Re: Consultant wanted: groff -> LaTeX converter

[Lester Ingber]

Werner:

The journals require TeX source.  It seems that grohtml->html2latex will
present equations as gif/pnm files, not source.

I have in mind the further use of simple shell scripts I've used to
prepare roff script for journals.

A simple (g)sed script will translate Greek/special math symbols to tex.

References in scripts are processed via grefer to place keywords.  Simple
(g)awk and (g)sed script put collected references into a file for further
processing to bibtex format, then are read back into the final file.

The two areas I have not developed is to process groff-embedded PostScript
file (which I assume is an easy substitution), and some way of coverting
relatively simple tables.

Lester


On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 08:12:45AM +0200, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
: Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 08:12:45 +0200 (CEST)
: To: address@hidden
: Cc: address@hidden
: Newsgroups: gnu.groff.bug
: Subject: Re: Consultant wanted: groff -> LaTeX converter
: From: Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden>
: In-Reply-To: <address@hidden>
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: 
: 
: > Once in awhile over the years I've played a bit trying to build a
: > groff -> LaTex converter for my scientific papers, e.g., compatible
: > with teTeX and revtex.  I just don't have the time now, but more
: > than ever I have the requirement to get this done.  I prefer working
: > with groff, but many journals now require LaTeX formats.  I don't
: > want to maintain two sets of files.
: > 
: > I'm willing to negotiate a short contract with someone to build such
: > a converter.  The code could be put into the public domain.  Of
: > course I assume the consultant will be able to document extreme
: > expertise in groff and in LaTeX.  Given my approach, I can't see
: > this project taking more than a week?
: 
: I don't think this is a trivial thing.  What about the route
: grohtml->html2latex?  Only grohtml preserves high-level information of
: a troff document.
: 
: 
:     Werner

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