[aclug-L] Re: re compusa and linux applications

[John Phillips <jphillip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Looking back at the original message, where do you see .doc ?
I just see doc.  Keeping one's file extenions straight makes 
computing much simpler.
John Phillips


On Mon, 29 May 2000, Jonathan Hall wrote:

> A .doc file *is* a binary file.
> 
> Unless you've appended a .doc extension to a file that normally is not a
> .doc file.   .doc is used for MS Word documents.
> 
> 
> On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 02:45:28PM -0500, John Phillips wrote:
> > The message I responded to had no mention of a binary file.
> > John Phillips
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, 28 May 2000, Jonathan Hall wrote:
> > 
> > > No... less foobar.doc would be much worse... it's not an ASCII/text-based
> > > file... it's binary.  If you're lucky, you might actually come across
> > > semgents of recognizable text... but any graphics, forms, formatting,
> > > margins, etc, will totally NOT work with less.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 11:50:46AM -0500, Lowell wrote:
> > > > John Phillips wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > less docfilename
> > > > 
> > > > alas, here is a sample of "less foo.abw." I assume a
> > > > .doc file would
> > > > come out approximately the same. (?) 
> > > > 
> > > > <p props="margin-left:0.5000in;
> > > > text-align:center"><c props="font-size:24pt;
> > > > font-style:italic; font-weight:bold">Troublesome
> > > > Pairs Exercise</c></p>
> > > > <p props="margin-left:0.5000in;
> > > > text-align:center"></p>
> > > > <p props="margin-left:0.5000in; text-align:left"><c
> > > > props="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;
> > > > font-style:italic; font-weight:bold">          
> > > > Directions: </c><c props="font-family:Times New
> > > > Roman; font-size:10pt; font-style:normal;
> > > > font-weight:normal">Choose the proper verb form from
> > > > the two choices offered, and </c></p>
> > > > <p props="margin-left:0.5000in; text-align:left"><c
> > > > props="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;
> > > > font-style:normal;
> > > > font-weight:normal">                      write it
> > > > in the blank  to the right.</c></p>
> > > > 
> > > > I have to look hard to find anything from the actual
> > > > text because
> > > > it's highly formatted; perhaps there's another step
> > > > I could take
> > > > to strip the formatting info, but less doesn't do it
> > > > by itself.
> > > > 
> > > > Lowell
> > > > 
> > > > "Never assume malice where incompetence suffices."
> > > > 
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