> ropers wrote (27-11-11 04:19) >> in case anyone is interested, this aforementioned thread does contain >> a lot of good information that should allow LibreOffice developers to >> write a .ppsx export filter and fix some LibreOffice bugs.
On 27 November 2011 22:14, Cor Nouws <oo...@nouenoff.nl> wrote: > Since you already read the thread (I suppose) would it be possible to list > the suggested specific improvements? That'll make it much easier at this > side, and we could even add them to Bugzilla ;-) This is about issues to do with Office Open XML compatibility, and the spec for that is a 5,588-page PDF. If a 35-comment reddit thread fazes a given contributor, then that contributor probably won't be the best person to tackle these issues, because he who doesn't RTFM cannot consistently rise above a shot-in-the-dark software development technique. Also, the most important comment in the whole reddit thread really has the lion's share of the thread's total word count (so by the time you've read that, you might as well read the whole thing). But granted, some of the subthreads (e.g. on KOffice) are inapplicable to you, so: First, make sure to read the self-post on the thread (click the Aa+ box at the top). Again, the thead's URL was: http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/mohlu/is_there_a_linuxcompatible_way_to_convert_ppsx/ Having read the self-post, you could read just these following three comments and their child comments, disregarding the others about KOffice, etc. However, the three with all their child comments still are 15 comments in total, and that's pretty much as small as it gets if you actually want to understand completely – and if you *don't* want to understand completely, then again, shot-in-the-dark technique... http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/mohlu/r/c32lw30 http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/mohlu/r/c32ldgi http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/mohlu/r/c32w95t tl;dr: You could (possibly very easily) write a .ppsx export filter, you could fix LibreOffice behaviour for formats where there (still) isn't an export filter, you could make sure there are no user-program races, make sure LibreOffice isn't more fascist^W restrictive than MS Office - put the user in the driving seat (this applies to .pps files as well), and you could consider whether to make LibreOffice's Office Open XML export filters produce XML that's sorted and nicer (maybe with CR/LFs?) and cleaner than what Microsoft spits out. How? See thread. (That said, I'm not *demanding* that you do any of these things, I've got a work-around for my issues and I'm just sharing information. Where you take things from here is up to you.) PS: Also, the file types/filters are not currently well-sorted in the Save menu (.pps should be below .ppt, all the MS filters should probably be in one block, etc.). PPS: I don't have the most recent version of LibreOffice, so some of these issues may already be fixed. (I probably won't be available for testing; upgrading is not on the horizon and I only run a port on a Long Term Support OS: LibreOffice 3.3.2 OOO330m19 (Build:202) tag libreoffice-3.3.2.2, Ubuntu package 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu2~lucid1 Sorry.) _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice