Ulf Schuenemann (schuenem@informatik.tu-muenchen.de) wrote:
> |> Does anyone have an ASCII version which could be used as a basis for open
> |>  discussion here in comp.std.c++?
> [..]

> This would be nice. Or is there a tool to extract Ascii from Postscript?

Not in general. However, since the text has recently been made available on
the web, the HTML source code would be a better starting point anyway (i.e.
simply use a browser - which will also be able to "print" single pages to a
file, giving you a plain text version, for inclusion as citations). The URL
is "http://www.cygnus.com/~mrs/", in case you missed it.

I've downloaded the complete set of WWW pages. If someone provides me a ftp
site where I should put it and where anyone could take it from anonymously,
I'll upload the HTML sources there as a gzip'd tar file: 412 KB rather than
2 MB for the plain HTML source (since the original web page does explicitly
allow mirroring, I assume that a .tar.gz file will be equally acceptable by
copyright law). Please don't ask for individual copies; I've got some other
ways to use my free time than manually playing mail server ;-)

Of course, it would be best if the announced sites carrying the PostScript/
PDF versions would also take this one; that would surely avoid many further
questions about this in the newsgroup ;-)

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In article <3o3cab$b9g@News1.mcs.com>, jim.fleming@bytes.com (Jim Fleming) writes:
[..]
|> Does anyone have an ASCII version which could be used as a basis for open
|>  discussion here in comp.std.c++?
[..]

This would be nice. Or is there a tool to extract Ascii from Postscript?

BTW: With body.ps, ghostview 1.4.1 does not show a table of pages (so that
one can jump to this page), only Page|Next works. This makes reading
the draft unconvenient. Why is there no pageinformation (that ghostview
seems to need) in the postscript-version of the draft? (Pages work find with
PS-files made from dvi-files). Please help!


Ulf Schuenemann

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I just found the solution to the ghostview-problem in "Re: C++ draft standard":

John W. Schwegler (john@flower.aud.temple.edu) wrote:
[..]
> The reason xpsview and ghostview wouldn't
> provide random access is because of the header on the body.ps (and other ps)
> file. It currently looks like:
> %!PS
>
> (which those programs identify as an unstructured document)
> To allow random access, modify this to:
>
> %!PS-Adobe-2.0
>
> After doing this, I was able to move around in the C++ draft docs.
> Thanks to all who emailed about related things,
> john

Thanx


Ulf Schuenemann

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In article <3o3cab$b9g@News1.mcs.com>,
Jim Fleming <jim.fleming@bytes.com> wrote:
>Has anyone seen any "official" announcements from the official ANSI
> committee?

Yes.

>Is the above version the same as the ISO version and the ANSI version?

Yes, they are the same.

In article <D7z9Du.Ip@kithrup.com>, mrs@cygnus.com says...
>
>In article <3o3cab$b9g@News1.mcs.com>,
>Jim Fleming <jim.fleming@bytes.com> wrote:
>>Has anyone seen any "official" announcements from the official ANSI
>>       committee?
>
>Yes.
>
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I suppose this is the level of response that people can expect if
they go to the trouble of submitting public comments. What a sad
situation. One would hope that the ANSI committee would have attracted
serious participants.

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>>Is the above version the same as the ISO version and the ANSI version?
>
>Yes, they are the same.

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In <1995Apr7.132930.23631@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> I said:
> When the draft is available via FTP it will most definitely be announced
> here. I intend to post the details unless somebody beats me to it. Expect
> an announcement shortly after Easter.
>
I guess it is still "shortly after Easter", just about. The public review
document is now available. You can get it via anonymous FTP from the following
places:

 research.att.com:/dist/c++std/WP
 ftp.maths.warwick.ac.uk:/pub/c++/std/WP

I believe it will appear at a few other sites shortly. Please read the README
file - it explains what the files are and how they can be used.

The document is currently available in PostScript form only. It is a little
over 700 pages long (720, I think). A PDF version will be available in
due course.

Instructions for submitting public comments have not yet been finalised - they
will appear in the same directory in the near future. I will post another
article here when that happens.

Steve.
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In article <1995May1.171103.23614@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>,
steve@maths.warwick.ac.uk says...
>
>In <1995Apr7.132930.23631@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> I said:
>> When the draft is available via FTP it will most definitely be announced
>> here. I intend to post the details unless somebody beats me to it. Expect
>> an announcement shortly after Easter.
>>
>I guess it is still "shortly after Easter", just about. The public review
>document is now available. You can get it via anonymous FTP from the
following
>places:
>
>        research.att.com:/dist/c++std/WP
>        ftp.maths.warwick.ac.uk:/pub/c++/std/WP
>
>I believe it will appear at a few other sites shortly. Please read the
README
>file - it explains what the files are and how they can be used.
>
>The document is currently available in PostScript form only. It is a little
>over 700 pages long (720, I think). A PDF version will be available in
>due course.
>
>Instructions for submitting public comments have not yet been finalised -
they
>will appear in the same directory in the near future. I will post another
>article here when that happens.
>
>Steve.
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Does anyone have an ASCII version which could be used as a basis for open
 discussion here in comp.std.c++?

Has anyone seen any "official" announcements from the official ANSI
 committee?

Is the above version the same as the ISO version and the ANSI version?

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