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| Re antiword output to a file |
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By edmundf - Posted on March 27, 2006 - 01:50:32 (#19295)
Current version when comment was posted: 0.37 |
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| antiword output to a file |
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By Pete G. - Posted on March 25, 2006 - 13:43:19 (#19285)
Current version when comment was posted: 0.37 |
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Simple fix:
"antiword -a a4 wordfile.doc >wordfile.pdf"
Antiword is one of those common command-line apps that only send results to 'standard output' which is by default the Terminal. If you want a file, you must redirect to it, using the '>' character as above. HTH.
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| So close and yet so far |
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By edmundf - Posted on March 25, 2006 - 03:19:40 (#19273)
Current version when comment was posted: 0.37 |
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BeoS R5.03
I tried to convert a M$Word doc using the terminal.
I did antiword -a a4 wordfile.doc.
In the terminal I see a PDF doc appear but it is like
looking at a source code.
No pdf file is saved anywhere, just to see if it actually does anything useful, I cut and paste this terminal output in stylededit and saved it.
Guess what, I can open this with BePDF.
( after an other bigger testfile, BePDF asked for a password ?? )
Anyway it seems to work but what must I do to save a
PDF file automatically?
This really would be a great help for us BeoS users
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| Re: ..Options |
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By Pete G. - Posted on January 30, 2006 - 15:11:56 (#18955)
Current version when comment was posted: 0.36 |
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> No I used the xicon to drop a file on.
Heh -- I guess xicon is sometimes a little *too* convenient... (:-)
Glad you're using it though!
I'd guess you're also using Zeta? This probably has some different assumptions for default coding.
Try getting it to work from a Terminal first. Then you can just open up the xicon script in StyledEdit or somewhere and change the antiword line appropriately.
(And, yes, I do see there is now a 0.37 source available. I';; update BeBits when I get a chance.)
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| Re. Try some options... |
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By edmundf - Posted on January 30, 2006 - 10:50:08 (#18948)
Current version when comment was posted: 0.36 |
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.........
> Try choosing the mapping with "-m 8859-1".
> If you just want to read the text, don't use the "-p" > switch at all (which I assume you are...)
No I used the xicon to drop a file on.
I tried that before on BeOS R 5.03 and it worked.
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By ModeenF - Posted on January 30, 2006 - 00:55:25 (#18943)
Current version when comment was posted: 0.36 |
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To early (07:55).. it was R1.1.. not that it make any differens :)
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By ModeenF - Posted on January 30, 2006 - 00:53:59 (#18942)
Current version when comment was posted: 0.36 |
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I did a compile from source with no problem on my Zeta R1 .. Did move the Make.beos file that I found (think that it was antiword that had one.. Have tested some other programs so I don't remember).
I did not test it exept run antiword in the terminal..
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| version 0.37 |
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By rgb@free.fr - Posted on January 29, 2006 - 22:57:51 (#18941)
Current version when comment was posted: 0.36 |
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is available, can you make update
thanks,
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| Try some options... |
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By Pete G. - Posted on January 29, 2006 - 16:13:19 (#18940)
Current version when comment was posted: 0.36 |
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I don't see that problem (PS & UTF-8) on my system, but it sounds like antiword is somehow selecting
UTF-8 as the current mapping on your setup.
Try choosing the mapping with "-m 8859-1".
If you just want to read the text, don't use the "-p" switch
at all (which I assume you are...)
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| Problems with UTF-8 |
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By edmundf - Posted on January 29, 2006 - 04:20:22 (#18935)
Current version when comment was posted: 0.36 |
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With many windoze docs I get :
"The combination Postscript and UTF-8 is not supported"
Is there anything I can do to fix that or is there an
update somewhere?
Thanks, I really need something to read these
M$ docs :-(
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| Good work |
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By edmundf - Posted on December 20, 2003 - 07:16:55 (#10060)
Current version when comment was posted: 0.35 |
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Now I can see images send by aliens who still encrypt there messages in Windoze language. ( gobe doesn't ).
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| How does Antiword compare with GP2's support for Doc files? |
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By Prognathous - Posted on May 6, 2003 - 06:39:00 (#7196)
Current version when comment was posted: 0.33 |
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I've been using Gobe for quite some time and find it satisfactory, does Antiword provide any significant advantages?
Prog.
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