Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 15:42:43 +0400 (DST) From: "Sergei S. Laskavy" <laskavy@cs.msu.su> To: grog@lemis.com Cc: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MS Word documents (was: Advice sought on PnP configuration) Message-ID: <199707311142.PAA02696@ns.cs.msu.su> In-Reply-To: <199707310745.RAA20235@freebie.lemis.com> (message from Greg Lehey on Thu, 31 Jul 1997 17:15:41 %2B0930 (CST))
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>>>>> "Greg" == Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> writes:
Greg> Luigi Rizzo writes:
>>> Save yourself some money, and start with (shudder)
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/
>> too bad they only have MS Word documents (what would you
>> expect!)
Greg> Has anybody investigated what it would take to convert MS
Greg> Word to a portable format? So much stuff is sent in it
Greg> nowadays, even by people who should know better. Is it that
Greg> difficult? If somebody can point me to some format
Greg> documentation, I'm prepared to have a hack at it.
Here is a small proggy. I found it in $HOME of one user.
He said that author unknown... It works for me for some DOCs and
prints garbadge for other.
Maybe, this can help.
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/* catdoc.c version 0.3 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#define TEXT_WIDTH 72
/* #define LATIN1 */
/* enable this define, if you don't want cyrillic code page translations
*/
unsigned char specs[]={7, /* tab columns separator - handled specially*/
'\n',/* hook to handle end of line in tables */
0x1E,/* unbreakable defis */
0x1F,/* soft hyphen */
0x85,/* dots */
0x91,/* opening single quote */
0x92,/* closing single quote */
0x93,/* opening double quote */
0x94,/* closing double quote */
0x96,/* em-dash (or em-space)*/
0x97,/* en-dash */
0x99,/* Trade Mark sign */
0xA0,/* unbreakable space */
0xA9,/* Copyright sign */
0xAE,/* Reserved sign */
0xAB,/* opening << quote*/
0xBB,/* closing >> quote*/
/* The rest is translated into itself unless TeX mode is selected */
'%','$','_','{','}','\\',
};
char
*ascii_specs[]={"\t","\n","-","","...","`","'","``","''","-","-","tm",
" ","(c)","(R)","\"","\"","%","$","_","{","}","\\"};
char
*TeX_specs[]={"\t&","\\\\\n","-","\\-","\\dots{}","`","'","``","''","---","--",
"${}^{\\scriptscriptstyle\\mathrm{TM}}$",/* this is my idea about tm
sign*/
"~",
"{\\copyright}",
"(R)",/* to be replaced with correct command */
"<",">","\\%","\\$","$\\{$","$\\}$","$\\backslash$",};
#ifndef LATIN1
#ifdef unix
unsigned char table[256]={
/* Windows cyrillic code page to KOI-8 */
0x00,0x01,0x02,0x03,0x04,0x05,0x06,0x07,0x08,0x09,0x0A,0x0D,0x0C,0x0D,0x0E,0x0F,
0x10,0x11,0x12,0x13,0x14,0x15,0x16,0x17,0x18,0x19,0x1A,0x1B,0x1C,0x1D,0x2D,0x20,
0x20,0x21,0x22,0x23,0x24,0x25,0x26,0x27,0x28,0x29,0x2A,0x2B,0x2C,0x2D,0x2E,0x2F,
0x30,0x31,0x32,0x33,0x34,0x35,0x36,0x37,0x38,0x39,0x3A,0x3B,0x3C,0x3D,0x3E,0x3F,
0x40,0x41,0x42,0x43,0x44,0x45,0x46,0x47,0x48,0x49,0x4A,0x4B,0x4C,0x4D,0x4E,0x4F,
0x50,0x51,0x52,0x53,0x54,0x55,0x56,0x57,0x58,0x59,0x5A,0x5B,0x5C,0x5D,0x5E,0x5F,
0x60,0x61,0x62,0x63,0x64,0x65,0x66,0x67,0x68,0x69,0x6A,0x6B,0x6C,0x6D,0x6E,0x6F,
0x70,0x71,0x72,0x73,0x74,0x75,0x76,0x77,0x78,0x79,0x7A,0x7B,0x7C,0x7D,0x7E,0x7F,
0x80,0x81,0x82,0xAA,0x8F,0x90,0xA9,0x93,0x84,0x92,0x91,0x94,0x83,0x95,0x99,0x8B,
0x98,0x60,0x27,0x22,0x22,0x9A,0x2D,0x2D,0x9E,0xA6,0x87,0xB0,0x8D,0x97,0x86,0xA2,
0x20,0xA7,0xA5,0x88,0xA4,0x8E,0x96,0x85,0xB3,0xA1,0x9F,0x22,0xAB,0xAC,0xAD,0xAE,
0xAF,0xB2,0xB1,'i',0xB5,0xB6,0xB7,0xB8,0xA3,0xB9,0xBA,0x22,0xBC,0xBD,0xBE,0x9B,
0xE1,0xE2,0xF7,0xE7,0xE4,0xE5,0xF6,0xFA,0xE9,0xEA,0xEB,0xEC,0xED,0xEE,0xEF,0xF0,
0xF2,0xF3,0xF4,0xF5,0xE6,0xE8,0xE3,0xFE,0xFB,0xFD,0xFF,0xF9,0xF8,0xFC,0xE0,0xF1,
0xC1,0xC2,0xD7,0xC7,0xC4,0xC5,0xD6,0xDA,0xC9,0xCA,0xCB,0xCC,0xCD,0xCE,0xCF,0xD0,
0xD2,0xD3,0xD4,0xD5,0xC6,0xC8,0xC3,0xDE,0xDB,0xDD,0xDF,0xD9,0xD8,0xDC,0xC0,0xD1};
#else
unsigned char table[256]={
0x00,0x01,0x02,0x03,0x04,0x05,0x06,0x07,0x08,0x09,0x0a,0x0D,0x0c,0x0d,0x0e,0x0f,
0x10,0x11,0x12,0x13,0x14,0x15,0x16,0x17,0x18,0x19,0x1a,0x1b,0x1c,0x1d,0x2D,0x20,
0x20,0x21,0x22,0x23,0x24,0x25,0x26,0x27,0x28,0x29,0x2a,0x2b,0x2c,0x2d,0x2e,0x2f,
0x30,0x31,0x32,0x33,0x34,0x35,0x36,0x37,0x38,0x39,0x3a,0x3b,0x3c,0x3d,0x3e,0x3f,
0x40,0x41,0x42,0x43,0x44,0x45,0x46,0x47,0x48,0x49,0x4a,0x4b,0x4c,0x4d,0x4e,0x4f,
0x50,0x51,0x52,0x53,0x54,0x55,0x56,0x57,0x58,0x59,0x5a,0x5b,0x5c,0x5d,0x5e,0x5f,
0x60,0x61,0x62,0x63,0x64,0x65,0x66,0x67,0x68,0x69,0x6a,0x6b,0x6c,0x6d,0x6e,0x6f,
0x70,0x71,0x72,0x73,0x74,0x75,0x76,0x77,0x78,0x79,0x7a,0x7b,0x7c,0x7d,0x7e,0x7f,
0x80,0x81,0x82,0x83,0x84,0x85,0x86,0x87,0x88,0x89,0x8a,0x8b,0x8c,0x8d,0x8e,0x8f,
0x90,0x60,0x27,0x22,0x22,0x95,0x2D,0x2D,0x98,0x99,0x9a,0x9b,0x9c,0x9d,0x9e,0x9f,
0x20,0xa1,0xa2,0xa3,0xa4,0xa5,0xa6,0xa7,0xa8,0xa9,0xaa,0x22,0xac,0xad,0xae,0xaf,
0xb0,0xb1,0xb2,0xb3,'i',0xb5,0xb6,0xb7,0xb8,0xb9,0xba,0x22,0xbc,0xbd,0xbe,0xbf,
0x80,0x81,0x82,0x83,0x84,0x85,0x86,0x87,0x88,0x89,0x8a,0x8b,0x8c,0x8d,0x8e,0x8f,
0x90,0x91,0x92,0x93,0x94,0x95,0x96,0x97,0x98,0x99,0x9a,0x9b,0x9c,0x9d,0x9e,0x9f,
0xa0,0xa1,0xa2,0xa3,0xa4,0xa5,0xa6,0xa7,0xa8,0xa9,0xaa,0xab,0xac,0xad,0xae,0xaf,
0xe0,0xe1,0xe2,0xe3,0xe4,0xe5,0xe6,0xe7,0xe8,0xe9,0xea,0xeb,0xec,0xed,0xee,0xef};
#endif
#define recode_char(x) table[x]
#else
#define recode_char(x) x
#endif
char *map_char(char **map,int c)
{unsigned char *ptr;
static char buffer[2]="a";
