1SGML2TXT(1) General Commands Manual SGML2TXT(1)
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6 sgml2txt - create plain text output from a LinuxDoc DTD SGML source
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10 sgml2txt [generic-option...] [--manpage] [--filter] [--blanks=n]
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14 sgml2txt is an old and obsoleted form of the text converter command of
15 LinuxDoc-Tools. It is recommended to switch the new form linuxdoc -B
16 text now. It converts a LinuxDoc DTD SGML source file to ASCII,
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20 The attribute/value pair "output=txt" is set for conditionals.
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23 sgml2txt accepts all the generic options described in linuxdoc(1), and
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26 --manpage, -m
27 Outputs a groff source file, suitable for formatting with groff
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31 Remove backspace-overstrikes from the intermediate form gener‐
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43 file The SGML source file, named either file or file.sgml
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46 Many files and executables in /usr/share/linuxdoc-tools are used.
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52 Originally written by Greg Hankins <greg.hankins@cc.gatech.edu>, based
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54 Cees de Groot <cg@cdegroot.com> for SGML-Tools (v1). Currently main‐
55 tained by Taketoshi Sano <sano@debian.org> for Linuxdoc-Tools.
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58 linuxdoc(1), sgml2html(1), sgml2info(1), sgml2latex(1), sgml2lyx(1),
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63 16 May 2000 SGML2TXT(1)