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+ TMW to THDL Extended Wylie Converter+ ++ In the same JAR file as Jskad, power users will find a command-line + utility that converts Tibetan Machine Web-encoded (TMW-encoded) Rich + Text Format (RTF) files to RTF files with the appropriate THDL + Extended Wylie (Wylie) used instead of TMW. + + ++ This converter is smart enough to solve the "curly-brace + problem". This problem originates with certain versions + of Microsoft Word's Rich Text Format writing capabilities. + + ++ Further, this converter gives a polite error message when a given + .rtf file simply cannot be read by the version of Java used. + + ++ Perhaps most importantly, the converter has a + --find-some-non-tmw mode of operation that gives you, the + user, confidence that RTF reading and writing idiosyncrasies are not + going to interfere with a flawless conversion. It does so by + printing out the first occurrence of a given character in a non-TMW + font. Here is some example output: + +
+java -cp Jskad.jar \
+ org.thdl.tib.input.TMW_RTF_TO_THDL_WYLIE \
+ --find-some-non-tmw \
+ "Dalai Lama Fifth History 01.rtf"
+non-TMW character newline in the font Tahoma appears first at location 39
+non-TMW character ' ' in the font TimesNewRoman appears first at location 45
+non-TMW character '}' in the font Tahoma appears first at location 66
+non-TMW character '{' in the font Tahoma appears first at location 219
+non-TMW character '\' in the font Tahoma appears first at location 1237
+non-TMW character newline in the font Times New Roman appears first at location 9754
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++ Given the above output, you can be sure that a flawless conversion + (barring the appearance of known bugs) will + result when you run java -cp Jskad.jar + org.thdl.tib.input.TMW_RTF_TO_THDL_WYLIE "Dalai Lama Fifth History + 01.rtf" > "Dalai Lama Fifth History 01 in THDL Extended + Wylie.rtf". This is because the only text in the input + file besides Tibetan is whitespace and the Tahoma characters + '{', '}', and '\'. These Tahoma + characters are understood by the tool; they are symptoms of the + "curly-brace problem". + + +Invoking the Converter+ ++ First add Jskad.jar to your CLASSPATH. Now run the command + java org.thdl.tib.input.TMW_RTF_TO_THDL_WYLIE from a + command prompt. You will see usage information appear. + + +Known Bugs+ ++ If the TMW given is not syntactically legal, then the Wylie that + results will not necessarily yield, if imported into Jskad, the same + Tibetan with which the converter started. + + ++ Please + + + e-mail us + + your comments about this page. + + +
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