if ((ptr=strchr(specs,c)))
return map[ptr-specs];
else
{ buffer[0]=recode_char(c); return buffer; }
}
void format(char *buf,char **map)
{ unsigned char outstring[128]="";
unsigned char *sp=buf,*dp;int table=0;
while (*sp)
{ if (*sp==7&&table)
{ printf("%s%s",outstring,map_char(map,'\n'));
outstring[0]=0;
table=0;sp++;
}
else
{ if (strlen(strcat(outstring,map_char(map,*sp)))>TEXT_WIDTH)
{ dp=strrchr(outstring,' ');
if (dp)
{ *(dp++)=0;
printf("%s\n",outstring);
strcpy(outstring,dp);
}
else
{ int i;
for(i=0;i<72;i++) putc(outstring[i],stdout);
putc('\n',stdout);
strcpy(outstring,outstring+72);
}
}
table=*(sp++)==7;
}
}
if (outstring[0]==0) putc('\n',stdout);
else printf("%s\n\n",outstring);
}
void help(void)
{ printf("catdoc - exctract text from MS-Word files and catenate it to
stdout\n"
"Copyright (c) by Victor B. Wagner, 1996\n"
"Usage catdoc [-ast] files ...\n"
"\t-a - converts non-standard printable chars into readable
form (default)\n"
"\t-t - converts them into TeX control sequences\n"
"\t-s - exits with code 1 if MSWordDoc signature not found
before\n"
"\t\tfirst printable paragraph\n\n"
"All options affects only files, specified AFTER them\n");
exit(2);
}
char buf[8192];
void do_file(FILE *f,char **map,int search_sign)
{ int ok=!search_sign;
int bufptr,c;
while(!feof(f))
{bufptr=-1;
do {
c=getc(f);
/* Special printable symbols 7- table separator \r - paragraph end
0x1E - short defis */
if ((c<=255&&c>=32)||c==7||c=='\t'||c=='\r'||c==0x1E)
buf[++bufptr]=c;
else
if (c==0x0b) buf[++bufptr]='\r';
else
{ if (!c) {buf[++bufptr]=0;
if(!strcmp(buf,"MSWordDoc"))
{ ok=1; }
}
if (c!=2) bufptr=-1;/* \002 is Word's footnote mark */
}
} while (c!='\r'&&c!=EOF);
if (bufptr>0&&buf[bufptr]=='\r')
{ if (!ok) exit( 1);
buf[bufptr]=0; format(buf,map);
}
}
}
int main(int argc,char **argv)
{ int search_sign =0; /* Must program exit with exit code 1 if MSWordDoc
signature is not found? */
char **sequences=ascii_specs;/* pointer to array of character
sequences
to represent special characters of Word */
int i=1,stdin_processed=0;
if (argc<2) help();
for(;i<argc;i++)
{ if (!strcmp(argv[i],"-s")) search_sign=1;
else
if (!strcmp(argv[i],"-t")) sequences=TeX_specs;
else
if (!strcmp(argv[i],"-a")) sequences=ascii_specs;
else
if (!strcmp(argv[i],"-"))
if (!stdin_processed) {do_file(stdin,sequences,search_sign);
stdin_processed=1;}
else { fprintf(stderr,"Cannot process standard input twice a
row\n");
exit (2);}
else
if (argv[i][0]=='-') {fprintf(stderr,"Invalid option
%s\n",argv[i]);
help();}
else
{ FILE *f=fopen(argv[i],"r");
if(!f) {fprintf(stderr,"Cannot open file %s\n",argv[i]);exit(2);}
do_file(f,sequences,search_sign);
}
}
return 0;
}
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