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src/sampleconf/mimeconf

@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ application/x-bzip2 =  uncompress rcluncomp bunzip2 %f %t
 # A different format (ie text/plain), and a character set can be defined for
 # each filter, see the exemples below (ie: msword)
 [index]
-# Note: rcldoc did some work to splice hyphenated words at eol. Seems
-# actually not needed because antiword apparently does it too
+
+# MSWORD: install wvware and restore the rcldoc version to fix the "text
+# stream of this file is too small to handle" error if it's a problem for you
 # application/msword = exec rcldoc
 application/msword = exec antiword -t -i 1 -m UTF-8;mimetype=text/plain;charset=utf-8
-# Alternatively you can use wvWare for msword. It's much slower than
-# antiword, but will handle documents which provoke the 'I'm afraid the
-# text stream of this file is too small to handle' antiword error
+# You can also use wvware directly but it's much slower.
 # application/msword = exec wvWare --charset=utf-8 --nographics
+
 application/ogg = execm rclaudio
 application/pdf = exec rclpdf
 application/postscript = exec pstotext;charset=iso-8859-1;mimetype=text/plain

website/BUGS.html

@@ -67,15 +67,19 @@
           <blockquote>
              I'm afraid the text stream of this file is too small to
              handle.
-          </blockquote>
+          </blockquote> 
+
           Only small files produced by Microsoft Word on a Mac, or by
-          OpenOffice will trigger this message. As a workaround, install
-          wvWare and modify mimeconf to use the rcldoc filter (instead of
-          directly executing antiword). Rcldoc will try antiword, then 
-          will use vwWare if it is available. This will result in
-          slightly slower indexing for doc files.</li>
+          OpenOffice will trigger this message.<br>
+
+          <b>Workaround</b>: install wvWare and modify
+          mimeconf to use the rcldoc filter (instead of directly
+          executing antiword). Rcldoc will try antiword, then will use
+          vwWare if it is available. This will result in slightly
+          slower indexing for all normal .doc files.</li>
       </ul>
 
+
       <h2><a name="b_1_14_1">recoll 1.14.1</h2>
       <li>Compressed file view fix broke help viewer.</li>