[Tugindia] Support for old sty files from tetex?

[S. venkataraman]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana [mailto:bhaskara_p at vsnl.com] 
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:38 AM
> To: TUGIndia Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Tugindia] Support for old sty files from tetex?
> 
> 
> 
> > > \documentstyle{bona}
> > >
> > > Is there any easiest way to change from bona .sty to 
> bona.cls? or Is 
> > > it possible to get support from tetex for documentstyle like 
> > > miktex2.2?
> 
> > Quite often, changing the file name to bona.cls will do.
> > Just create a copy called bona.cls and try 
> \documentclass{bona}.  If 
> > you have any  problem, send the file. I will see if I can help.
> I already tried with changing name and also few more things 
> but it was not 
> successful.
> There should be some basic change in .sty file and .cls file, 
> isn't it? Manjusha
Yes, perhaps.  How did you create the bona.sty. Is it by changing
article.sty?
If yes, one way to accomplish the following.  Use ediff to find the 
 commands you changed in article.sty. Create a file called newbona.sty
where 
 you can incorporate all the changes using \renewcommand. Then use 
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{newbona}
I am sure Latex companion will discuss how to write packages. 
 It is not as difficult as it seems.
With best regards,
S. Venkataraman.