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fixrtf version 3.0
The problem in a nutshell:
RTF uses special escape sequences to indicate 'extended' ascii characters
(accented characters, double quotes, other symbols), and the ascii mapping
varies across platforms. fixrtf fixes this.
fixrtf is a filter/translator geared specifically toward RTF documents. It
is not an RTF reader or writer. It looks for four-character sequences of the
form \'xx, where xx is two hexadecimal digits specifying the 8-bit ascii code
of a character, and translates them to the appropriate sequence on the platform
you specify. fixrtf also handles two other cases: *any* character string
up to length 5 (which makes it somewhat suitable for batch global search/replace functions), and NeXT-specific one-character in the Symbol font
things (like partialdiff). If fixrtf 'knows' that a certain character must be
translated into one in the Symbol font, it does this as well.
There is more substantial documentation at the beginning of the source file.
Please be sure to read it before compiling and using, and enjoy!
Nik A GervaeThese are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.