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textddif(1)
NAME
  textddif - convert text formatted files to DDIF formatted files

SYNOPSIS
  textddif [-m message_log] [-O optionfile] [-o outputfile] [-p
  options_line]... [-d extension] [inputfile [outputfile [logfile]]]

OPTIONS
  -m message_log
      Enables enhanced messaging and logs all messages to message_log or, if
      `-' is specified, to the standard error in place of the message_log. If
      you do not specify this option, only serious errors are reported.

  -O optionfile
      Specifies the name of the options file containing options for this
      converter. There are currently no options for this converter.

  -o outputfile
      Specifies the name of the output file. Included in the command syntax
      for compatibility with the cdoc command.

  -p options_line
      Allows you to specify options on command line. Has the same effect as
      specifying an options file for this converter. You can specify up to
      100 options.

  -d extension
      Allows the specification of a default file extension for compatibility
      with other operating systems.

DESCRIPTION
  The textddif command reads a text formatted file from inputfile and writes
  a DDIF file to outputfile. To convert from file.text to file.ddif type:

       textddif file.text file.ddif

  If you do not supply an input file, or if you supply a minus sign (-) as an
  argument, textddif reads the text file from standard input. If you do not
  supply an output file, or if a minus sign (-) is encountered as an
  argument, textddif writes the DDIF file to standard output.

  You can also invoke the textddif conversion with the cdoc command when you
  use that command and specify the option -s text.

  The textddif command maps line breaks and form feeds to DDIF directives.
  One or more contiguous blank lines are interpreted as end-of-paragraph
  markers. The text input file does not lose any information because no
  structure information is contained in a text file. The information in the
  intermediate representation of the input file maps directly to the DDIF
  output file.

  The textddif command converts all nonprinting characters to space
  characters. For example, characters introducing ANSI escape characters are
  converted to space characters. There is no attempt to interpret ANSI escape
  sequences.

SEE ALSO
  cdoc(1), cda(4), cda_msg(4), ddif(4)