Re: lout to xyz converters?

William Bader <[email protected]> Fri, 25 Dec 2020 21:07:08 +0000
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>Are there any lout to ... converters? In particular epub3, html,docbook, d=
ocx, etc?

I have never done it, but you could generate postscript from lout, then use=
 ghostscript ps2pdf to convert it to a pdf, and then import the pdf in Libr=
eOffice or Scribus https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/PDF_to_ePub_ebook

PDF to ePub ebook - Scribus Wiki<https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/PDF_to_ePu=
b_ebook>
Chapter 1: Fixed Layout. Different file formats exist for fixed layout eboo=
ks. Bellow a list of the main ones: PDF (Portable Document Format) [.pdf]
wiki.scribus.net

Regards, William

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From: Lout-users <[email protected]>=
 on behalf of Mark Summerfield <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 25, 2020 4:22 AM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: lout to xyz converters?

Hi,

Are there any lout to ... converters? In particular epub3, html,
docbook, docx, etc?

Thanks!

--
Mark


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&gt;Are there any lout to ... converters? In particular epub3, html,docbook=
, docx, etc?<br>
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I have never done it, but you could generate postscript from lout, then use=
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 25, 2020 4:22 AM<br>
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<div class=3D"PlainText">Hi,<br>
<br>
Are there any lout to ... converters? In particular epub3, html,<br>
docbook, docx, etc?<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Mark<br>
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