Re: [Libwpd-devel] libwps for Microsoft Works (.wps)

2006-08-18 Thread Ariya Hidayat
Hi Andrew and others, Here is my 2 cents: "every file format is unique". I doubt it's quite difficult to merge two libraries which handle two different file formats, unless the formats are very similar (e.g. WP 5 and WP 6). Thus, you need to have two libraries which - at some point - will differ

Re: [Libwpd-devel] libwps for Microsoft Works (.wps)

2006-08-18 Thread Andrew Ziem
Fridrich Strba wrote: > Andrew Ziem wrote: > >> I have started* a Microsoft Works (.wps) document importer. Since >> libwpd has been incorporated into three word processors, I thought I'd >> emulate the libwpd API to make it easy to implement support for Works. >> > > Very wise approa

Re: [Libwpd-devel] libwps for Microsoft Works (.wps)

2006-08-18 Thread Andrew Ziem
Ariya Hidayat wrote: > Hi Andrew and others, > > Here is my 2 cents: "every file format is unique". > > I doubt it's quite difficult to merge two libraries which handle two > different file formats, unless the formats are very similar (e.g. WP 5 > and WP 6). Thus, you need to have two libraries wh

Re: [Libwpd-devel] libwps for Microsoft Works (.wps)

2006-08-18 Thread William Lachance
On 8/18/06, Fridrich Strba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Ziem wrote: > > I have started* a Microsoft Works (.wps) document importer. Since > > libwpd has been incorporated into three word processors, I thought I'd > > emulate the libwpd API to make it easy to implement support for Works. > >

Re: [Libwpd-devel] libwps for Microsoft Works (.wps)

2006-08-18 Thread William Lachance
On 8/18/06, Ariya Hidayat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Andrew and others, > > Here is my 2 cents: "every file format is unique". > > I doubt it's quite difficult to merge two libraries which handle two > different file formats, unless the formats are very similar (e.g. WP 5 > and WP 6). Thus, yo

Re: [Libwpd-devel] libwps for Microsoft Works (.wps)

2006-08-18 Thread Andrew Ziem
William Lachance wrote: > On 8/18/06, Fridrich Strba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Andrew Ziem wrote: >> > I have started* a Microsoft Works (.wps) document importer. Since >> > libwpd has been incorporated into three word processors, I thought I'd >> > emulate the libwpd API to make it easy to im

Re: [Libwpd-devel] libwps for Microsoft Works (.wps)

2006-08-18 Thread Andrew Ziem
Fridrich Strba wrote: Even the most ugly code that has some desired functionality is worth showing. IMHO, technical discussions around an existing, though imperfect, code are really useful for one's growth ;-) And I know what I am saying when I speak about imperfect code from my own hacking exper