the command strings, you can export commands that match
any localizations of the target processing language. You don't need an
expensive, customer, dedicated filter, you can make your own!
For more detailed information please contact us:
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