Hi. Thanks to a (once again) good tip from andre, I found out why I could not see the OOXML sources and control the code.
Be carefull when you upgrade svn client to newest, I had to do a fallback before "svn up" would work correctly. rgds jan I. On 4 August 2014 21:49, jan i <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > On 4 August 2014 18:23, Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> > wrote: > >> Jan asks good questions below. >> >> I have a comment with regard to (3) "Will the OOXML implementation allow >> round-trip of our documents without loss of information?" >> >> It strikes me that there are OOXML import and export capabilities already >> in Apache OpenOffice and a better question may have to do with whether >> those capabilities will satisfy condition (3) and how can they be improved >> to do so. >> >> I am assuming that Jan is considering more than AOO round-tripping with >> itself, although it would be strange were that not already true. The trick >> is round-tripping with other implementations of OOXML, perhaps, including >> the OOXML support of the AOO cousin, LibreOffice? >> >> Sadly enough round-trip within AOO is not at all given, but you are right > I was thinking about the AOO specialities in e.g. Microsoft word (it could > also be that the new development simply ignores these fields) > > >> I note that the current support is not being mentioned in this discussion >> so far. I think it may be that is related to the focus on implementations >> for mobile devices and other non-desktop solutions. It's not clear though. >> > Or because the import function for OOXML does not work for a large amount > of documents. > > thanks for clarifying my questions: > rgds > Jan I. > >> >> >> -- Dennis E. Hamilton >> dennis.hamil...@acm.org +1-206-779-9430 >> https://keybase.io/orcmid PGP F96E 89FF D456 628A >> X.509 certs used and requested for signed e-mail >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: jan i [mailto:j...@apache.org] >> Sent: Monday, August 4, 2014 08:42 >> To: dev >> Subject: Ongoing OOXML development and "implementation defined" items. >> >> Hi. >> >> Based on the information from dennis/peter, I think it would be highly >> interesting to know: >> >> 1) How are the "implementation defined" items implemented, is the >> intention >> to forward a list to dev@ and ask for opinions (of course in a style so >> an >> opinion is possible to give) ? >> >> 2) How will the "implementation defined" items, be documented, they are >> likely to change over time, to its problaly a poing where maintenance is >> needed, and thus a higher demand on documentation ? >> >> 3) Will the OOXML implementation allow round-trip of our documents without >> loss of information ? >> >> >> unlike the sidebar development, this develoment seems closed, I expect >> there are good reasons for it, but items where many can have an opinion >> (format conversion being a typical example) would be nice to discuss. >> >> thanks in advance. >> rgds >> jan I >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> >
