6 Jun
2015
6 Jun
'15
9:04 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Johnny
Billquist
Sent: 06 June 2015 21:53
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: DEC Runoff to any modern format conversion - MORE INFO
On 2015-06-06 14:36, Robert Jarratt wrote:
so
I have had a go with some of Tom's files but
I have encountered some
problems. It seems the files have some commands in them that are not
recognised by any of the versions of runoff that I have. I have tried
on VMS 5.5-2, 7.3 and 8.4.
The commands that are not recognised include (not a full list):
.style header
.autotitle
.ebb
.fta
.referencepoint
I have a vague recollection that DEC had some other internal version
of runoff, and I wonder if these commands are for such a version.
Anyone know?
Not for sure, but it might be useful to know that Bonner Lab RUNOFF (which
was mentioned before) actually have .style headers and .ebb (.enable bar), those might be figured out from there.
There might be some more that Bonner Lab RUNOFF have that you might be
looking for.
If you are on HECnet (which I think you are, Rob), you can find the Bonner
Lab
RUNOFF documentation at MIM::SYS$RUNOFF:RUNOFF.DOC
Yes I am on HECnet, so I can take a look at that. What I don't understand
though is this: are these extensions particular to Bonner Lab, or are they
an implementation of Runoff commands that just aren't in any of the versions
I happen to have?
Regards
Rob