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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: On common file formats, was: killer app for KOffice/KDE?
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date:       2003-02-25 16:20:52
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The specification of OpenOffice (in PDF format) is at: 
http://xml.openoffice.org

KWord's description is the file koffice/kword/dtd/kword.dtd

Have a nice day/evening/night!

On Tuesday 25 February 2003 07:00, M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 12:04:49 at 12:04:49PM +0100, David Faure 
(dfaure@klaralvdalens-datakonsult.se) wrote:
> > KWord knows about pages too. And OO knows about text frames too.
> > I see nothing that prevents using the same *file format*. Note that
>
> David,
>
> it is *wonderful* to see a lead developer saying this! Thanks!
>
> > file format doesn't mean that both programs have to be designed the same
> > way, nor work the same way. It's "just" a matter of modelling the saved
> > data the same way.
>
> Same as above!
> I've never understood why things like the number of clicks, the menus
> layout, or the toolkit always seemed to be considered as the very same
> thing as the file format on disk. Many developers (in all fields of
> Free SW) need to take awareness of this.
>
> > And my goal is to find a way to unite all this into a single file format.
>
> May the Force be with you! Nothing would benefit Free SW more!
> Speaking of formats, you said to read the Oasis/KOffice formats specs
> and signal incompatibilities: what is their exact URL?
>
> 	Ciao, and good luck,
>
> 		Marco Fioretti

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