-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, Andrew,
Andrew Ziem wrote: > I have started* a Microsoft Works (.wps) document importer. Since > libwpd has been incorporated into three word processors, I thought I'd > emulate the libwpd API to make it easy to implement support for Works. Very wise approach :-) It goes in line with Will's vision from this e-mail http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/openoffice/2004-October/000556.html and with an approach that I was trying to urge the OOo Google SoC mentors to consider http://sw.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=1241 Unfortunatelly, due to a low number of slots allocated to OOo, none of the "Text importer" projects went through for SoC 2006, as you may know :-( So, I am glad to see you in the "Text importer" universe again ;-) > Then, it was necessary or convenient to copy and paste libwpd's source > code. Now, I'm seeing there is a lot of copying, pasting, and renaming > strings like "WP" to "WPS." To avoid forking what has turned out to be > an increasing amount of code, any thoughts on consolidating efforts? Yes, copy&paste == evil. Andrew, quick look at our API would suggest following: Do not copy anything. Just for the time being make depend the libwps on classes from libwpd public headers (WPXProperty* family classes, WPXString, WPXHLListenerImpl (and eventually WPXInputStream) interface class(es),...). It is quite possible that one could extract the framework for the next ABI breakage from the libwpd-0.8.so into a separage libwpd-framework-0.9.so, but as far as I am concerned, my todo list is still long enough and the libwpd API is written in written in stone for at least 1 year more. I have some ideas for API changes for next release cycle of libwpd (like removing completely the libgsf dependency from the provided stream implementation, some changes concerning the page spans and adding callbacks for embedded objects...) but I do not want to touch the API as long as I have still non-breaking changes in my todo list. > * I am able to dump plain text from Works 4 and 7/8 formats. Also, I > have some progress on page and character formats in Works 4, which is > apparently the most popular of the Works formats. But I don't have any > source code worth showing. Even the most ugly code that has some desired functionality is worth showing. IMHO, technical discussions around an existing, though imperfect, code are really useful for one's growth ;-) And I know what I am saying when I speak about imperfect code from my own hacking experience :-) Will, Marc, Ariya, any ideas to add? Cheers Fridrich P.S.: Andrew, please subscribe to the libwpd-devel so that you will receive all e-mails concerning this topic ;-) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE5Vuhu9a1imXPdA8RAge1AJ9eVrUeXH07X0DvUAGaAdkpp8J2IQCfV4md MsLUvxbaS1vApha9kP7wTpo= =1wiN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Libwpd-devel mailing list Libwpd-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libwpd-devel
