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: .doc files in emacs Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:02:28 +1100 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <87slfgd55n.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1166233322 8996 80.91.229.10 (16 Dec 2006 01:42:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:42:02 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 16 02:42:02 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GvOYp-0004hP-Rx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:42:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GvOYp-0008Ai-B1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:41:59 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!sn-xt-sjc-03!sn-xt-sjc-01!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.91 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:TiTxjq3T2rPk9JOA0pJYSf1pzOw= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 27 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:144008 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:39610 Archived-At: Gary Wessle writes: > Hi > I received a .dco file today and googled to find if I can open it in > emacs. > could not find an answer so I am asking here. > can a microsoft .doc file be viewed/edited/converted/whatever by > emacs? > if not, how do you people handle this file? > I posted a utility called txutils.el to g.e.sources a couple of weeks back. This utility converts various file formats to text or html using external utilities such as wv. The utility "advises" the view-file function so that conversion is done automatically when you select a file to view with a known extension. Currently, it will convert *.doc, *.ppt, *.xls, *.ps and *.pdf. The utility has a "customize" configuration that makes it quite easy to extend conversion for other types. Let me know i you want a copy. However, note that it is pretty much my first elisp utility I've let out into the wild - I think the elisp is OK, but not great and probably could be greatly improved by a more experienced elisper. -- tcross (at) une dot edu dot au