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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: koffice file formats
From:       weis () stud ! uni-frankfurt ! de
Date:       1999-07-01 18:00:35
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Hi,

On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, John Zedlewski wrote:

> >I think such "sections" belong in different files and the document should
> >essentially be a directory. this can be put into a tar-file for transport.
> 
> I have to say that I really agree with this approach.  Then the documents
> can still be valid XML, just containing an XML tag that points to the
> content to be included.  This should confuse parsers a LOT less than a
> series of XML sections separated by binary chunks.  It will also make it
> much easier and more efficient if the user wants to, say, look at or tranfer
> a preview file that doesn't include all of the final graphics.  The program
> could just display an empty, correctly sized box where the binary section
> would go.

And konqy can browse the tar file. But who writes tar compatible
pack and unpack ?

Bye
Torben

> --JZ
> 
> 

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