I understood that interleaf could export to (framemaker) MIF and then there are converters from mif to lyx. Don't know how well either works, but the MIF route seems to be a standard way from interleaf to framemaker.
not that framemaker works under linux any more. john On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 18:10, Ulla Stubbe wrote: > Hi, > > I need to convert Interleaf into anything which will be supported in the > future and runs on Linux. > My company is still using Interleaf and there is no support anymore. > I thought lyx would be an alternative, for we need technical documentation. > I already tried to put Interleaf in Word and from there into something else. > But my converters won't work that easily ^^° > I just thought i'd be easier IF there was a direkt converter for > Interleaf to Lyx. > > Hand editing is out of question for these documents are realy large and > we have many. > > Thanks for the help! > > Ulla > > Raphael Clifford wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am not an interleaf expert but I see you have had no luck. The basic > > answer is that your problem is getting the file from the interleaf > > format into something standard. From there you can get it into lyx. > > If you still have a copy of interleaf then simply save it as something > > portable. There are no clever converters from proprietory formats to > > lyx that work well AFAIK. You may find it best simply to export it as > > text and then edit it in lyx. In fact, I would honestly say that what > > you are doing sounds like a very bad idea if you are in a hurry. Why > > do you need to convert it to lyx? If you need to edit it then I would > > use whatever piece of software you have that will do that without > > converting it to anything. What can you save it as in interleaf? > > > > Cheers, > > Raphael > > > > > > > > > > Ulla Stubbe wrote: > > > >> Hi! > >> > >> > >> I know, I already did sent this. > >> But I really do need an answer it is important, for this part of my > >> exam. And interleaf 6 is so old, I hardly find anything, and it seems > >> not to be protable into anything but Adobe Framemaker but that is > >> just for Unix. > >> I already tried Filtrix which is a converter for Interleaf into Word, > >> but this won't work either. > >> so please, I'd be thankful for any idea. > >> > >> Ulla > >> > >> > >> > >> >>I desperatly need to import interleaf 6 documents to lyx. > >> >>I am using lyx 1.3.0. > >> >>These interleaf docs are large documentations of our systems, so I > >> need all, the text, the links, the tables >>and the grafics. > >> >>I cannot use Framemaker for I am using Linux now. > >> >>How do I import it best? > >> >>Does anybody know? > >> >>I'm a total newby in lyx, but I googled and everything and couldn't > >> find something usefull. > >> >>Thanks. > >> >> > >> >>Ulla > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> Subject: > >> interleaf > >> From: > >> Ulla Stubbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: > >> Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:37:17 +0200 > >> To: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> Hi! > >> > >> I desperatly need to import interleaf 6 documents to lyx. > >> I am using lyx 1.3.0. > >> These interleaf docs are large documentations of our systems, so I > >> need all, the text, the links, the tables and the grafics. > >> I cannot use Framemaker for I am using Linux now. > >> How do I import it best? > >> Does anybody know? > >> I'm a total newby in lyx, but I googled and everything and couldn't > >> find something usefull. > >> Thanks. > >> > >> Ulla > >> > > > > > > -- John Sheahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
