iLiad Antiword for iLiad

[ericshliao]

Antiword official site: http://www.winfield.demon.nl/

This is an interesting program. It can convert MS Word file (.doc) to text and display the contents in console.
No GUI . If I can make antiword correctly convert Chinese text, I will make a GUI program to display the contents. It's not a tough task.

Install:
unpack the attached zip. Put the dir ".antiword" in "/home/root", and the file "antiword" in "/usr/bin" (or anywhere you want, just don't forget to chmod).

Usage:
In console mode, type "./antiword your_word_file.doc" and see the output.

PS.
Antiword also supports xml format output.

[ericshliao]

Alright, I figured out how to convert Chinese word doc correctly. Just use "-m utf-8.txt" option. It should be working for other non-English word files.
If someone (maybe I will) provide a GUI program to dispaly text contents, we can have a MS Word reader for iLiad.

I guess it should be easier to write a shell script to:
1. execute Antiword to convert doc to a temporary text file
2. execute Leafpad to read that temporary text file

[ericshliao]

In essence, I have a MS Word reader now. Here is a package for you to try.
Special note: I don't know if the package work for original FW2.12. I have upgraded my GTK+ libs and I have no original FW2.12 to test. But I guess it should be working.

Install:
1. unpack "leafpad.zip" (with dir "leafpad") to /media/card/programs.
2. Unpack "antiword.zip" (with dir "antiword") to /usr/share.
3. modify your /mnt/registry/registry.xml, add these sections

        <application type="MSWORD">
            <appCategory>viewer</appCategory>
            <argMask>_FILENAME_</argMask>
            <execute>/media/card/programs/leafpad/run.sh</execute>
            <supportFormat>
                <extName>doc</extName>
            </supportFormat>
            <xResourceName>sh</xResourceName>
            <ipcChannel>14</ipcChannel>
            <appIconPath/>
        </application>

        <extensionInfo>
            <associateApp>MSWORD</associateApp>
            <extName>doc</extName>
            <extIcon>/usr/share/contentlister/Icon_doc.png</extIcon>
        </extensionInfo>

4. Reboot. You can open MS Word file from contentlister now.

[ericshliao]

Ah, I forgot to put xepdmgr in the package. Please get Antartica's xepdmgr and put it in "/usr/bin".

If you have FBReader installed, you can use it as a text viewer (replace leafpad).

[X. Trapnel]

Hrmmm - I thought I posted this reply last night, but I guess not!

Anyway, Eric, thanks tons for all this. I spent awhile trying to get this to work yesterday without (full) success-- at the end of my efforts clicking on a Word document made the thing flash, but not load into Leafpad, though it did create the tmp.txt. I think you're right that the GTK libraries are needed to get the new Leafpad to work; it gives some error about pango-something.

Is it (relatively) safe to put your library set in? You say something in that package about what you need to keep in - does that mean one should manually delete the others?

And if I use FBReader instead, would you suggest editing the /usr/bin/fbreader.sh script to handle .docs as a special case, following the method you use with the run.sh script in leafpad, or what?

Thanks tons for writing this!

[ericshliao]

Originally Posted by X. Trapnel

Is it (relatively) safe to put your library set in? You say something in that package about what you need to keep in - does that mean one should manually delete the others?

It's safe to put new libs, but dangerous to delete old libs. You have to manually delete some old libs. I won't suggest doing such action on your iLiad. Please make a bootable CF and test it on the CF. Only apply the upgrade on your iLiad after making sure the cf works fine.

Originally Posted by X. Trapnel

And if I use FBReader instead, would you suggest editing the /usr/bin/fbreader.sh script to handle .docs as a special case, following the method you use with the run.sh script in leafpad, or what?

It's not a good idea to modify /usr/bin/fbreader.sh. IMHO, modify leafpad/run.sh and copy the commands in /usr/bin/fbreader.sh will be a safer way. After making sure it's working, move it to /usr/bin and modify registry.xml as a separate script to open .doc with fbreader. Don't replace the original /usr/bin/fbreader.sh.

Added:
To use leafpad, xepdmgr is a must-have. I forgot to include it in the attachment. Please get it. It's not needed for FBReader 0.8.14.

[X. Trapnel]

Thanks!