Subject: Re: embedded objects
From: Hubert Figuiere (hfiguiere@teaser.fr)
Date: Mon Jan 07 2002 - 08:42:01 CST
According to F J Franklin <F.J.Franklin@sheffield.ac.uk>:
> > > If the specified handler has not been registered, and if the MIME type is
> > > not recognized, then an empty rectangle is shown. Otherwise, the handler
> > > should have a callback to draw itself in a specified viewport, and AbiWord
> > > should provide it with a comprehensive drawing interface.
> >
> > No. You should be able to display them using one of the standard image
> > format. Otherwise obejct embedding will become a user nightmare. And empty
> > rectangle is NOT user friendly. Much like you have headach when you are
> > unable to open a Word document that has OLE object it can't handle (I have
> > seeen that).
>
> But that's like saying "We guarantee to support PNG and SVG and therefore
> shall embed only these." If that's your attitude then there's no point
> even talking about embedded objects - we just keep on doing what we're
> doing...
I did not say that. Just that embedding an object means providing an
understandable representation of its last content. Otherwise, time to throw
away cross-platform and independence.
Hub
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