README_Kto8 The "Kto8" program converts the strangely ASCII-encoded text files often output by D. Knuth's "TeX" program (v 3.x) into true 8-bit text files. The sign of probable need for conversion by "Kto8" is the presence of pairs ^^ of hat characters. If there are no such pairs, Kto8 will merely copy the file intact. "Kto8" is presently a pd freeware program realized for Macintosh OS as a tiny drag-and-drop utility with a multiple file capability. Since Textures satisfactorily writes 8-bit text files, "Kto8" is dedicated to the several other Macintosh OS TeX systems currently in use. "Kto8" can be helpful or essential when text files output by TeX are to be edited visually -- which occurs, for example: --- when TeX has been called upon to change the encoding of a text file, and --- when an index is being prepared on the basis of information gleaned by TeX. Laurent Siebenmann, lcs@topo.math.u-psud.fr laurent@math.toronto.edu