Sorry not to answer that question before, but yes I need to edit the documents in the future.
Those I don't need to edit anymore I save as ps and then pdf, thats no problem at all.
The html output is just to output with Cyberleaf and I don't have that.
I checked my Interleaf version i can export it in normal interleaf, in ps, and in ASCI (which is IAF).
Any other Format (Framemaker or Word) I can reach with Filtrix, but that just gives me errors....
Anybody familiar with Filtrix?
Sry to bother you all with this, but I think I am really stuck with that. I really appreciate your help.
Ulla
Raphael Clifford wrote:
Hello,
I don't think you answered the question whether you will need to edit these documents in the future?
In any case have you read the FAQ from comp.text.interleaf?
It says
"
3.2 Exporting information from Interleaf
3.2.1 Exporting Interleaf documents to PostScript format
You can create PostScript or, beginning with v5.3, Encapsulated PostScript (EPS 3.0) documents as long as your administrator has installed the printers appropriately. See the administration section for information on this, plus other filtering caveats.
3.2.2 Exporting Interleaf PostScript into troff
Interleaf, like many other proprietary packages, assumes that its
PostScript output is part of a larger (Interleaf- generated) PostScript
file. Each fragment makes assumptions about the environment, e.g.,
counting on certain macros or variables to be defined, perhaps through
a prologue. The troff PostScript postprocessor would have to know
about every such environment for every proprietary package a priori,
and put it in the prologue for you. Every now and then something
works, often enough to lead you to believe it will always work. If
you're a programmer, it's a bit like taking a C function that requires
global variables and never initializing them. PostScript is, indeed, a
programming language, not just a printer format.
3.2.3 Exporting Graphics
Many users are confused on how to export graphics. Some users report success when saving the Interleaf document as a PostScript file, then using other packages to convert the PostScript to whatever format is desired.
Once you've got PostScript, use the GNU package GhostScript to convert
it to PBM (Portable Bit Map), GIF (Graphics Interchange Format), or PCX
(PC Paintbrush). GhostScript is available at all the popular GNU ftp
sites. These file formats are all compile-time options, so if you've
already got GhostScript at your site make sure it has the right formats
compiled in.
If you need a format other than one listed above, convert to PBM first
then use the PBMPLUS suite of conversion filters to convert PBM to
whatever you need. PBMPLUS handles a ton of file formats, and is
available at many popular ftp sites.
If you're not on a Unix system, GhostScript is available for MS-DOS and
VMS, and PBMPLUS is available on the Amiga (and possibly other
platforms). You can also find other graphics conversion programs for
most platforms. PBM and GIF formats in particular are rather common,
so if you can convert to one of those it's likely you can find
something to convert to the format you really want.
Beware of converting multiple page documents to a graphics format.
Most graphics formats don't really have the concept of "page".
GhostScript will still do the conversion, but will convert each page as
a separate image. That's good. Unfortunately, it puts all those
images in the same file. That's bad. It's pretty easy to write a sed,
awk, or perl script to split multiple PBM images out of a single file;
I've never really tried it for the other graphics formats.
You can go through these steps to produce an image file suitable for faxing via faxmodem! Tell GhostScript to use a resolution of 210x98 dpi; this is the resolution of a fax machine. (Use 210x196 dpi for "fine" mode.) PBMPLUS includes a filter for PBM to Group 3 FAX.
3.2.4 Interleaf to FrameMaker
Blueberry Software sells Filtrix, which converts to and from Interleaf IAF versions 4, 5, and 6. Filtrix converts text and graphics between Interleaf and a wide variety of other formats, including FrameMaker, Applixware, Word, and WordPerfect. The conversions are very full-
featured, and the product runs on Windows, Sun, HP, and DEC Alpha. Special builds are available for developers and OEMs. A free demo is available at www.blueberry.com.
The latest version of Filtrix supports Interleaf 24-bit rasters. An import and export of HTML has been added, as well as import of Word 97 text, tables, and graphics to all versions of Interleaf.
Frame Technology Corp. now has an Interleaf to FrameMaker filter,
called "ileaf2mif". For a while, Frame was offering it free to new
with new purchases, and advertising it as "the Ultimate Interleaf
Upgrade". Some users report reasonable operation, but others note
that it will not handle equations, etc. It only handles the TPS4.0 version of Interleaf. Users report:
"I've used the Interleaf->Frame filter ileaf2mif on Suns to translate
Interleaf files to MIF for end use on PC. The filter does a
reasonable job of handling Interleaf 4.X ASCII format files, but fails
on Interleaf 5.3 ASCII format files. You can convert within 5.3 to a
4.X format ASCII, but there are still things in the resultant file the
Frame filter doesn't like. The only way I could make this transfer
work was convert our 5.3 files to 4.X; invoke Interleaf 4 and save the
converted files once again from Interleaf 4; then run the filter on
the 4.X files. This worked fine. The large caveat here is that
Interleaf 5.3 supports many features not available in 4.X. If you
depend on any of these new features, you might be out of luck. We
have only a few documents in this unfortunate situation; they will
continue on as Interleaf docs for the time being. Another potential
problem is you must have Interleaf 4. I never did isolate what the
differences were between 4.X ASCII and 5.3-converted-to-4.X ASCII. It
might be possible to hand edit (or sed edit) the files."
"The final hurdle in filtering is that Interleaf and Framemaker
philosophies for handling shared content, graphics objects, page
layouts, you name it, differ enough that the MIF files produced by
Frame's ileaf2mif filter are at best poorly structured Frame files.
To be fair, they do make reasonable compromises and the job of
improving translated files is far easier than the job of hand
translating Interleaf documents to Framemaker."
"[Frame's Interleaf-to-Frame filter] is OK, but no raves. It ...can't
handle all the autoreferencing since the two codes use such different
models. I converted a 900 page manual with lots of references and
figures. It took me about a month to get things back to an
auto-updating state in Framemaker. Oh well, at least it beats
retyping."
3.2.5 Interleaf to HTML
Interleaf's Cyberleaf program is a commercial program which converts from many sources, including Interleaf binary or ASCII. See Section 7.0 for more details.
There is at least one free tool: leaf2html, available at http://www.wpi.edu/ftp/contrib/leaf2html.tar.gz. This program does not handle hyperleaf links or provide a facility for adding user-provided links. It chunks large documents into small html files and automatically links them.
3.3 Third Party Tools
Contact Interleaf at (800) 955-5323 (press 1 for Sales Support) for a list of current Interleaf business partners, and a brief description of products that work with Interleaf.
"
Raphael
Ulla Stubbe wrote:
Hi,
I need to convert Interleaf into anything which will be supported in the future and runs on Linux.
My company is still using Interleaf and there is no support anymore.
I thought lyx
