myDSL Extensions (deprecated) :: antiword.dsl?



Siag seems to have antiword version 0.32, while the current is 0.35. I would believe that the newer version have better support for converting documents from more recent versions of M$-word, and it also seems that for instance support for lists, text boxes, superscript/subscript, etc. has improved or been added. There seems to have been several bug-fixes as well. Perhaps it would still be an idea to make an antiword.dsl extension, with antiword-0.35?

-r
I agree. There is a good reason for you to make an antiword.dsl

Good Luck.
Good. Only problem is I have never tried it before... Well, one time has to be the first! Could anyone be kind enough to give me the directions to a description of how to do it that is suitable for a beginner? (And I will also look for it myself of course, but I know some of you save the best links)
:)

-r
OK,

Here is a dsl extension building script called deb2dsl:

http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....deb2dsl


Follow the instructions IN DETAIL and it should work. You will need firefox or Opera to copy the script into your clipboard and paste into Scite.  For some reason the copy/paste functions don't work well with Dillo or Glinks.

There is a copy of antiword 0.35 that is located in the TESTING Debian sources, so you will have to point your system in the direction of the testing packages.

After you have enabled apt, open an xterm and type:

sudo su
scite /etc/apt/sources.list

Scite will then appear. Look for the line that doesn't begin with a "#" symbol and change the word "stable" to "testing".  Then save the file.

Then go back to your xterm and type:

apt-get update
apt-get install antiword
exit

and you should be in business.  Keep in mind that Antiword is a command line utility so it won't work properly if chosen from the fluxbox menu list.  It works find if it is used from within the xterminal window command prompt.

Hope this helps, and glad to see that you are willing to give it a shot.
I tried this approach at home in the weekend, but I couldn't get it right. I do not have an internet connection at home, so I copied the content of this link below to scite, and then worked with it at home. Since I don't have an internet connection at home, I had to install antiword through CDs with Debian - testing. All this might be the reason why I didn't succeed, but I don't know. I did manage to install antiword properly though. Will the approach work with DSL installed to hd?

-r
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