PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Appendix F Moving Between
TFORM and T-TEXT
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Running TFORMCVT In addition to converting TGAL to TFORM files, as described in Appendix
E, the TFORMCVT utility can convert a T-TEXT file to a TFORM file or a
TFORM file to a T-TEXT file.
TFORMCVT provides a bidirectional filter that transforms T-TEXT or
TFORM commands as precisely as possible to their TFORM or T-TEXT
counterparts. This document describes how to run TFORMCVT, as well
as the required input, resulting output, and error handling that the
process entails.
To invoke TFORMCVT, you use a command interpreter implied RUN
command:
TFORMCVT / [IN infile ] [, OUT outfile ] /
[T-TEXT] [TFORM]
infile
is an EDIT file (file code 101) containing valid TFORM commands, a
T-TEXT file with valid T-TEXT commands (file code 102), or a terminal
from which you enter text and valid TFORM or T-TEXT commands. If
you omit the IN parameters, TFORMCVT accepts input from your
home terminal.
outfile
is an EDIT file for a T-TEXT-to-TFORM conversion or a T-TEXT file for
a TFORM-to-T-TEXT conversion; if you omit the OUT parameter,
TFORMCVT sends its output to your home terminal. The output file
must not now exist; if it does, a FILE CREATE ERROR message results.