On Fri, 2002-02-15 at 14:07, Rainer Klute wrote:
> >Rainer, can you perhaps submit patches to the new POI project
> >(src/documentation/xdocs) documentation.
> 
> There's not much to document except the HPSF description. The rest is all in the 
>javadocs.
> 

So far all of the POI subprojects have a helpful "How-TO" and code
samples demonstrating their use.  The POI user community seems to
greatly appreciate this.  

If you're unable to write it, I will.

> 
> >Please document the browser
> >seperately from the actual APIs.
> 
> The POI Browser is also documented in the javadocs.
> 

javadocs...bah humbug.  One step up from "the code is the documentation"
IMHO

> 
> >Officially the APIs are part of the
> >project where the browser is just a contributed tool.  (project scope
> >excludes GUIs -- more for fear of someone wanting to donate a whole office
> >suite ;-p ).
> 
> Hey, why should we mind that? :-)
> 

You have a sick sense of humor ;-).  Thats a fine project for someone
somewhere else.  Its quite out of scope... 

> The POI Browser is at least very handy for development. 

+1

> Currently it makes a distinction between HPSF streams and non-HPSF stream. 

> However, it wouldn't be hard to make it configurable in a sense that you can 
> register a class for each POI document type you are interested in. And
> the class displays the stream properties you want to see.
> 

To each their own...  I'd rather diff in text mode.. 

> 
> Best regards
> Rainer Klute
> 
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