From koffice Mon Feb 12 16:32:57 2001 From: Vadim Plessky Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:32:57 +0000 To: koffice Subject: Re: [OT?] XML (from openoffice) usage description X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=koffice&m=98199557728516 Monday 12 February 2001 13:12, Nicolas GOUTTE ΞΑΠΙΣΑΜ: | Filters for openoffice will certainly be written, if any volunteers are | found. | However for now and for at least near future, KOffice has its own native | file formats. | The problem of not controlling your own native file formats is that you | can be blocked to delevelop new ideas. For example, KWord's DTP modus is | quite difficult to integrate in any of the current word-processor file | format (therefore I suppose in openoffice too!) You have also to ensure | that *any* KOffice part embed in your document can be saved too! Fully agree here. KDE develops with *amaazing* speed, there is no reason why you should delay it. And, yes, I guess by using OpenOffice (ar whatever-Office) file standards it will be delayed. And, just think about new-generation apps coming, fully assembled from Objects. MS Office is too bloated and fat, the same is valid for OpenOffice. KOffice need filters for them, that's it... | | -----Original Message----- | From: Michael E. Smoot [SMTP:mes5k@cs.virginia.edu] | Is there any effort to make KOffice's DTDs compatible with openoffice or | to even just use those of openoffice? Is that even a desirable goal or | are there good reasons not to do so? So, I think these are good reasons, no? BTW: when I wanted to compile OpenOffice (55MB of sources, sh*it!), RPM requested from me Java. Hell, I decided to skip OpenOffice after it at all. I don't need/want Java on my computer. -- Vadim Plessky http://kde2.newmail.ru (English) http://kde2.newmail.ru/index_rus.html (Russian) Do you have Arial font installed? Just test it! http://kde2.newmail.ru/font_test_arial.html