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>    1. Re: Latex to text (Shridhar Daithankar)
> >    > > > How to convert latex file *.tex to a plain 
> text (ascii) file
> >    > > > *.txt
> >    > You can also use ps2ascii for that..but 
> certainly not the shortest way.
> >   Description: Remove LaTeX commands from input.
> >    Remove LaTeX commands from input and send it to 
> output.
> 
> But when you export to text file from lyx, it retains 
> table of index and 
> various headers with proper numbering. It also formats 
> text for 80 column 
> output. Puts footnoets/bibliography at the end in a 
> formatted fashion 
> etc.etc...
> 
> Merely removing latex commands just will leave a not so 
> beautiful text skeleton 
> with all formatting in tex file(or lack of it) left as 
> it is..
> 
> Or may be I mistook power/flexibility of untex..
> 
>  Shridhar
> 
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While googling the internet for LaTeX and TeX information
I encountered with a utility programme for extracting
text from the tex files. At present I don't remenber the 
site and the name of the utility.

The programme may be available at 'ctan' archieves.

Best of Luck

VeNuGoPaL 


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