MS Word document export

[Bruce Pokras]

Maybe I am doing something wrong (but it is so simple, how could I?),  
but I am not seeing any output. I import a file (e.g. a text file)  
and I try to export it as a Word file (.doc). Nothing is created! I  
am on OS X 10.4.11 using Rev 4.0.

On Jan 28, 2010, at 4:52 PM, François Chaplais wrote:

> rev online is back. The stack is "Textutil" in the "Text" category.  
> Works really cool.... I tested Doc (basic text) and webarchive  
> import. The text is there. The links in the webarchive are lost,  
> but h**l, it's a freebie!
>
> Le 28 janv. 2010 à 19:11, stephen barncard a écrit :
>
>> The shell is your friend.
>>
>> Check out textutil  in the shell.  (man textutil)
>>
>> Mac OSX 10.4. and onward has document conversion routines built  
>> into the
>> system. RTF, HTML, DOC, DOCX, WEBARCHIVE, ODT are some of the  
>> formats.
>>
>> Someone (please identify one's self in one's demo stacks!) has  
>> uploaded to
>> REV ONLINE a very simple stack that demonstrates conversion to- 
>> from various
>> text formats using shell calls. However, REV ONLINE,  one of the most
>> difficult to navigate and unresponsive parts of the IDE, is  
>> completely down
>> today.  Contact me offline if you really need the stack, the  
>> author has
>> indicated he's giving it freely. However, the calls are so simple  
>> and well
>> documented that it could be a good exercise in getting a shell  
>> call to work
>> for you, just using the documentation.
>> -------------------------
>> Stephen Barncard
>> San Francisco
>> http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev
>>
>>
>> On 27 January 2010 20:44, <dr.alistair at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Curry,
>>>
>>> I'd be interested in having a look at the beta of the word  
>>> export. I am
>>> currently using merge() to create reports for an application that  
>>> I am
>>> working on. A library to do this sort of stuff sounds like a  
>>> really useful
>>> tool. I would like to use OpenOffice, by preference, so I'm  
>>> interested in
>>> that too.
>>>
>>> Apart from trying it out, will I be bale to look at how you are  
>>> writing the
>>> library. I'm not a very good programmer but if I can help I'd  
>>> like to.
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>> Alistair Campbell
>>> dr.alistair at gmail.com
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