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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: WYSIWYG and a common document file format
From:       Seth Kurtzberg <seth () cql ! com>
Date:       2002-07-18 17:16:10
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Technically, it is certainly possible.  What I was saying is that, as a 
practical matter, if the big vendors don't even bother to do it correctly for 
different incarnations of their own programs, how likely is it that they will 
conform to a specification?

On Thursday 18 July 2002 05:47 am, Thomas Zander wrote:
> On Thursday 18 July 2002 11:07, Seth Kurtzberg wrote:
> > Martin,
>
> Hi Seth!
>
> > I can see why this would be desirable, but I'm not sure that it is
> > achievable.  Not technically achievable, but logistically achievable.
> > Consider a few "facts of life" with currently available software:
> >
> > 1.  The display (and also the printed format) change from version to
> > version, and, with our friends at Microsoft, from service pack to service
> > pack.
>
> What do you mean? If I want to print to an A4 today, I still want to do
> that in 5 years.
> I don't care HOW its displayed on screen, as long as it displays that my
> page stops at a certain sentence.  It should also do this in all versions.
> I think there is no technical or logistical problem. Could you specify
> which problems you forsee?
>
> > 2.  The displayed text is different among systems that have different
> > fonts installed.  You would have to ensure that every machine has some
> > base set of fonts, and that different fonts never have the same name.
>
> This is a technical problem and can be overcome.  If only by supplying the
> font in the file.
>
> > 3.  The displayed text is sometimes different depending on the size and
> > resolution of the monitor.
>
> This sentence tells me that WYSIWYG is simply impossible.  I think that is
> not quite true :)  Luckily.

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