GNU bug report logs - #15947
DocView interferes with etc/enriched.doc

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 18:23:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #9 received at 15947 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bastien <bzg <at> altern.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 15947 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15947: DocView interferes with etc/enriched.doc
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 10:31:23 +0100

Hi Glenn,

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Glenn Morris wrote:
>
>> It works correctly in 24.3.
>
> I guess it would fail in 24.3 as well if I had "unoconv" installed.
> doc-view-mode-maybe decides that the type is 'odf.

Using .doc as the extension is confusing to the user and to the
computer where those files may be (visually) associated with the
wrong program.

Maybe we should simply use another extension?

.ert (as Emacs Rich Text)

What do you think?

-- 
 Bastien
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