Hi :) Ahh, ok. If that counts as plain text of a 5 (ish) letter document then that explains a few misunderstandings i've had. Regards from Tom :)
On 19 November 2014 17:44, jomali <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, Tom, that is plain text, just like HTML is plain text. Yes, it > contains special codes, but it does not contain anything but plain ASCII > characters. > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> > >> > -- >> > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >> > Problems? >> > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> > Posting guidelines + more: >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> > deleted >> > >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
