On 15 Jun 2001 17:28:49 -0400, Chas Owens wrote:
> On 15 Jun 2001 16:04:55 -0400, Tim Musson wrote:
> > Hey Perlers,
> >
> > I have pulled some books from Project Gutenberg (www.Gutenberg.net).
> > What I want to do is take all the Paragraphs and put them on one
> > line, then put them into the Palm DOC format. This way they wrap
> > correctly on the Palm screen.
> >
> > There is no indenting that I care about, so I would say that I could
> > take any block of text and put it all on one line. Starting a new
> > block after each blank line.
> >
> > I would also like to take the PG headders (disclaimers, how to
> > donate, etc.) and move it to the bottom of the text, so a way to do
> > that would be cool too!
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks, you all are great!
> <snip />
>
> I tested this against several ebooks downloaded from Project Gutenberg
> and it seems to work like you want except for converting to Palm DOC. I
> will post an update when I find documentation for the format.
<snip />
Well, I found some C source code that mungged text into PalmOS DOC. The
script can be downloaded from <http://www.widomaker.com/~alas> (any
comments on style, portability, and/or technique will be greatly
appreciated). Note: this is untested beta quality code, and will stay
that way until I find a Palm Pilot to test with.
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