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unrtf syntax (Users)

posted by fritz.mueller , Munich, Germany, 02.01.2024, 20:34
(edited by fritz.mueller on 03.01.2024, 20:16)

Hi,
can anyone tell me how to make unrtf work? I wanted to write an example for
FD help, but anyhow I have problems with the syntax.

-t tags_file Specifies the tags output configuration file to be
used. The command "unrtf -t html" is functionally
identical to "unrtf --html". The configuration
files are a simple format. To change the behaviour
of unrtf, a local copy of a system configuration
file can be be made and edited. The most complete
configuration file and hence the best starting
point is /dev/env/DJDIR/share/unrtf/html.conf.
-P config_search_path
Specifies the directories in which the configura-
tion file for the specified format will be sought.
The path can be provided as a single directory or a
list of colon separated directories. The default
is /dev/env/DJDIR/share/unrtf/ where distributed
output configuration files are installed.
/dev/env/DJDIR/share/unrtf/*.conf
Run time output configuration files.

/dev/env/DJDIR/share/unrtf/SYMBOL.charmap)
UTF encoding of the SYMBOL font used in many RTF
files. Unfortunately the iconv package does not
include font encodings. The format is identical to
iconv code page files.

Unrtf can be installed to C:\util\unrtf at the FreeDOS live CD.

In FreeDOS the html.cfg etc. files are in folder conf. But they only use .cfg instead of .conf

If I change the settings above to:
unrtf -P C:\util\unrtf\conf -t *.cfg
I get an error message:
failed to find *.cfg.conf in search path dirs.
All other trials lead to something like this message.
I tested / instead of \, added the whole path at -t etc. etc, but... nothing.

I am sure it is a simple pebdac problem, but I work for hours now and do not find out how to fix it.

Could it be that i need aDOS extender, and, if yes, which one?

Any help is welcome.

Fritz

Complete thread:

• unrtf syntax - fritz.mueller, 02.01.2024, 20:34
  • unrtf syntax -- Klasik Asistent - Laaca, 03.01.2024, 22:27
  • unrtf syntax - jadoxa, 04.01.2024, 03:51
    • unrtf syntax - fritz.mueller, 04.01.2024, 19:16
      • unrtf syntax - fritz.mueller, 14.01.2024, 19:44