29) How can I convert a TeX or LaTeX file into a plain ASCII file,
    with all the formatting intact, a la nroff?

    This isn't easy. If anyone has a good solution, please email me.
    One possibility is to use screen.sty, available from all the
    major archives. However you need a program called crudetype to 
    process the resulting dvi file. It is available from 
    emx.utexas.edu (128.83.1.33) in
    ./pub/mnt/source/tex/tex-3.0/DVIware/lpr-viewers/crudetype and
    from rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.1.12) in 
    ./serv2/soft/tex/drivers/screenview. Another possibility is to 
    use the LaTeX-to-ASCII conversion program, l2a, available from 
    comp.sources.misc archives (one archive site is ftp.uu.net 
    (137.39.1.2)), although this is really more of a de-TeXing
    program.

    Ralph Droms is interested in working with a TeXnician on this
    problem, and has a somewhat usable package to do it. If you
    are interested, send electronic mail to droms@sol.bucknell.edu.