From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Help to view .doc files with no-word.el & antiword please Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:44:20 +1000 Organization: Rapt Technologies Message-ID: <87my5oih1n.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> References: <87r5v1ime4.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251182450 8045 80.91.229.12 (25 Aug 2009 06:40:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:40:50 +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 08:40:44 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 1Mfphz-0004MS-RC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:40:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36510 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mfphz-0003Ly-6g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:40:43 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!indigo.octanews.net!news-out.octanews.net!mauve.octanews.net!news.astraweb.com!border1.newsrouter.astraweb.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:1v+UTl+dPr/GfHTIDAy+pqo1vnQ= Original-Lines: 17 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: e0a90e8f.news.astraweb.com Original-X-Trace: DXC=DeYQCPiX>NGOObP71A_HVDL?0kYOcDh@JZKQhC[SWi9HBZ4hSa9_FEMn2\ID1; SGjFXc<60Ki\:jI Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:172351 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:67493 Archived-At: Joost Kremers writes: > Tim X wrote: >> Although not a direct solution, you may find the following useful. I use >> it to convert various different formats to text for viewing within >> emacs. > > you know about doc-view-mode? it can be used to view pdf, ps and dvi files in > emacs. though it doesn't handle .doc files... Yep, know about it, but it doesn't meet my needs. I need the contents in text, not as images and I find my approach faster and easier to add additional converters etc. Tim. -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au