Allow one command conversion between Google Docs supported files locally

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Let's say I have a file on my disk, foodoc.doc. And let's say I hate office 
suites, except for Google Docs, but I can't always be online (it's a laptop). 
So, I need this .doc file to be converted to something that can be viewed with 
anything - Firefox, Lynx, or even less. And that's html.

So, normally I would upload the file to Google Docs and then export it as html. 
However, is there a way to do that automatically? Say, let's have google docs 
doc2html foodoc.doc, and I get a foodoc.html lying next to foodoc.doc on my 
disk without any extra moves.

I don't think that's really hard for a developer (since Google Docs API and 
GoogleCL has all the functionality you need, you just need to automatize the 
stuff with a script), so why not provide this for any Google Docs-supported 
conversions?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ilembi...@gmail.com on 26 Jun 2010 at 9:10

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I think the best support we'll do for this is to use the upload command, then 
the get command. Anything else makes it seem like we're doing some kind of 
client-side conversion, which is incorrect.

Someone could write a bash script to do that nicely. If anyone does, let me 
know via this issue and we can include it in RelatedWork.

Original comment by tom.h.mi...@gmail.com on 24 Jul 2010 at 1:21

• Changed state: WontFix
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
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