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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+# $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-scripts/f2txt,v 1.1 2004/10/07 15:04:35 ph10 Exp $
+
+# Script to turn the Exim FAQ into plain ASCII.
+
+use integer;
+
+
+# Function to do text conversions to display paragraphs
+
+sub process_display {
+my($s) = $_[0];
+$s =~ s/^==>/   /;
+return $s;
+}
+
+
+# Function to do text conversions to paragraphs not in displays.
+
+sub process_non_display {
+my($s) = $_[0];
+
+$s =~ s/@\\/@@backslash@@/g;                 # @\ temporarily hidden
+
+$s =~ s/\\#/ /g;                             # \# is a hard space
+
+$s =~ s/\\\*\*([^*]*)\*\*\\/$1/g;            # \**...**\   => text
+$s =~ s/\\\*([^*]*)\*\\/"$1"/g;              # \*.....*\   => "text"
+$s =~ s/\\"([^"]*)"\\/"$1"/g;                # \"....."\   => "text"
+$s =~ s/\\\$([^\$]*)\$\\/\$$1/g;             # \$.....$\   => $text
+$s =~ s/\\\\([^\\]*)\\\\/$1/g;               # \\.....\\   => text
+$s =~ s/\\\(([^)]*)\)\\/$1/g;                # \(.....)\   => text
+$s =~ s/\\-([^-]*)-\\/-$1/g;                 # \-.....-\   => -text
+$s =~ s/\\\[([^]]*)\]\\/<$1>/gx;             # \[.....]\   => <text>
+$s =~ s/\\\?(.*?)\?\\/$1/g;                  # \?.....?\   => text
+$s =~ s/\\\^\^([^^]*)\^\^\\/$1/g;            # \^^...^^\   => text
+$s =~ s/\\\^([^^]*)\^\\/$1/g;                # \^.....^\   => text
+$s =~ s/\\%([^%]*)%\\/"$1"/g;                # \%.....%\   => "text"
+$s =~ s/\\\/([^\/]*)\/\\/$1/g;               # \/...../\   => text
+$s =~ s/\\([^\\]+)\\/"$1"/g;                 # \.......\   => "text"
+
+$s =~ s"//([^/\"]*)//"$1"g;                  # //.....//   => text
+$s =~ s/::([^:]*)::/$1:/g;                   # ::.....::   => text:
+
+$s =~ s/``(.*?)''/"$1"/g;                    # ``.....''   => "text"
+
+$s =~ s/\s*\[\[br\]\]\s*\n/\n/g;             # Remove [[br]]
+
+$s =~ s/@@backslash@@/\\/g;                  # Put back single backslash
+
+return $s;
+}
+
+
+# Main program
+
+# We want to read the file paragraph by paragraph; Perl only does this if the
+# separating lines are truly blank. Having been caught by lines containing
+# whitespace before, do a detrailing pass first.
+
+open(IN, "$ARGV[0]") || die "can't open $ARGV[0] (preliminary)\n";
+open(OUT, ">$ARGV[0]-$$") || die "can't open $ARGV[0]-$$\n";
+while (<IN>)
+  {
+  s/[ \t]+$//;
+  print OUT;
+  }
+close(IN);
+close(OUT);
+rename("$ARGV[0]-$$", "$ARGV[0]") ||
+  die "can't rename $ARGV[0]-$$ as $ARGV[0]\n";
+
+# The second argument is the name of the output file.
+
+open(IN, "$ARGV[0]") || die "can't open $ARGV[0] (for real)\n";
+open(OUT, ">$ARGV[1]") || die "can't open $ARGV[1]\n";
+
+$/ = "";
+
+while ($_ = <IN>)
+  {
+  # Comment lines start with ##
+
+  next if /^\#\#/;
+
+  # If a paragraph begins ==> it is a display which must remain verbatin
+  # and not be reformatted. The flag gets turned into spaces.
+
+  if ($_ =~ /^==>/)
+    {
+    $_ = &process_display($_);
+    }
+
+  # Non-display paragraph
+
+  else
+    {
+    $_ = &process_non_display($_);
+    }
+
+  print OUT;
+  }
+
+close(IN);
+close(OUT);
+
+End