Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 10:10:02 -0800 (PST) From: Brion Moss <brion@queeg.com> To: freebsd-ports Subject: Re: ports/5162: port submission: catdoc Message-ID: <199711291810.KAA11634@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/5162; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Brion Moss <brion@queeg.com> To: Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com> Cc: brion@queeg.com, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/5162: port submission: catdoc Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 10:01:56 -0800 (PST) Sheldon Hearn writes: > On Thu, 27 Nov 1997 11:18:02 PST, Brion Moss wrote: > > > I've created a port for catdoc, a M$ Word to ASCII translator > > and viewer. The tarball is in > > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/incoming/catdoc.tgz > > Two suggestions: > > 1) This port uses old wish4.2 ... I'd suggest you patch it to use tk80 > instead. No problem. > 2) The default behaviour of catdoc when operating on Word97 documents is > to spew high ASCII junk chars that trash the terminal display. > Perhaps you should mention in pkg/DESCR which versions it supports > and patch to cut out crapchars by default. Hmmm, I didn't even think of that. I'll try to find a copy of Word97 so I can check it out. Or...could you send me a Word97 document I can test with? -Brion
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