[cw-discuss] file associations for WordPerfect and FrameMaker

Mon Jul 9 11:21:46 CDT 2007

Yes, I remember coming across it on some search.

I think it converts into TeX/LaTeX => PDF (or TeX/LaTeX => DVI => PDF,
so I think you have to have some TeX stuff installed. Which I
incidentally do in Linux. But I don't know how well it handles some of
the extra stuff you can put into FM with the diverse plugins etc.
Also, I don't have much time to spend on it.

Simple conversions of TeX/LaTeX to dvi/pdf take much more time than
the plain distilling of Distiller under Windoze, so I am afraid that
the full process will be time consuming. My experience is mostly
through the use of LilyPond sheet music engraving app. which is based
on TeX, but also minor tests with LaTeX.

Thanks for the reminder.

Bodvar

On 7/8/07, PaulFransen <send.me at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Hi Bodvar,
>
> John Wheaton suggested to look for a Linux tool that would convert a MIF file
> into a PDF file. Have you ever come across such a tool?
>
> Regards, Paul.
>
>
> On Sunday 08 July 2007 17:23, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote:
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > Thank you for the replies.
> >
> > As a reply to your latter comment:
> >
> > PS and MIF exports of FM are text files that include everything that
> > you put into the FM file, including bookmarks, paging information,
> > hyperlinks etc. PS adds information on how the "printer device" should
> > paginate the file etc. What Distiller does (as other PS to PDF
> > processors do) is to "distill" or compile the PS text file to a PDF
> > binary. That's it.
> >
> > MIF is basically a tagged text file that includes every and any
> > information of the corresponding FM file and can be opened (at least
> > if unchanged or changed only within given limits, like changing font
> > names etc.) by FrameMaker itself just as if it were an FM file.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
> >
> > On 7/7/07, PaulFransen <send.me at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > > Hi John,
> > >
> > > I am not at all an expert, but I suspect that PS and MIF do contain
> > > formatting information but not bookmark information. The extremely useful
> > > feature of the Acrobat Distiller with FrameMaker combination is the
> > > ability to control how bookmarks should be generated, especially from a
> > > structured FM document.
> > >
> > > Regards, Paul.
> > >
> > > On Saturday 07 July 2007 12:14, you wrote:
> > > > Have you tried saving to either MIF or PS and then feeding that to a
> > > > Linux based PDF generator?  It isn't a seamless one-step-process, but
> > > > that might work (assuming you have a Linux-based PDF generator).
> > > >
> > > > On 7/7/07, PaulFransen <send.me at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > > > > Hello Bodvar,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am unable to produce PDF files from FM using Acrobat Distiller
> > > > > running under
> > > > > CXO. Also, Acrobat Professional 6 (or higher) is not functioning
> > > > > under CXO.
> > > > > There have been many people requesting it to be supported (see
> > > > > http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=310;foru
> > > > >m=1 ) but it is not positioned very high on the Codeweavers lists of
> > > > > votes and pledges so I don't think it will be supported in the near
> > > > > future.
> > > > >
> > > > > I use FM under CXO for editing only and, in my hands (CXO 6.0.1
> > > > > running under
> > > > > SLED10, win98 bottle), it does a satisfactory job. There were some
> > > > > glitches
> > > > > in older versions of CXO which have been resolved now. For publishing
> > > > > to PDF
> > > > > and subsequent editing of the resulting PDF files with Acrobat
> > > > > Professional,
> > > > > I have to resort to Windows (running in a virtual machine under Linux
> > > > > of course).
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't use FrameScript and don't own a copy of it so I have no idea
> > > > > of whether it works in the CXO environment.
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thursday 05 July 2007 16:58, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Paul,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Sorry to burst in on you with a somewhat different question but it
> > > > > > is good to hear that someone other than me is using FM this way.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am wondering whether you have found a solution to how to pdf
> > > > > > (save as, or print to file and then use Acrobat Distiller 7 to
> > > > > > distill). This process seems to me to be necessary in order to get
> > > > > > all the goodies going that FM natively supports. I suppose you have
> > > > > > Acrobat 6 or higher installed too. Do they work together as
> > > > > > intended?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have not done much testing, but I have found FM 7.1 to behave
> > > > > > somewhat different in CXO older version (4?) than in Windoze. What
> > > > > > is your experience?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Also, have you tried to use FrameScript in CXO?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thank you,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
> > > > > > Iceland
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 7/5/07, PaulFransen <send.me at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > > > > > > I am using WordPerfect X13 and FrameMaker 7.1 in CXO 6 running
> > > > > > > under
> > > > >
> > > > > SuSE
> > > > >
> > > > > > > Linux Enterprise Desktop and they both work quite decently.
> > > > > > > However, I
> > > > >
> > > > > am
> > > > >
> > > > > > > unable to associate files with .WPD and .FM extensions to these
> > > > >
> > > > > programs
> > > > >
> > > > > > > and therefore clicking on those files in a KDE Konqueror window
> > > > > > > won't launch WP or FM. On the other hand, clicking on Word
> > > > > > > document files launches Word as expected. In the Konqueror
> > > > > > > settings, one can
> > > > >
> > > > > associate
> > > > >
> > > > > > > files to programs but a manually set association gets lost after
> > > > >
> > > > > closing
> > > > >
> > > > > > > the settings window. I can't figure out any difference between
> > > > > > > the association settings for .DOC files and .WPD/.FM files.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Is anyone experiencing the same problem? Has anyone found a
> > > > > > > solution
> > > > >
> > > > > for
> > > > >
> > > > > > > it?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Best regards, Paul.
> > > > > > >
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