Bug#842117: file: detect MacWrite II documents
# upstream commit FILE5_29-3-gd49f629 tags 842117 pending thanks Paul Wise wrote... > On Fri, 2016-10-28 at 22:43 +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote: > > > Some research reveals this is actually Word for Mac versions 4 or 5. > > I see, sorry for the mis-diagnosis, I was mislead by this site: > > http://mark0.net/onlinetrid.aspx No worries, even https://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html was a bit uncertain about it. In the meantime, I gathered enough information about the old Word for Macintosh files, fix is already upstream. If there are some *actual* MacWrite II documents around, I'll be happy to include support for these as well. Christoph signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#842117: file: detect MacWrite II documents
On Fri, 2016-10-28 at 22:43 +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote: > Some research reveals this is actually Word for Mac versions 4 or 5. I see, sorry for the mis-diagnosis, I was mislead by this site: http://mark0.net/onlinetrid.aspx > The libreoffice suite can open this file, although the rendering looks > a bit weird. I however failed to derive the file format from the > code in sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8scan.cxx. The WW8Fib::GetFIBVersion function looks interesting and matches the first two bytes of the file. https://sources.debian.net/src/libreoffice/1:5.2.3~rc1-4/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8scan.cxx/#L5414 Interestingly, the file referenced by that function *is* detected by `file` as a 'Microsoft Office Document': http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/documents/docformat/CMS_CERN_LetterHead.word The WW8Fib::WW8Fib function looks to be the place where the header is read out of the file: https://sources.debian.net/src/libreoffice/1:5.2.3~rc1-4/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8scan.cxx/#L5459 -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#842117: file: detect MacWrite II documents
Christoph Biedl wrote... > Um, I can certainly prepare something for upstream to include, however > the sample you provided does not match the description: > > fe 37 00 1c 00 00 00 00 00 00 28 00 00 19 00 00 |.7(.| > 0010 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 75 35 00 01 0b 3f |..u5...?| > (...) Some research reveals this is actually Word for Mac versions 4 or 5. The libreoffice suite can open this file, although the rendering looks a bit weird. I however failed to derive the file format from the code in sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8scan.cxx. Christoph signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#842117: file: detect MacWrite II documents
tags 842117 confirmed upstream moreinfo thanks Paul Wise wrote... > Please detect MacWrite II documents: > > Name: MacWrite II document > Sample: https://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal > Info: http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/MacWrite Um, I can certainly prepare something for upstream to include, however the sample you provided does not match the description: fe 37 00 1c 00 00 00 00 00 00 28 00 00 19 00 00 |.7(.| 0010 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 75 35 00 01 0b 3f |..u5...?| (...) does not match the documents that state the first two octets should be 00 03. Can you shed some light on this? Christoph signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#842117: file: detect MacWrite II documents
Package: file Severity: wishlist Please detect MacWrite II documents: Name: MacWrite II document Sample: https://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal Info: http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/MacWrite -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
