Hi :)
I'm really not getting plain text. When i right-click and open in a
text-editor i get this sort of thing;
{\rtf1\ansi\deff3\adeflang1025
{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New
Roman;}{\f1\froman\fprq2\fcharset2 Symbol;}{\f2\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0
Arial;}{\f3\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Liberation Serif{\*\falt Times New
Roman};}{\f4\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Liberation Sans{\*\falt
Arial};}{\f5\fnil\fprq2\fcharset0 Droid Sans
Fallback;}{\f6\fnil\fprq2\fcharset0 FreeSans;}{\f7\fswiss\fprq0\fcharset128
FreeSans;}}
{\colortbl;\red0\green0\blue0;\red128\green128\blue128;}
{\stylesheet{\s0\snext0\nowidctlpar{\*\hyphen2\hyphlead2\hyphtrail2\hyphmax0}\cf0\kerning1\dbch\af5\langfe2052\dbch\af6\afs24\alang1081\loch\f3\fs24\lang2057
Normal;}
{\s15\sbasedon0\snext16\sb240\sa120\keepn\dbch\af5\dbch\af6\afs28\loch\f4\fs28
Heading;}
{\s16\sbasedon0\snext16\sl288\slmult1\sb0\sa140 Text Body;}
{\s17\sbasedon16\snext17\sl288\slmult1\sb0\sa140\dbch\af7 List;}
{\s18\sbasedon0\snext18\sb120\sa120\noline\i\dbch\af7\afs24\ai\fs24
Caption;}
{\s19\sbasedon0\snext19\noline\dbch\af7 Index;}
}{\info{\creatim\yr2014\mo11\dy19\hr16\min29}{\revtim\yr0\mo0\dy0\hr0\min0}{\printim\yr0\mo0\dy0\hr0\min0}{\comment
LibreOffice}{\vern67241730}}\deftab709
\viewscale100
{\*\pgdsctbl
{\pgdsc0\pgdscuse451\pgwsxn11906\pghsxn16838\marglsxn1134\margrsxn1134\margtsxn1134\margbsxn1134\pgdscnxt0
Default Style;}}
\formshade\paperh16838\paperw11906\margl1134\margr1134\margt1134\margb1134\sectd\sbknone\sectunlocked1\pgndec\pgwsxn11906\pghsxn16838\marglsxn1134\margrsxn1134\margtsxn1134\margbsxn1134\ftnbj\ftnstart1\ftnrstcont\ftnnar\aenddoc\aftnrstcont\aftnstart1\aftnnrlc
\pgndec\pard\plain
\s0\nowidctlpar{\*\hyphen2\hyphlead2\hyphtrail2\hyphmax0}\cf0\kerning1\dbch\af5\langfe2052\dbch\af6\afs24\alang1081\loch\f3\fs24\lang2057{\rtlch
\ltrch\loch
asdfdf}
\par }
Regards from
Tom :)
On 19 November 2014 16:16, Cley Faye <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2014-11-19 16:58 GMT+01:00 Virgil Arrington <[email protected]>:
>
> > That's one of the things I've always liked about RTF. In a pinch, one
> > could open an RTF file in Notepad and strip out all of the RTF coding and
> > be left with a document's contents. I've never had to do it, but it's
> nice
> > that it can be done. With a binary file, you're left with smiley faces
> and
> > no visible content.
>
>
> Now, add a picture to your rtf file and see how fun it is to have all
> things in a "plaintext", notepad friendly file format...
>
> More recent format like odt (and docx for that matter) are *WAY* better.
> (is there a way to emphasis this more?). They are in fact a collection of
> files in a simple ZIP, but the core of it (the text and structure) is in a
> straightforward XML file which is as "plaintext" as an RTF file. In fact,
> it's easier to strip the extra tags out of an XML file, since tools to
> manipulate/reformat XML are extremely common.
>
> With recent format, you get the possibility, should an issue arise, to
> extract the plaintext content, and even the attached files (pictures and
> other embedded OLE stuff) with common tools. This is even demonstrated on
> this list, when sometime someone get a corrupted file, and it is possible
> to recover it with stuff like notepad and windows' zip file explorer.
>
> There's no comparison between these format, heavily documented in case of
> ODT, that put a clear separation between content and format, and an RTF
> file that want to cram everything (content, format, and binary blobs for
> image) in a single "plaintext" file.
>
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