From: Dom Lachowicz (domlachowicz_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Mar 12 2004 - 15:56:30 EST
> > RTF import / export should be considered as a
> lossy process.
>
> Shouldn't AWML be at the center of everything since
> surely all
> import/export algorithms are available to/from AWML?
>
> That way you only have 1 format to deal with
> internally, whilst
> everything else is simply an import/export filter
> away. I assumed that
> was how AbiWord worked - but Martin is implying
> otherwise.
Internally, it all really is AWML. A primary
historical reason for using RTF on the clipboard was
to keep us honest - we need to inter-operate with
other big apps. Seeing as how the .DOC spec is
god-awful, we use RTF. Our support for reading and
writing RTF has to be top-notch if we are to survive.
Now, having RTF on the clipboard is a good thing. I
think that it's a preferable thing to have it there -
a ton of win32 apps speak RTF. It also come close to
our internal representation.
So this isn't a discussion about removing RTF, but
adding AWML on the clipboard as well. It's not a
terrible idea, but it will take some amount of work to
get going and then a large amount of testing. I've
laid a lot of the framework necessary for reading any
format from the clipboard. That too needs more
testing. Is it a 2.2 project? I'm not sure. I suppose
patches will speak.
Dom
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