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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: New ASCII Import Filter
From:       Thomas <zander () xs4all ! nl>
Date:       2000-11-21 16:49:41
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> Some time ago Thomas Zander suggested a new ASCII import filter 
> for Kword. I have coded up a filter and it is far enough along to 
> submit to the CVS. The problem is that I have a win modem on my 
> PC and I can't get communications to work on Linux. I will need 
> help to get the files into the CVS. Does anyone want to volunteer 
> for that job?
> 
> The filter does mark up ascii files which can be edited more easily 
> than with the old filter. Good, but I made a disastrous mistake in 
> using Kword's table feature to mark up tabular information in the 
> ascii file. I can't get that to work right at all and I will have to revise 
> the filter in a future issue. Maybe I don't understand the table 
> feature or maybe it is broken. Wolf-Michael Bolle seems to have 
> run into the same issue. I will probably try tab stops if I can get 
> that feature to work.
> 
> My next endeavor will be a LaTeX export filter. I will make use of 
> QDOM and any other QT tool that seems to applicable.
> 
> Michael Johnson
> mikej@xnet.com

Cool stuff, sent any file to me, I'll put them into CVS if you want to.

Tables are not broken, they are not really standard encoded in the XML
file though. Ask away with the problems you have ;)

-- 
Thomas Zander                                            zander@earthling.net
The only thing worse than failure is the fear of trying something new
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