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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: MS Filters - wv2 vs OO DTD
From:       "T.J. Mather" <tjmather () tjmather ! com>
Date:       2002-04-24 4:57:18
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There was an interesting point brought up in that thread, that is
having a common DTD could limit the functionality that could be 
developed for KOffice.

It sounds like having common MS Filters is the way to go.  For anybody 
interested in wv2 (the common MS Word library Werner Trobin 
started), check out the mailing list at
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wvware-devel

There is also a roadmap outlining the design goals of the library:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/wvware/wv2/ROADMAP.txt?rev=1.1

Anyway, I really hope this can get going again, because having a good 
office suite with good filters is something that the Linux desktop 
really needs.  KOffice has a great design, and once the filters are 
there, I think a lot more people will start using it.  wv2 could be one 
of the most important projects for the Linux Desktop :-)

-TJ

On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Richard Bos wrote:

> This question has been asked more than a year ago as well; that msg has the 
> subject: "[OT?] XML (from openoffice) usage description", and was posted 12 
> Febr 2001.  Search the archives at http://lists.kde.org to find the thread


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