Hi, cool - is your code publicly available?
THX, Thomas Am Donnerstag, den 01.12.2011 um 19:40 schrieb Matthew McKeen: > Hey all: > Last summer, I was experimenting with integrating webODF into ownCloud > as an app. I tried to both integrate it in as a proper application, > and as a kind of viewer for .odx documents like the imageviewer app is > currently, integrated into the main file manager. The library worked > great for the rendering of .odx documents, but in the case of editing > and saving, it was in its infancy. I decided that I would rather push > a fully featured application, with even better rendering, as it had > some bugs at the time, as well as something which included some > editing capabilities. > > I talked with the lead developer on the project over email and irc, > and it seemed like editing was not his next goal as far as the project > development went. I plan on getting back into committing to ownCloud > over my winter break from university, and will look back into how far > webODF has come in its capabilities. I still have some code around I > think, and it shouldn't take me long at all to get a viewer working. > If indeed webodf's editing features have improved however, one is > still faced with the problem of poor binary upload support in modern > js. HTML5 should fix this, but as far as I know, the APIs for local > storage and the likes are not pervasive throughout all browsers yet. > I haven't programmed in these parts of the new HTML standard, so I > couldn't tell if it is ready for production in an application yet, as > far as storing any changes to the .odf document locally, so that > should be a goal if we are to pursue this. Yet .odx is really just a > glorified xml document, so database storage in sqlite is also a > possibility, although one which I would not prefer to a simple flat > file. > > I really hope we can get this great library into ownCloud, even the > previewing, which is ready pretty much already, would be useful to > users. > > Thanks, > Matthew McKeen > [email protected] > > P.S. I was also one of the contributors to the webOS application. I > stopped when it seemed like webOS was going to die away. I would > rather put my efforts some place more meaningful if the demand is not > there for a webOS client, however, I can help finish it if people > think that it is of benefit to the project. > _______________________________________________ > Owncloud mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud _______________________________________________ Owncloud mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
