[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <00A96FEA.C91F961F at sendspamhere.org>,
	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> In article <obydncht8rSnK93WnZ2dnUVZ_qudnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>>VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>> In article <4b40a5e2$0$280$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>>>> On 02-01-2010 23:22, JF Mezei wrote:
>>>>> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> But but but - did you unzip the container before
>>>>>> looking at it??
>>>>> If it was a zipped XML file, why was its extention not ".ZIP" ????
>>>>>
>>>>> How the<4 letter word that begins with H and ends with ELL>  is one
>>>>> supposed to know that some proprietary Microsoft format is a zip archive ?
>>>>>
>>>>> And if it was so easy to just unzip it, why was I told I needed a
>>>>> proprioetary micsrosoft application to convert that format to a .DOC or
>>>>> XML format readable by some other application ?
>>>> A .docx file is a zip file containing XML files.
>>>>
>>>> If you rename it to .zip and look into it then you will
>>>> see a bunch of xml files. I believe document.xml is the
>>>> one you will want.
>>>>
>>>> The extension is not .zip because then double clicking on it
>>>> would open a zip utility/filebrowser instead of the intended
>>>> Word.
>>>>
>>>> It is not a proprietary format but standardized format. Only
>>>> around 10000 pages of specification.  :-)
>>>>
>>>> To read it then I would also have suggested an office
>>>> application. It is not that easy to read that XML. MS Office
>>>> is obvious, but I believe that OpenOffice should be able
>>>> to read it as well.
>>> 
>>> You're saying that a .DOC is XML?  I thought it was proprietary M$ W(ei)RD.
>>> 
>>
>>You can use any extension you like and it has little or nothing to to 
>>with the file contents.  Programs will make assumptions about format and 
>>content based on the extension but don't let that limit your creativity!
> 
> Well, VMS doesn't and that brings this back to being a VMS thread.

Of course it does.  If I want to run an executable file under VMS
using RUN if the file ends in .EXE I don't have to include the
extension but if it is anything else, I do.  VMS uses extensions
just like other OSes.

bill
 

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