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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: KWord to OOWriter filter (also call for developers)
From:       Raphael Langerhorst <raphael-langerhorst () gmx ! at>
Date:       2004-01-14 20:07:32
Message-ID: 200401142107.32208.raphael-langerhorst () gmx ! at
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I'm with you here as time allows :)

But I must admit that I didn't expect this to happen that soon and I'm 
currently (next two months or sth.) VERY much occupied with other stuff. This 
being said I still want to assist where possible. Probably if you have some 
"stupid" stuff to do as Nicolas pointed out: cleaning up,... these are things 
I can (with guessed 2 hours a week of time) do already now.

To start with I suggest someone who knows the area (David, Nicolas, ... ?) 
should write a short (around 2 or 3 pages) summary (concerning this file 
format move) of what we have, what should change and what the goal is, so 
that it is as easy (and fast) as possible for new developers to start 
working. I think you know what I mean. This would also help me a lot since I 
have not worked a lot with KOffice so far (neither source code nor used it 
productively but plan to do so when the file format change is over because 
then compatibility with OOo is (almost) no concern).

greetings,
Raphael


PS: because of lack of time I'm also not reading all messages on the list ... 
they should have a "naming" subject - otherwice cc me.

PPS: yes, I have experience with QT programming ... but not with KDE (but 
shouldn't be a problem, since filters does not have much to with KDE 
"integration")


On Tuesday 13 January 2004 22:12, Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> As the current KWord to OOWriter filter is one of the most important ones
> if we want to switch the file format in KWord for KOffice 1.4, I propose
> that we start with it... now!
>
> As it will not be a OOWriter filter anymore at the end, I propose to change
> the path of its source code. I propose the directory koffice/filters/kword/
> kword/old2new (with koffice/filters/kword/kword/new2old being the place
> reserved for the current OOWirter to KWord filter.)
>
> So if David does not mind to move on the CVS server the files from koffice/
> filters/kword/libexport to koffice/filters/kword/kword/old2new while
> dropping the prefix KWEF from the file names. Also from the directory
> koffice/filters/ oowriter the files ExportFilter.* oowriterexport.* should
> be moved too to koffice/filters/kword/kword/old2new.
>
> (If moving the files around is not wanted, then I remove and add the files
> tomorrow.)
>
> Of course, as this filter is a critical one in time before a release of
> KOffice 1.4, any volunteer would be happily seen. The level of experience
> does not need to be too high, especially at first, as there are a few
> cleaning jobs to do. There is also to find out what the filter does not
> support at all and also to find out where old KWord files are not correctly
> transformed (for example KWord 0.8's image text.)
>
> Having OOWriter is probably nice but also probably not mandatory. There are
> probably many jobs that can be done with the help of the import filter or
> even with the specification ( http://xml.openoffice.org ) only.
>
> For those telling "but OASIS is not finished yet", I will answer: this is
> not about OO versus OASIS for now. It is about to develop the KWord 0.8 to
> 1.3 side. That can be done with the OOWriter format only. Time for details
> on the OOWriter/OASIS side is for (much) later anyway.
>
> This is also a call for people to test simple KWord files (text, images, at
> most tables) and to test how there are supported by the filter. You must
> use the command line program koconverter, as KWord would normalize the
> files, so it would be a wrong test. (You can also do it even with KOffice
> 1.3, as long as this filter is not much developed further.) Errors can be
> reported to KDE bugs. Please include files.
>
> More complex files are not supported for now, so it has little sence to
> report them now. Sorry! (Of course volunteers for doing such a support are
> welcomed too.)
>
> Have a nice day!
>
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