Reading structured files into MORE
Posted by jlarue
on 5/22/2002
jlarue
5/22/2002 7:35 am
KAMAS and PC-Outline could output "structured outline" files, whose lines looked something like this:
.HEAD 0 + My main heading
.HEAD 1 - the first subordinate heading
.HEAD 1 + etc.
Using MORE 3.1, when I try to "Receive from" such a file, I can read it in as plain text, but it does not preserve or interpret outline structure.
I thought I remembered seeing somewhere on this site that MORE *could* read structured files. Any help would be appreciated.
.HEAD 0 + My main heading
.HEAD 1 - the first subordinate heading
.HEAD 1 + etc.
Using MORE 3.1, when I try to "Receive from" such a file, I can read it in as plain text, but it does not preserve or interpret outline structure.
I thought I remembered seeing somewhere on this site that MORE *could* read structured files. Any help would be appreciated.
max30
5/22/2002 6:50 pm
I did an experiment. I just opened a plain text file and typed some headings and subheading into it by using the tab key. --Received from inside More, and it happily kept the headings strait. So there's no need for fancy .Head 1 stuff. Just export to a tabbed document and receive from. More does what you want. More is the King. Long live More.