From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 19 21:27:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02ECB37B401 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 21:27:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from barryg.mi.celestial.com (dagney.celestial.com [192.136.111.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6706143F75 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 21:27:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: by barryg.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id A99BD639AA; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 21:27:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 21:27:20 -0700 From: Bill Campbell To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20030719212720.B21267@barryg.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20030720041423.GA20225@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20030720041423.GA20225@raggedclown.net>; from cls@raggedclown.net on Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 06:14:23AM +0200 Subject: Re: apple files X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 04:27:22 -0000 On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 06:14:23AM +0200, Cliff Sarginson wrote: >Hello >I did have a look in the ports. >But does anyone know of a program I can use in mutt to read attachments >that arrive in apple file formats ? >I have to communicate a lot with an Apple user, using god alone knows >what word processor. I think he is using Apple's verson of Word, >but it is hard to get this information out of him, since he is >about as technical as a mongoose. Antiword does a pretty decent job of turning M$ .doc files into ascii text, and it worked fine with a simple ``hello world'' type document created with M$ Office on OS X (typically the four word file took 19,456 bytes :-). All I'm using to handle this in mutt is one line in my ~/.mailcap: application/msword; antiword %s; copiousoutput Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``... because most politicians and bureaucrats are technological idiots, it's going to be crucial for the rank and file members of the IT community to find its collective voice soon.'' --Michael Vizard, InfoWorld Editor in Chief.