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Subject:    RE: Filter for Gnumeric-files (kspread xml definition)
From:       "R&M Leblanc" <tms () escape ! ca>
Date:       2000-07-26 2:23:25
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From: koffice-admin@max.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de
[mailto:koffice-admin@max.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de]On Behalf Of Leon
Widdershoven
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 6:18 AM
To: koffice@max.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de
Subject: Re: Filter for Gnumeric-files (kspread xml definition)


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)

Thomas wrote:
>
> He, you are right!
>
> Hmm lets see. Ah I will have some free time on my hands in...
> hmm.  Never mind.
>
> I like constructive critisism, but this doesn't help:
>
> > Hello,
> > Gnumeric uses XML too for its native format, so this filter
> > wouldn't be too hard to create.
> > But I can't do it because I can only do some QBasic (I promise I
> > will start to learn C++ within this week).
> > KSpread should really be able to import and export Gnumeric-files
> > because no one should say "free office-suits are incompatible".
> > The same is for the others KOffice-applications.
>
> --
> Thomas Zander
zander@earthling.net
> The only thing worse than failure is the fear of trying something new

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