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: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: era+emacs <at> iki.fi, schwab <at> suse.de, rpluim <at> gmail.com, 20891 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se
Subject: bug#20891: emacs: Back off if .doc is not an Office document
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 09:56:07 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Maybe my reading of the 'magic' file is wrong, but it seems to say
> otherwise.

I just consulted https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_signatures,
but I have little practical experience with .doc files myself.

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