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[2607:f8b0:4003:c06::230]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id im4si434531igb.2.2016.03.08.21.13.05 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 08 Mar 2016 21:13:05 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of pauloney-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org designates 2607:f8b0:4003:c06::230 as permitted sender) client-ip=2607:f8b0:4003:c06::230; Original-Received: by mail-oi0-x230.google.com with SMTP id r187so27428586oih.3 for ; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 21:13:05 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.202.187.68 with SMTP id l65mr19296436oif.94.1457500385645; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 21:13:05 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.202.57.212 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Mar 2016 21:13:05 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20160309050508.GD68594-jF64zX8BO091tJRe0FUodcM6rOWSkUom@public.gmane.org> X-Original-Sender: pauloney-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of pauloney-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org designates 2607:f8b0:4003:c06::230 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=pauloney-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com; dmarc=pass (p=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=gmail.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org; contact pandoc-discuss+owners-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org List-ID: X-Spam-Checked-In-Group: pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org X-Google-Group-Id: 1007024079513 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: , List-Unsubscribe: , Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.text.pandoc:14512 Archived-At: --001a113cc7e4bf1f4f052d96c071 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 It gets awfully close, but certainly a few adjustments are needed... What are the main uses of "plain"? Paulo Ney On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 9:05 PM, John MacFarlane wrote: > You could try > > pandoc -f latex -t plain > > and see how close that gets you. > > +++ Paulo Ney de Souza [Mar 08 16 11:40 ]: > >> DeTeX is an old program (written in Lex in the beginning of the 80's) >> and extremely useful to TeX users for spelling, word-count and even >> grammar analysis. It removes all TeX commands from the file and leaves >> behind all the text. It is distributed to this day by TeXLive. >> The Lex code produces C, that is then compiled. As you may imagine it >> is extremely difficult to maintain -- when you try to fix something you >> inadvertently break 25 others ... and needs badly to be updated for >> i18n and other issues after so many years. >> I have been thinking that Haskell may provide a better language for >> doing the work, and that "pandoc" may even be the right tool to do it, >> implementing a sort of "pure-text" format that gets rid off all math, >> \textbf, \emph, etc ... and leaves only the text behind. Conversion to >> "markdown" and "reStructuredText" is sort of half-way there .... >> Wondering if anyone has tried any of that and what would be the closest >> format to start with .... >> Paulo Ney >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to [1]pandoc-discuss+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >> To post to this group, send email to >> [2]pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> [3]https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/CAFVhNZOiGeUoAEzJ%3 >> DaJGecJhw%2BYo8qSjSHdyP6iidYBV7DQgug%40mail.gmail.com. >> For more options, visit [4]https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> References >> >> 1. mailto:pandoc-discuss+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org >> 2. mailto:pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org >> 3. >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/CAFVhNZOiGeUoAEzJ=aJGecJhw+Yo8qSjSHdyP6iidYBV7DQgug-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer >> 4. https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "pandoc-discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pandoc-discuss+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To post to this group, send email to pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/20160309050508.GD68594%40MacBook-Air-2.local > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. 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It gets awfully close, but certainly a few adjustment= s are needed... What are the main uses of "plain"?

P= aulo Ney

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 9:05 PM, John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org><= /span> wrote:
You could try

=C2=A0 =C2=A0pandoc -f latex -t plain

and see how close that gets you.

+++ Paulo Ney de Souza [Mar 08 16 11:40 ]:
=C2=A0 DeTeX is an old program (written in Lex in the beginning of the 80&#= 39;s)
=C2=A0 and extremely useful to TeX users for spelling, word-count and even<= br> =C2=A0 grammar analysis. It removes all TeX commands from the file and leav= es
=C2=A0 behind all the text. It is distributed to this day by TeXLive.
=C2=A0 The Lex code produces C, that is then compiled. As you may imagine i= t
=C2=A0 is extremely difficult to maintain -- when you try to fix something = you
=C2=A0 inadvertently break 25 others ...=C2=A0 and needs badly to be update= d for
=C2=A0 i18n and other issues after so many years.
=C2=A0 I have been thinking that Haskell may provide a better language for<= br> =C2=A0 doing the work, and that "pandoc" may even be the right to= ol to do it,
=C2=A0 implementing a sort of "pure-text" format that gets rid of= f all math,
=C2=A0 \textbf, \emph, etc ... and leaves only the text behind. Conversion = to
=C2=A0 "markdown" and "reStructuredText" is sort of hal= f-way there ....
=C2=A0 Wondering if anyone has tried any of that and what would be the clos= est
=C2=A0 format to start with ....
=C2=A0 Paulo Ney

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