> RTF is the format of yesterday: better generate MicroSoft Office XML or Open > Office XML.
I agree. I very much dislike RTF as a markup language. It is cumbersome, limited, verbose, awkward and terribly outdated. But RTF is a widely used standard, whose format is recognized by many lagacy programs. So the trend towards XSL:FO becomes much easier if it can be converted to be displayed to whichever format is most convenient. For many users that is RTF. In the future when/if Microsoft XML becomes standard we can focus on that target. ~Chris Scott P.S. I can't even work with Microsoft XML yet, we are still using office 97 and it works just fine. Is there a compelling reason to upgrade? Is microsoft XML an open standard? ----- Original Message ----- From: J.U. Anderegg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 2:05 PM Subject: AW: FO to RTF > Document formats can be layered very roughly like this: > > 1. Structured documents: marked up, tagged CONTENT - document elements like > "heading", "index entry" and even "customer address" in a specific > application: > - presentation, pagination controlled by style sheets/macros, perhaps > depending on output device/target > - examples: HTML, Word with templates > > 2. Document formats controlling pagination > - examples: WordPad, XSL:FO > > 3. Device dependent, paginated output streams > - examples: PCL, PostScript > > An other view is: revisable vs. final formats > > RTF at layer 1) and 2): a text generator outputs RTF. A transform from XML > data can be implemented with XSLT. A conversion from XSL:FO might be > realized at layer 2), but probably fail because of incompatible > concepts/details. > > RTF is the format of yesterday: better generate MicroSoft Office XML or Open > Office XML. > _______________________________________________________ > > PDF Java Viewer: who can do much better than Adobe? If no Acrobat Reader is > available, output PostScript and use GhostView instead of AWT. > > > > Hansuli Anderegg > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
