tlug: Prototype Word filter with Unicode support

[Frank Bennett <bennett@example.com>]

The posting below relates to an earlier mention of Applixware-J
conversion needs.  Perhaps something can be gleaned from this
project or its members.

Cheers,
Frank B

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From: dps96r@example.com (Duncan Simpson)
Subject: Re: Need MS Word97 filter!
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Date: 20 Apr 1998 11:38:33 GMT
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It may be of interest to this thread that the original poster will be
part of the team that brings you word2x 2.00 beta sometime. Hackers can
get the source by anonymous ftp from mars.astra.co.uk in teh pub/word2x
directory. w2x.tar.gz is the development source tree, minus only a couple
of directorities (nda and private). You can even wind the file back to
pre-0.001 alpha using rcs if you wish (mofulo files that have ceased to
exist).

Duncan (-:

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• Subject: Re: Need MS Word97 filter!
• From: dps96r@example.com (Duncan Simpson)
• Date: 17 Apr 1998 20:54:42 GMT
• Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps, comp.os.linux.misc
• Organization: Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton
• References: <6h5cqo$4s0$1@example.com>

In <6h5cqo$4s0$1@example.com> Greg Herlein <gherlein@example.com> writes:

>I need a filter of some kind that will let me translate Word files
>(created with Word 97 - the Office 97 version of word) into something
>that I can then use.  I have Applix, which can read Word 6.0 files,
>but alas, it cannot read the new Word files.  Grrrr.  Anyway, if
>anyone knows of such a tool, or is developing one, please let me
>know...  I'd even be willing to help finish such a thing.

>Greg

The latest development word2x source tree does understand unicode but
various bits need updating and the binaries are very unstable at
present (possibly programm bugs aided by compiler bugs). If you wish to
help me get this fixed and make a release reality then email me for the
latest source tree. At present only developers should ask because it is not
exactly usable yet.

Duncan (-:

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