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From: shor@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Melinda Shore)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm
Subject: Re: WordStar to ASCII
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Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 12:34:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 12 12:34:00 1985
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> From: bob@multivu.UUCP (Bob Hutson)
>    I believe that WordStar can generate ``straight ASCII'' by
>    itself. I am not in a position to test this, but as I recall,
>    WordStar can ``print'' a file to another file. The resulting
>    file may very well be what you're looking for.

Printing to disk expands the dot commands and makes basic line- and
page-end decisions, but leaves high bits on.  It doesn't get rid of
control characters (^S, ^B, etc.), either.

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Melinda Shore                               ..!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!shor
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