Re: Help to view .doc files with no-word.el & antiword please

[rpd <richard@dickinson350.freeserve.co.uk>]

Hi Joost

I do not know what the previous error message was (possibly I had the wrong
file path?!)
BUT I am now able to open Word .doc files with M-x no-word-find-file [RET]
(then enter file path & when I get the path to the file right!).

Many thanks for all your help,regards

rpd wrote:
> 
> Joost
> 
> Thanks once more.
> Now when I get the right direcory path I get this error message:
> 
> c:/Users/Dad/Charliemissing.doc is not a Word Document.
> 
> (but Charliemissing.doc IS a Word .doc(!))
> 
> I don't think Emacs & antiword & no-word.el like me!
> 
> Anymore ideas? Thanks & regards
> 
> 
> Joost Kremers wrote:
>> 
>> rpd wrote:
>>>
>>> Joost
>>> Thanks for your further advice but when I try M-x no-word-find-file
>>>
>>> I get this error message:
>>> I can't open '~/Charliemissing.doc' for reading
>>>
>>> (am I in the right directory? it should be
>>> C:\Users\Dad\Charliemissing.doc)
>>>
>>> Anymore ideas?
>> 
>> emacs on windows (at least vista, haven't tried other versions) thinks a
>> user's
>> home directory is "C:\Users\<username>\Application Data\some_subdir" for
>> some reason i don't understand. so the tilde character ~ expands to that,
>> not to
>> C:\Users\<username>, as one might expect.
>> 
>> if you type the full path to the file, it should work. (or, IMHO the
>> better
>> option, create a HOME environment variable and set it to
>> "C:\Users\<username>".
>> google should have info on how to do that.)
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Joost Kremers                                      joostkremers@yahoo.com
>> Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht
>> EN:SiS(9)
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

-- 
View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Help-to-view-.doc-files-with-no-word.el---antiword-please-tp25102080p25138304.html
Sent from the Emacs - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.