GNU bug report logs - #20891
emacs: Back off if .doc is not an Office document

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: era+emacs <at> iki.fi

Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:20:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.4+1-4ubuntu5

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: era <era+emacs <at> iki.fi>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 20891 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20891: emacs: Back off if .doc is not an Office document
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 00:19:42 +0100

era <era+emacs <at> iki.fi> writes:

> On the other hand, if the behavior described in the original bug report is still
> current, that's quirky and unexpected. Really, how many people *expect* Emacs to
> be able to open a Word document, and are any of them happy when they get a
> static image to look at in Emacs?

AFAIU, the problem is that we do not have a mode to edit Microsoft
Word documents.  It would obviously be fantastic if someone would be
willing to write such a package, but it's a potentially big task.

So, as long as we lack editing capabilities, showing an image of the
document in Emacs is actually pretty useful.  More useful than getting
garbled text, at any rate.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
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