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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: WordPerfect filter for 1.5.1
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-04-21 18:55:38
Message-ID: 20060421185538.GE31758 () ktown ! kde ! org
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On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 08:37:58PM +0200, Ariya Hidayat wrote:
> > So it's  WordPerfect -> sxw -> kword ?
> > Hmm. If it's better than what we have now that's good, but in general it means
> > combining the limitations of the wpd importer with the limitations of the sxw importer...
> >
> > Why did he choose sxw and not odt btw?
> 
> Simple reason: to reuse the code already exists for OpenOffice.org.

Well hasn't that code been updated in OO-2.0 to use odt instead of sxw?

> Of course we already have discussion on the next step, i.e. direct wpd
> to odt code, possibly good for KOffice 2.0. But since nobody can
> commit to work on this in the next coming months, IMHO it is better to
> have that sxw filter for the time being, rather than a primitive kwd
> and/or an unfinished odt.

Agreed.

-- 
David Faure, faure@kde.org, sponsored by Trolltech to work on KDE,
Konqueror (http://www.konqueror.org), and KOffice (http://www.koffice.org).
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