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? Regards Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Tom > Gardner > Sent: 06 June 2015 00:55 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: RE: DEC Runoff to any modern format conversion - MORE INFO > > Hi > > Thanks for all the ideas. > > > > Apparently there is nothing off the shelf; I have sent copies of one of the two > manuals to three of us who indicated they would try something and will be > happy to do the same for anyone else. > > > > AFAIK, DEC RUNOFF is only similar to other runoffs in that it uses a period > "." at the beginning of a line to designate a command. Most . commands > span the single line but some have multi-line and/or multi file implications. E.g. > > > > Something like > > .HL 1 Overview of MSCP Subsystem > > Converts to > > <h1 style="text-align:left;"> Overview of MSCP Subsystem</h1> > > Most of the conversions are obvious but some are a bit more complex, in > particular the > > .require command which apparently assembles the chapter files into a book. > > .referencepoint command which is some form of anchor, perhaps for an index > since so far it always seems to follow a HL command so maybe > > .HL 1 Overview of MSCP Subsystem > > .referencepoint overvw_mscp_sub > > Converts to > > <h1 name="overvw_mscp_sub" ID="overvw_mscp_sub" style="text-align:left; > "> Overview of MSCP Subsystem</h1> > > With the ID being called from a Table Of Contents built to include the full name > and page number > > > > It looks like a multipass converter would be the way to go. Anyhow this is a bit > beyond my current coding skill but if anyone else wants to try a converter I'd > like to work with them > > > > Tom > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Gardner [mailto:t.gard...@computer.org] > Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 10:47 AM > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: DEC Runoff to any modern format conversion or DEC MSCP protocol > specs > > > > Hi > > > > > > I have multiple DEC Runoff (.rno extension) files for the manual on DEC's MSCP > protocol. I'd like to convert them to a modern format. The manual is dated > circa 1992 incorporating ecos thru MSCP23-4 and is revision 2.4 (or > > later) of MSCP. What appears to be an early version (Apr 1982 rev 1.2) is at > <http://www.textfiles.com/bitsavers/pdf/dec/disc/UDA50/AA-L619A- > TK_MSCP_basF > n> > http://www.textfiles.com/bitsavers/pdf/dec/disc/UDA50/AA-L619A- > TK_MSCP_basFn > > s_82.pdf > > > > > > I've searched for a convertor without much luck, there is a VMS Pascal > converter at <https://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/rnototex> > https://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/rnototex which converts to LaTex > which can then be converted to pdf, but I don't have any DEC equipment. > > > > > > Anyone know of a converter or perhaps other already converted manuals at > > other revision levels (e.g. rev 1.2 at link above)? > > > > > > If not, anyone running VMS Pascal or OpenVMS v6.1 (or later) willing to try a > conversion to LaTex? > > > > > > DECs Runoff is a markup language that sort of looks like an early HTML, so I > suppose I could try a grep conversion to HTML, or just strip out the markup. > > > > > > Any other ideas? > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > >
