On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Derek Tattersall wrote:

>> Anyone care to hand me the secret decoder ring and magic
>> handshake to turn:
>> 
>> /usr/doc/newt-devel-0.50.8/tutorial.sgml
>> 
>> into:
>> 
>> /usr/doc/newt-devel-0.50.8/tutorial.txt
>> 
>> or:
>> 
>> /usr/doc/newt-devel-0.50.8/tutorial.html
>> 
>> ;o)
>> 
>> Reading raw sgml is like reading /boot/zImage to understand the
>> kernel source code.  ;o)
>> 
>> I've never toyed with sgml before, but it would be nice if the
>> newt package pre-built the sgml into something more useful.  I
>> suppose I should bugzilla this...
>> 
>> Any help appreciated.
>> TTYL
>
>Install sgml-tools and use sgml2txt or sgml2html.

I did that before posting..  I need the secret handshake to get
them to work.

sgml2txt tutorial.sgml

gives:

/usr/bin/nsgmls:<OSFD>0:395:5:E: element "PARA" undefined
/usr/bin/nsgmls:<OSFD>0:398:9:E: element "LISTITEM" undefined
/usr/bin/nsgmls:<OSFD>0:400:5:E: element "PARA" undefined
/usr/bin/nsgmls:<OSFD>0:410:6:E: element "SECT2" undefined
/usr/bin/nsgmls:<OSFD>0:410:13:E: element "TITLE" undefined
/usr/bin/nsgmls:<OSFD>0:412:5:E: element "PARA" undefined
/usr/bin/nsgmls:<OSFD>0:413:74:E: element "LITERAL" undefined
/usr/bin/nsgmls:<OSFD>0:417:7:E: element "SCREEN" undefined
/usr/bin/nsgmls:<OSFD>0:425:19:E: element "LITERAL" undefined
/usr/bin/nsgmls:<OSFD>0:429:6:E: element "SECT2" undefined
/usr/bin/nsgmls:<OSFD>0:429:13:E: element "TITLE" undefined
/usr/bin/nsgmls:<OSFD>0:429:39:E: element "LITERAL" undefined
/usr/bin/nsgmls:I: maximum number of errors (200) reached; change
with -E option/usr/bin/sgmlsasp: can't open
`/usr/lib/sgml-tools/dist/article/groff/mapping':
No such file or directory

Likewise does sgml2html, etc...

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