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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Filter for Gnumeric-files (kspread xml definition)
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-07-25 11:15:45
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All (?) KOffice applications have a DTD that describes the
file format. See koffice/<app>/dtd/.
IIRC it's even available on the web site.
The probably need to be updated, though (e.g. for KPresenter' new Text Object)

I agree that writing XML<->XML filters depends on the structure
of both files - but it's definitely fun to play with QDomDocument to move stuff
around in the doc then writing it out. I wonder if the file formats are
close enough to write a filter like that, or if full step-by-step parsing
is needed...

On Tue, Jul 25, 2000 at 03:18:11PM +0200, Leon Widdershoven wrote:
> What I was wondering about, is the koffice file format
> (kword, kspell, k...) documented? Of course, it's in 
> the source which is free (:) but it should not be hard
> do design a convertor when the format is thoroughly
> documented.
> 
> I do, btw, NOT propose that the authors of those packages
> start writing docs right away! But if it's not done it
> would be a nice project to do...
> 
> The reason I ask is that I could not find it right away
> in the developers center or on the koffice home page.
> 
> At the moment, I don't have time to do it (and more
> importantly, don't have the HD space to install 
> koffice src). But in the near future I would be willing
> to describe the file format the way the ms word format
> is described on the ms-word filter pages (I think).
> 
> Regards,
> Leon
> 
> (PS: I have the feeling that, just because it's XML,
>  conversion is peanuts. Thats about the same as saying
>  it's both binary, so it can't be hard. It's the structure
>  of the files that should be compared - IMHO) 
> 

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