.\" Process this file with .\" groff -man -Tascii sgml2txt.1 .\" .TH SGML2TXT 1 "7 Jan 1996" .SH NAME sgml2txt \- create plain text output from a SGML source file .SH SYNOPSIS .B sgml2txt [-f] [-l] [-man] [-style .I s .B ] [-t .I n .B ] .IR file [.sgml] .SH DESCRIPTION .B sgml2txt converts a SGML source file to ASCII or ISO-8859-1 output, using the .BR sgmls (1) parser, the .BR sgmlsasp (1) translator, and the .BR groff (1) text formatter. Output will appear in .I file.txt where .I file is the name of the SGML source file. .SH OPTIONS .IP -f Filters out reverse paper motions (like underline, etc) .IP -l Allows use of latin1 (ISO-8859-1) characters in the SGML source file, default ASCII only .IP -man Outputs a groff source file, suitable for formatting with .B groff -man for man pages .IP "-style s" Uses the mapping file .I $LINUXDOCLIB/lib/rep/groff/mapping in addition to the default mapping file, for customizations .IP "-t n" Sets tabstops each columns, default 8 .IP file The SGML source file, named either .I file or .I file.sgml .SH FILES Many files in $LINUXDOCLIB are used. .SH ENVIRONMENT .IP LINUXDOCBIN location of other executables that .B sgml2txt needs .IP LINUXDOCLIB location of library files that .B sgml2txt needs .IP "Both variables are hardcoded into the script at install time." .SH BUGS None known. .SH AUTHOR Greg Hankins , based on scripts by Tom Gordon and Alexander Horz .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR sgml2html (1), .BR sgml2info (1), .BR sgml2latex (1), .BR sgml2lyx (1), .BR sgml2rtf (1), .BR sgmlcheck (1).