Conversion Tools: Text to Any Format

Parse-O-Matic: TextHarvest

TextHarvest from Pinnacle Software filters a file, copying, skipping or editing lines that contain specified strings of text. Options include appending, case sensitivity, multiple filename wildcards, regular expressions, boolean (and/or) matches, search and replace, scripts. Runs from the interface window, command line or in a shortcut, providing one-click operation for recurring tasks. Windows (CRLF) and Unix (LF) text files supported. Built-in file viewer. license: Freeware platform: MS-Windows

RTF to HTML Convertor

The RTF to HTML convertor converts RTF files (in Windows-1250 encoding) to HTML file (in ISO-8859-2 encoding).

IDX-DocBook2LaTeX

IDX-DocBook2LaTeX is a stylesheet which translates DocBook documents into LaTeX. It is written in Perl, using the XML::XPathScript package from AxKit. It features the ability to handle tables, indices, figures, footnotes, and more. The XSLT-like templating philosophy built into XPathScript makes it easy to extend.

Paper Catalogues to HTML

Paper Catalogues to HTML: "Printed paper catalogues can now be converted into pure HTML while fully maintaining the appearance of paper documents even for complex layouts and tables so that the HTML documents look and feel ex-actly the same as the paper version.

You are on the Internet within days and at minimal costs. No peparation, no data entry! Use existing paper catalogues! Please find samples and all the details on: www.elecat.com.

The contents of DTP files from Quark Xpress or Pagemaker or even scanned plain paper originals are converted into pure HTML for immediate use with the latest Internet browsers. Even HyperLinks on article numbers are automatically created.

This is the only DTP to HTML converter that really works! For the first time the proven layout of printed product catalogues can be used on the Internet opening the door to e-commerce systems built on existing printed material.

Massive savings over "traditional" methods The costs involved are tiny compared to the traditional route. Most importantly: all the data needed to create online catalogues for e-commerce already exists in paper catalogues. Manufacturers and dealers get online within days, with all existing product data, at no cost of building and maintaining an Internet database, no staff needed for data preparation or editing and no costs for redesigning data just for the Internet.

For e-commerce between businesses, maintaining a recognisable, proven layout for the Internet is easily the best solution! Paper catalogues have been carefully designed to provide maximum impact and now all this investment can be used for the Internet almost for free. This maximises the advantages of the Internet while retaining those of familiar paper catalogues with their proven layout. Now, there is only one single layout for paper, Internet and CD-ROM.

Innovative technology produces pure HTML Pages are recomposed from pure HTML using CSS. They contain links on article numbers, pages or special action links. HTML pages offer the many advantages of the Internet, they are transferred much faster than PDF files and all the contents are available to Internet spiders.

Available now The conversion of DTP files or plain paper to HTML is available now at very low cost. license: commercial

txt2tags

txt2tags is a generic text converter that generates HTML, sgml, Magic Point (mgp), MoinMoin, and Adobe PageMaker documents from simple text files. Any other marked up language can be added. It is in Python, so no external commands or libraries are needed. license: GNU General Public License (GPL)

mktxt

MakeTXT: Converts any file to plain ASCII text SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98

tabsp

Convert tabs to spaces in files and clipboard SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98

txtpdf

Text to PDF converter v2.0 SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98

detex

TeX -> ASCII Converter,
platform: Linux

dlh

A fast LaTeX to HTML translator.,
platform: Linux

hpgl2ps

Convert hpgl (HP Plotter) and Roland dxy files to PostScript.,
platform: Linux

txtbdf2ps

txtbdf2ps is a small, self-contained Perl script that converts ASCII text files into Postscript using a given bitmap (BDF) font. (The character bitmaps are embedded into the PS file as a Type 3 font.) The script can be used to print texts in international character sets or for proofreading BDF fonts. Features include justified paragraphs, adjustable margins, and a slim & simple resulting PS. Support for Unicode UTF-8 input and Unicode BDF fonts. platform: Linux license: Public Domain source: FreshMeat

html2ps

HTML to PostScript converter,
platform: Linux

inf2htm

info2html, converts INFO pages to HTML pages,
platform: Linux

info2html

info to html converter,
platform: Linux

l2h

LaTeX2HTML converter,
platform: Linux

latex2html

LaTeX to HTML converter.,
platform: Linux

latex2rtf

Converts LaTeX files to RTF format.,
platform: Linux

man-man2html

Pure manroff -> html converter,
platform: Linux

nenscript

converts plain ascii to PostScript,
platform: Linux

pod2html-solaris

Converts pod to html.,
platform: Linux

pstoedit

PostScript and PDF converter to vector grafik formats. pstoedit converts Postscript and PDF files to various editable vector graphic formats including tgif, xfig, PDF graphics, gnuplot format, idraw, MetaPost, GNU Metafile, PIC, Killustrator and flattened PostScript. platform: Linux

pstotext

PostScript to text converter. pstotext extracts text (in the ISO 8859-1 character set) from a PostScript or PDF (Portable Document Format) file. Thus, pstotext is similar to the ps2ascii program that comes with ghostscript. The output of pstotext is better than that of ps2ascii, because pstotext deals better with punctuation and ligatures. platform: Linux

rman

Converts man pages in *roff format to other formats. RosettaMan is a filter for UNIX manual pages. It takes as input man pages formatted for a variety of UNIX flavors (not [tn]roff source) and produces as output a variety of file formats. platform: Linux

tetex-afm

A converter for PostScript(TM) font metric files, for use with TeX., platform: Linux

tetex-dvilj

A DVI to HP PCL (Printer Control Language) converter.,
platform: Linux

tetex-dvips

A DVI to PostScript converter for the TeX text formatting system.,
platform: Linux

texi2html

Convert texinfo (GNU docs) directly to HTML for easy reading,
platform: Linux

txt2pdbdoc

Converts Text or HTML to PalmPilots's PDB/DOC file format,
platform: Linux

vr2og

Convert VRML v1.0 Models to OpenGL C Code.Free SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98

xssdem

Cross Stitch Studio 1.7: Design, Convert. DEMO SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98

aschtm

AscToHTM v2.3: Converts text to HTML SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98

asctab

Text to HTML or RTF table converter. Freeware SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98

dox

Dox: RTF/HTML/text document converter SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98

mrm

Markup Remover: HTML to Text converter/parser SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98

t2htm

Text file to HTML file converter. Freeware SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98

t2web

Text to Web converter. Freeware SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98

txt2htm1

Plain Text to HTML Converter v1.0 SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98

txthtm

Text to HTML Table v1.2: Convert delimited txt SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98

w2t32

Web2Text: HTML to ASCII text converter SimtelNet
platform: MS-Windows95/98

Lout

Lout is a document formatting system which reads a high-level description of a document similar in style to LaTeX and produces a PostScript file which can be printed on most laser printers and graphic display devices. Plain text and PDF output are also available. Lout is inherently multilingual and adding new languages is easy. platform: Linux license: GPL