On 07/04/2011 04:07 PM, Robert Derman wrote: > NoOp wrote: >> On 06/25/2011 03:37 PM, Alexandro Colorado wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Simon Phipps <si...@webmink.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 25 Jun 2011, at 08:33, Ian Lynch wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Manfred wrote: >>>>> >>>>> "I still believe that PDF is the best solution to distribute final >>>>> >>>> versions >>>> >>>>> of text (and maybe other office) documents." >>>>> >>>>> I'd say yes if they are likely to be printed on paper, no if it is only >>>>> likely to be read from a screen. >>>>> >>>> I disagree. Once a document no longer needs editing (and this is a frequent >>>> need in daily life - think purchase receipt, invoice, insurance schedule >>>> and >>>> so on) it needs to be provided in an electronic format that cannot be >>>> easily >>>> altered. PDF plays this role, ODF doesn't. >>>> >>>> >>> No, but HTML does. More to the point, chm files also are build for >>> read-only. Surely they are more microsoft based, but even Read (activity >>> from the OLPC/Sugar), had to add a webkit renderer for another popular >>> format -- epub. Which of course is done for read-only porpouses. >>> >>> So a bigger discussion than demanding PDF reader, might be to upgrade the >>> very old HTML renderer in LibreOffice to something like webkit. >>>
Actually, NoOp didn't write any of that. Please mind your attributions. > Might updating LO's HTML capability also improve its ability to create > and edit HTML? > > > Back when I was maintaining a web page, I seem to remember using OOo > Writer for this, so if I remember correctly OOo, and therefore LO can > create and edit HTML, but it would certainly improve its usefulness to > small businesses if it could do it even better. > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
