PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Moving Between TFORM and T-TEXT
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TFORM to T-TEXT
Translation Overview
The input to TFORMCVT is a syntactically valid TFORM file. TFORMCVT
does not issue warnings for TFORM syntax errors. An invalid command in
the input file may be ignored or cause TFORMCVT to go into DEBUG.
This should not be a problem if you have run the input file through
TFORM without errors. The output is a valid T-TEXT file. This file
produces similar output from T-TEXT as the input file does from TFORM.
The following T-TEXT defaults are output at the beginning of each
output file. Each line is preceded by a format command escape and
terminated by a required return escape.
COMMENT WHIP-PROFILE-15-11-83
RULER 1 80 ;SET TAB OFF;SET TAB ON 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72
COMMENT WHIP-PROFILE-15-11-83
In addition, the command SET JOIN ON is output because joining is
ON by default in T-TEXT but not in TFORM. If the document is
making a return trip, TFORMCVT does not put in the defaults or SET
JOIN ON.
If an UNDERLINE format escape extends over one input line, it is
terminated at the end of the output line and resumes at the beginning
of the following output line.
If a BOLD format escape extends over one input line, it is terminated at
the end of the output line and resumes at the beginning of the
following output line.
All command lines in the output file are terminated by the required
return.
All blank lines in the output file are terminated by the required return.
A text line followed by a blank line in the output file is terminated by a
required return.