.doc files

Simon Barner barner at in.tum.de
Sat Oct 4 03:47:45 PDT 2003


> > I'm trying to figure out how to convert .doc files into a unix file so I
> > can read it with say emacs, vi and etc.? Thanks
> 
> By 'unix file' I assume you mean a text file.
> Try /usr/ports/textproc/antiword.

Yep, that works great. I have this line here

application/msword; antiword %s; copiousoutput

in my .mailcap, which brings me seamless integration for .doc files into
mutt (well, at least more or less ;-)

Simon
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