Example conversion tables for CONV

These tables should be regarded as "binary".

Almost always they will be indecipherable in an ordinary file reader.

A robust screen editor like "GNU-Emacs" is a good place to view them (and also to make them).


ROT-13 conversion
For those who have never heard of "ROT 13": it is an order 2 conversion operating only on printable text that is used for insecure encryption such as hiding the answer to a posed question.

"Carriage-return" removal
This table simply substitutes the empty string for each "carriage-return". This conversion is sometimes usefully applied to a file that has been moved to a UNIX platform from an MSDOS platform.

LF to CR-LF conversion
This table simply substitutes a two character string consisting of a "carriage-return" followed by a "linefeed" for each "linefeed". This conversion is sometimes usefully applied to a file that has been moved to an MSDOS platform from a UNIX platform.

MTE to LaserJet conversion
This table makes an MTE file ready for printing on a Hewlett Packard Laser Jet printer with an appropriate NON-PROPORTIONAL "math font". (Remember that typewriters have fixed-width fonts.) It is furnished only as an example inasmuch as it is likely not to work without modification.