Le 2011-06-24 01:55, Mike Hall a écrit :
On 24/06/2011 03:59, Marc Paré wrote:
Marc Paré wrote:
This thread is really about proposing, to the devs, the possibility of
creating a "LibreOffice Reader" similar to the "Adobe .pdf Reader".
This could be an idea to investigate, but I don't know how feasible it
is; actually there is (or used to be) a "read only" mode in
OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice, but if I recall correctly the
LibreOffice developers hated it.
if we were to promote a "quick and dirty"
"LibreOffice Reader", very much like the "Adobe Acrobat Reader", whose
sole purpose is to provide the ability to "read" ".odt" files, there
would be no need to carry .pdf formatted files.
This, however, won't work. Document fidelity is not the aim of ODT
files, while it is the aim of PDF files (example: font embedding, but
one could find many more). Replacing PDF by ODT is just not feasible
due
to the formats themselves, not to the lack of an "ODF Reader".
Regards,
Andrea.
The initial use of the "LibreOffice Reader" would be just a plain
reader, the challenge after this would be to try to build as much
document fidelity into it as possible. Again, with the hopes to rival
.pdf fidelity. Maybe once all the devs put their heads together, they
may come up with some way to do this. Let's not forget that the Djvu
people accomplished this to some extent. If we were to work at it we
could surprise everyone. There is always the possibility of
submitting any changes to the ODF, that could enhance the formats,
through the possible channels at the ISO and OASIS of which we are
members.
Cheers
Marc
As Andrea states, the point about PDF is that it 'locks in' the format
of a document, allowing it to be displayed or printed everywhere as
the user intended. All other formats created by word processors,
including MS Office and LibO, will display and print differently on
different computers, depending for example on the specific printer a
user has installed. I doubt that this is something that could readily
be fixed by tweaking ODF, it's fundamental to the way all word
processors work. I also believe that any diversion of scarce DEV
effort would inevitably move the focus further away from fixing the
many bugs still in LibO, which would be counter-productive.
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This is only a discussion on the topic and does not mean that any groups
will commit to it. It is just a discussion about the feasibility of
creating a "LibreOffice Reader" and whether it would be worth it.
Whether or not we have enough devs do not really matter at this point.
As for locking in the format of a document, surely this could also be
done with ODF files even if it meant proposing changes to the ODF
formats themselves through ISO OASIS group as well as keeping
functionality with office suites making use of the format such as
LibreOffice.
Also, IMO, there is never a good time to suggest a new project for any
active group (dev, design, marketing, documentation etc.) as these
groups are always too busy ... but projects do get queued up and
eventually looked at. Such is the nature of large projects beasts such
as LibreOffice.
Cheers
Marc
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