Re: ".rtf" format
Jeff Zeitlin wrote:
>ISTR downloading it from somewhere on Microsoft's web site; it
>was developed by MS for Word, way back when. It's complex; you
>_don't_ want to try generating it directly if you can avoid it.
>If you're using Word (as opposed to WordPad), why not make sure
>that you have the Internet Assistant for Word, and put out HTML -
>Word will convert and print it just as well - and IE and Netscape
>and Opera and other programs will print it out without
>converting.
Is "Internet Assistant for Word" compatible with Word 6.0 (for windows 3.1),
and is it downloadable from somewhere, or should it come with some package?
>Next question: do you really need the extended formatting
>capabilities of Word or HTML, or would "typewriter-style" text be
>acceptable? If the latter, and you don't output more than 64K of
>text at once, you could just as easily use Notepad.
Usually the program will not output more than 64K, but it happens. The
formatting is not strictly needed, I've thought about adding it to save the
user a little work. HTML will do just as good, but currently Word 6.0 does
not support HTML, and there is no browser installed on that computer. I've
looked at the specs for RTF (thanks for all help, guys!) and it does look
overhelming, so I will probably not use it in this project (but it could be
cool to write a texteditor that used Jiri Babors font routines and RTF...)
Einar Mogen
PS: has something happened on your Traveller-site lately? I have not been
there for a while.
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