Archive Manager cannot open docx files

Thank you for your bug report, could you add an example to the bug? Setting low since those are meant to be opened by a text editor in any case

This is an exact copy of the bug I mentioned in my report, I do not have
any added details. The reason for my report was that the bug was converted
to a question and then expired and should be still open.

I agree that priority is low and there are alternatives (ark).

I use this because I generate docx documents in php and when opened with
archive manager I can look under the hood: go to the file, right click,
open with Archive Manager and that is where I get the error message.

On 31 May 2012 19:35, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thank you for your bug report, could you add an example to the bug?
> Setting low since those are meant to be opened by a text editor in any
> case
>
> ** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1006754
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> Title:
> Archive Manager cannot open docx files
>
> Status in “file-roller” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> In Ubuntu 12.04, Archive Manager fails to open a .docx or .odf files.
> In previous versions of Ubuntu (11.04, 11.10) this action is possible,
> AM can open a such files for viewing its content if user chose to
> right click->open with archive manager. Since .docx and .odf files are
> XML documents, user should be able to view the content of the file
> (images, text and stuff are all compressed in a single file with
> docx/odf extension). But in 12.04 the Archive Manager is unable to
> open files with that extensions, declaring "Archive type not
> supported".
>
> This bug is identical to bug #973675 (for 12.04 beta) which was
> converted to question #192668 which has expired. In my opinion it is
> still a bug however.
>
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he issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

Upstream bug is here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685896