From: M. Fioretti (m.fioretti@inwind.it)
Date: Sun Apr 13 2003 - 17:00:11 EDT
On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 13:33:28 at 01:33:28PM -0500, ericzen (ericzen@ez-net.com) wrote:
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> The option will be present to save any document by default to the OASIS format; however, the more simple and very compact abiword native XML format will be developed and kept as the default unless you change that over like to the OASIS format.
The fact that the end user can say once and for all his favourite
default saving format, and that the OASIS one is selectable, is great.
About the native abiword XML format: I assume from your words that the
"only" (but of course very valid) reasons to keep it as default would
be faster saving and less disk space. Am I wrong? Are there other
reasons?
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> > Filters are good, but between Free/OS applications they shouldn't
> > exist in the first place, should they?
> >
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> Filters, in this context, does NOT mean "censorship."
I never meant that either, sorry for the misunderstanding.
> Here, filters means "to sort."
> Filters match data to the piecetable (the part of the programme that organizes the information for the purposes of making it a displayable document). Every major programme uses them, even for their native format; it's part of having a piecetable.
Very clear explanation, thanks!
Marco Fioretti
-- Marco Fioretti m.fioretti, at the server inwind.it Red Hat for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/en/Don't tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done. James J. Ling
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