On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 at 01:35, Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought about RTF. It is a markup language, after all, and I was > recently able to write a REXX program that converts plain text to RTF with > formatting including lots of fonts and a two-column layout (the > error-message part of a friend's product manual). I may still attempt > that. But I have no idea yet how I'd handle internal and external links, > text constants, legal-style paragraph numbering and a few other items. > Maybe I'm just a coward; everything I used on that other project I found > eventually in the RTF specs. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Mike Schwab > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2022 20:03 > > I used to save my documents in Rich Text Format .RTF. All the markup > codes are stored in text (notepad) and several editors that use it. > I've been creating RTF files outside of Word since forever, both on Windoze and z/OS. None of the files are very sophisticated, mostly pre-formatted tables with bold headings. The key for getting to grips with the intricacies of RTF is to take a simple text file, save it as RTF and then start hacking away, M$ puts amazing loads of completely irrelevant crap in files, see <https://prino.neocities.org/blog/2022-03-31-bloatware.html>. Samples of the output files are @ < https://prino.neocities.org/miscellaneous/liftrtf.rar> and I've also got some REXX (and Pascal) code to convert UTF-8 to the required \uxxxx escape sequences, where the z/OS code relies on some extra (comment) data in the input file, which makes the conversion independent of the transfer method (IND$FILE/ftp/WSA).It should also work on Windoze or Linux. Drop me a line if you need it, and I'll put the html-ised lot on my website next time I start my z/OS system, after 24/5/6 December, and talking about those days, Enjoy the holidays! Robert -- Robert AH Prins robert(a)prino(d)org The hitchhiking grandfather <https://prino.neocities.org/index.html> Some REXX code for use on z/OS <https://prino.neocities.org/zOS/zOS-Tools.html> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
