Re: viewing docx files

[tomas]

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On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 09:36:44AM -0600, Devin Prater wrote:
> Hi all. I'm running Gnu-Emacs (latest brew install emacs version) on
> MacOS Sierra. I run Emacs in the terminal, and use the Emacspeak
> package for access, since I am blind. I received an email (gnews),
> with an attachment, two docx files for reading. I was able to
> download the attachments to my ~/ directory. I opened the file (c-x
> c-f then tab completion), but it opened in the archive viewer. I've
> read online that there is a DocViewer, but I cannot get Emacs to
> open the files in that doc viewer.
> Using PanDoc in a shell, I was able to convert the docx file to a
> usable HTML file, but if there's a way to natively view these types
> of files, I'd be saving a lot of time.
> Thanks for any help.

There is a DocView mode (cf. https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DocViewMode),
but it passes through PostScript (via GhostScript), in your case through
unoconv. The postscript seems to include the (plain) text, since it
supports text searching.

All in all, your approach with pandoc might prove superior for your
use case. Perhaps a little automation. There is an Emacs pandoc-mode,
but alas, I haven't any experience with that.

Regards
- -- tomás
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