From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: rpd Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Help to view .doc files with no-word.el & antiword please Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:01:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <25138304.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <25102080.post@talk.nabble.com> <25137851.post@talk.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251219713 29632 80.91.229.12 (25 Aug 2009 17:01:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:01:53 +0000 (UTC) To: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 25 19:01:46 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MfzOy-0002pI-G5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:01:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41569 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MfzOx-0001dr-LM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:01:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MfzOR-0001ai-EW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:01:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MfzOM-0001WP-PC for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:01:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52230 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MfzOM-0001Vv-9L for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:01:06 -0400 Original-Received: from kuber.nabble.com ([216.139.236.158]:49950) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MfzOK-00038s-FS for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:01:04 -0400 Original-Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by kuber.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1MfzOI-0005eU-3m for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:01:02 -0700 In-Reply-To: <25137851.post@talk.nabble.com> X-Nabble-From: richard@dickinson350.freeserve.co.uk X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:67522 Archived-At: 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\\Application Data\some_subdir" for >> some reason i don't understand. so the tilde character ~ expands to that, >> not to >> C:\Users\, 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\". >> 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.