Re: Help to view .doc files with no-word.el & antiword please

[Joost Kremers]

rpd wrote:
> Hi Joost again
> Thanks for your further help.
> I am not quite sure what you mean here by 'Shell PATH'
>
> When I open cmd prompt (Vista) I get this in the shell:
> ----
> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
> Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
> C:\Users\Dad>
> ----
> This directory- C:\Users\Dad - is set as my HOME directory
> Do I need to add this directory to my PATH env?

no. the directory in which antiword.exe is located should be on your PATH.

what happens when you open a command prompt and type 'antiword'? if your PATH is
properly set up, the command should be found. if not, you'll get an error.

> This is confusing to me!
> (where win Vista puts Home & where Emacs looks for Home!

these are indeed different. but that's not relevant to your problem. emacs uses
shell-command-on-region to run antiword, i.e., it starts up a DOS shell and
tells it to run antiword. but the DOS shell can't find antiword.

> Emacs has its own shell!)

this is also true (at least on unix, don't know about windows, TBH) but also not
relevant to the problem.


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