https://github.com/smittytone/notepad2text
Update of a 1990s program for converting Amstrad NC100 word files to RTF
https://github.com/smittytone/notepad2text
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Update of a 1990s program for converting Amstrad NC100 word files to RTF
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/smittytone/notepad2text
- Owner: smittytone
- License: mit
- Created: 2025-01-25T12:25:05.000Z (12 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-02-25T10:13:07.000Z (11 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-25T10:22:01.028Z (11 months ago)
- Language: C
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- Size: 36.1 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md
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# Notepad2Text
This code is an update of a 1990s program for converting [Amstrad NC100 Notepad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_NC100) word processor files to RTF written by Maksim Lin, then a student at Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia. You can [find his original zip file here](https://www.ncus.org.uk/utils.htm#nc_to_rtf).
Maksim's code was written in C and targeted Windows machines. I have modified his code very slightly to allow it to be built on a Unix machine: my Raspberry Pi 500 running Linux. I have not tried to compile the updated code under any version of Windows because I'm not able to do so. I'm happy to consider pull requests that re-enable Windows usage if I have broken it. Please target the `develop` branch.
Being something of a code-formatting martinet, I have taken the opportunity to tidy up Maksim's code. I have also added optional plain text output (handy if, like me, you're pasting the result into web page or text editor) and enforced use of the Linux/macOS new line format: ie. `CRLF` to `LF`. It's not hard to hack back if you're a Windows user.
I have released my version, renamed *notepad2text* to align with [*word2text*](https://github.com/smittytone/Word2Text), under the terms of the GPL.
## Compilation
This is very straightforward:
```bash
gcc -o notepad2text np-rtf.c
```
You can now copy the build to any location in your `PATH`, eg.
```bash
sudo mv notepad2text /usr/local/bin
```
## Usage
Copy across a word file (eg. `.npd`) from the NC100 then run:
```bash
notepad2text test.npd
```
The output will be in same directory but named `.rtf`.
If you'd rather just get plain text, add the `--text` flag:
```bash
notepad2text --text test.npd
```
The output will be in same directory but named `.txt`.
Both types of output file use the Linux/macOS new line format.