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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: OASIS file format for Krita
From:       dirk.schoenberger () sz-online ! de
Date:       2004-03-24 9:20:47
Message-ID: 59134.212.185.245.126.1080120047.squirrel () webmail ! sz-online ! de
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>> >
>>
>> Fully agreed.
>
> I don't agree. There's nothing "small and simple" about an office suite.
> A word processor is a big monster of features, and DTP functionality
> isn't for "simple-minded office-suite-users" if that's what you mean by
> office-suite-user.
>
> "Large artist applications" do belong in an office suite, IMHO.

But there is a difference if you want to use the application stand-alone,
or as simple a part of a container application.
If you want to e.g. show a image component in KWork, you don't really want
to load Krita with it's complex imaging model.
At least I would prefer to load something easier, at e.g. the complexity
of KolourPaint.

> And how many people who start KWord to type a 20-lines shopping list
> need an SQL-enabled "mail merge" feature or DTP functionality or kerning?
>

Unfortunately there is no WordPad equivalent in KDE, yet, i.e. a simple
rich-text enabled editor which can load and save RTF (and perhaps HTML).
I think that would all what is needed for simple shopping lists.
It is possible to factor out this simple functionality from KWord, or does
there exist a rich text editor component in Qt?

Regards
Dirk

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