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chore: reword TEXTCONV prior art
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Xiphoseer committed Jan 19, 2025
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I actually found a working copy of papyrus 7 (demo) after a lot of digging around
and it turns out that this actually just calls `TEXTCONV.PRG` by Andreas Pirner.
Version 1.23 is the one that comes with papyrus and I don't agree that it's
useful. Yes, it can export to RTF and all the letters and numbers survive, but
subscript, superscript and formulas are not close enough to be readable, the
line-height was too low, the alignment was off, and more. Also, while papyrus
(for ATARI) supports signum fonts, modern tools to read those files don't,
so you still end up needing to find a perfect match for your font for newer systems.
Version 1.23 is the one that comes with papyrus but it does not seem as useful
as old usenet threads make it out to be.

Yes, it can export to RTF and the letters and numbers survive, but subscript,
superscript and formulas are not close enough to be readable, the line-height is
too small, the alignment is off, and more. Also, while papyrus *for ATARI*
supports signum fonts, modern tools to read those files don't, so you still end
up needing to find a perfect match for your font for newer systems.

There's also the *SignumRead* (`S/MYUTIL/SIGNUMRE.M`) program from the
[Megamax Modula-2][MM2] development environment, which scrapes some text
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[Signum!]: https://www.ashshop.biz/diverses/atari/textverarbeitung/874/signum-2-download
[MM2]: http://www.tempel.org/files-d.html#MM2
[FPRINT]: https://www.planetemu.net/rom/atari-st-applications-st/faaast-print-for-signum-files-19xx-ingo-sprick-de-2
[FPRINT]: https://www.planetemu.net/rom/atari-st-applications-st/faaast-print-for-signum-files-19xx-ingo-sprick-de-2

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