Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 01:03:08 -0400 From: Tim Kellers <timothyk@wallnet.com> To: freebsd@celestial.com, FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: apple files Message-ID: <200307200103.09013.timothyk@wallnet.com> In-Reply-To: <20030719212720.B21267@barryg.mi.celestial.com> References: <20030720041423.GA20225@raggedclown.net> <20030719212720.B21267@barryg.mi.celestial.com>
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If your client is using Appleworks, it's a bit more difficult. I had a hacked up version of an Appleworks file format reader taken from OS X (server) 1.1 --or maybe the earlier version, circa 1999. If yu need it let me know and I'll see if I can dig it up. Tim Kellers CPE/NJIT On Sunday 20 July 2003 12:27 am, Bill Campbell wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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