10.0; iso, revision 1.0, 88/01/21
iso - convert files to ISO format
usage:
french_to_iso input_file output_file
german_to_iso input_file output_file
nor.dan_to_iso input_file output_file
swedish_to_iso input_file output_file
swiss_to_iso input_file output_file
uk_to_iso input_file output_file
DESCRIPTION
These utilities convert files written with the overloaded 7-bit national
fonts to the Internation Standards Organization (ISO) 8-bit format. The
overloaded fonts include any with a specific language suffix (for
example, f7x13.french, or din_f7x11.german). If you created and/or edited
a file using one of the national fonts, that file is a candidate for
conversion.
You are not required to convert files, but probably will want to because
1. The overloaded fonts replace certain ASCII characters with national
ones, have that subset of ASCII characters and the national characters
in one file. The 8-bit fonts available as of SR10 include all the
ASCII characters and the national characters.
2. The 8-bit fonts also include a wider range of national characters, so
you can enter any character in any western European language. This was
not always possible with the overloaded fonts. For example, there was
not enough space in the overloaded font to include all the French
characters, but they all exist in the 8-bit fonts.
There are two parameters to the conversion utilities. You must provide
the name of the file you want to convert (input_file) and your
output_file. If output_file already exists, the utilities abort.
The default location for the utilities is /usr/apollo/bin.
FILES
/usr/apollo/bin/french_to_iso
Converts overloaded French to ISO format
/usr/apollo/bin/german_to_iso
Converts overloaded German to ISO format
/usr/apollo/bin/nor.dan_to_iso
Converts overloaded Norwegian/Danish to ISO
format
/usr/apollo/bin/swedish_to_iso
Converts overloaded Swedish/Finnish to ISO format
/usr/apollo/bin/swiss_to_iso
Converts overloaded Swiss to ISO format
/usr/apollo/bin/uk_to_iso
Converts overloaded U.K. English to ISO format
DIAGNOSTICS
All messages are generally self-explanatory.
EXAMPLE
$ french_to_iso dictionnaire new.dictionnaire