Cannot open downloaded documents

[grjack]

Hi

When I download any document file(tried .doc, .rtf, .txt) in opera, firefox, or minefield, I cannot open it using abiword, siag(pw) or leafpad. I can open pdf's with epdfview. Even if I first save the doc and then attempt to open it. It looks corrupted(does not display anything). The file size is correct in the directory. I can create a new doc in abiword , save it and then reopen it, no problem.

Any clues ?

Thanks

[bmarkus]

Sounds format incompatibility. First I would check .txt files witm mc (Midnight Commander) or simply with a cat command. If looks OK and not corrupted, would try .doc and .rtf with Open Office.

Alternative step to save docs on USB FAT partition and check on WINDOWS machine.

[grjack]

Yes, it is a formatting problem. When I cat the file it contains the text and looks complete, when I open it in abiword, or Siag PW it displays a series of ? and nothing respectively.

Is there a global charset that must be defaulted to in TCL ?

thanks