On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 08:48:07PM -0400, Alan G Isaac wrote: > As other comments have highlighted, even though WYSIWYG word > processors are generally cumbersome for writing, they can be > subsequently useful for editing and for interoperability. > > Some people need to get from LyX to Word. The core question > seems to be whether to > - write LyX directly to RTF, or > - write to some other format that Word can import (or > possibly to an intermediate format and then convert to RTF) > > I would hope to see LyX concentrate on export to > OpenDocumentFormat, for several reasons > > 1. MS is developing supporting ODF import, so RTF will not > be necessary to get into Word, and the Sun ODF Plug-in for > Microsoft Word is already available > 2. ODF realy is a *documented* format, while RTF is not quite > 3. I think ODF will have many fewer limitations, at least > soon (TM), than RTF
Yes, we definitely should put some effort into ODF support. Andre'
