Date   : Tue, 03 Apr 1984 03:23:00 MST (Tue)
From   : Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@Simtel20.ARPA>
Subject: ENSOFT/UNSOFT cleans WS text files

The following new files have been uploaded to SIMTEL20:

Filename                       Type     Bytes   Sectors     CRC

Directory MICRO:<CPM.TXTUTL>
ENSOFT.COM.1                   COM       4864   38 =  26H  15F1H
ENSOFT.HEX.1                   ASCII    11860   93 =  5DH  7114H
UNSOFT.COM.1                   COM       6144   48 =  30H  3875H
UNSOFT.DOC.1                   ASCII     1057    9 =   9H  9256H
UNSOFT.HEX.1                   ASCII    14970  117 =  75H  E2FCH

What these files do:

ENSOFT.COM -  A program to convert an ASCII text file to Wordstar
document mode.  Makes educated guesses about where to put soft and
hard carriage returns as well as soft spaces.


UNSOFT.COM - A program to convert Wordstar document-mode files to
normal ASCII text files.  Resets all high order bits added by Wordstar
to zero.  Removes all control characters except TAB, FF, CR and LF.
Strips out dot commands except .PA which it converts to FF.  Changes
the 1FH soft hyphen at end-of-line to a real 2DH hyphen.  (FILTX2
would totally remove the character.)  Handles non-break-space
correctly.  Type UNSOFT ? for additional information.  

    NOTE:  If for any reason you do not wish to retain FF (form feed)
          characters, you can run the program through FILTX.COM after
          first using UNSOFT.COM.

                               - These versions by Paul Homchick
                               - Philadelphia, PA (215) 687-6969
                                                  (215) 964-8050