On 2014-08-23 11:19:35 +0100, Olly Betts wrote:
> This is the new-style XML-in-a-zip-container format, which is completely
> different to the binary Microsoft Word formats which antiword handles
> most of.
>
> There's no realistic likelihood of antiword supporting this - the last
> antiword upstream release was 2005-10-21 (which predates this XML
> format). The antiword package is still useful for handling the files it
> handles, but I don't plan to take on maintaining the upstream code to
> the extent of adding support for entirely new formats.
>
> The error message isn't very helpful though - it was correct at the time
> of the last upstream release, but arguably isn't now, as you point out.
> We can at least improve that.
OK, thanks. But there are other things to improve:
* The short description of the antiword package. For instance,
replace
Converts MS Word files to text, PS and PDF
by
Converts old MS Word files to text, PS and PDF
(otherwise one thinks that antiword is the right tool to convert MS Word
files, while nowadays most MS Word are unsupported by antiword).
* Its man page, which currently says "Only documents made by MS Word
version 2 and version 6 or later are supported." but the "or later"
is now incorrect. Perhaps it could match the long description
("MS Word 6, 7, 97 and 2000") if it is correct.
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