Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 09:01:36 CDT
From: "George Jetson" <pynq AT midway DOT uchicago DOT edu>
To: HANK AT ducvax DOT auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re:  TeX -> ASCII
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu


>Jon Sonntag writes:
>>So.. The next question is, is there any way to convert .TEX files to ascii
>>text?  Or, it there some viewer to read them online?  I remeber reading about
>>something like that but can't remember where.

>You need to determine if the file is a TeX or Texinfo file (look at first 
>few lines for '\input texinfo'). 
>1. If Texinfo, then it can be converted to on-line man with makeinfo or
>Emacs. Look for makeinfo at ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in pub/os2/all/gnu/gnuinfo.zoo
>(or something like that). This is a DOS/OS2 port from Kai Uwe Rommel. Emacs
>for OS2 2.0 is available at the same site.

I've determined that GCC.TEX is a Texinfo file.

(quads:restored_files 4 %) head GCC.TEX
\input texinfo  @c -*-texinfo-*-
@setfilename gcc.info
@c @setfilename usegcc.info
@c To produce the full manual, use the "gcc.info" setfilename, and
@c make sure the following does NOT begin with '@c' (and the @clear line DOES)
@set INTERNALS
@c To produce a user-only manual, use the "usegcc.info" setfilename, and
@c make sure the following does NOT begin with '@c':
@c @clear INTERNALS

So, I ftp'd to the indicated place, got GNUINFO.ZOO, and extracted
MAKEINFO.EXE (from the OUT directory in the ZOO) and ran it on my DOS
machine and got:

 <1> (E:\) makeinfo gcc.tex
 Making info file `gcc.info' from `gcc.tex'.
 gcc.info: No such file or directory

So... 'Vas de problem???