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'

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