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Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Content Format
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Imran Ghory |
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Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Content Format |
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Thu, 25 Jan 2001 20:36:45 -0000 |
On 25 Jan 2001, at 1:46, Bob Dodd wrote:
> > Nor do I see it as desirable. Yes, we should encourage authors. No,
> > we should not support proprietary formats such as Microsoft Word. I
> > have looked at TEI (a little) and agree that it looks like a very
> > good format to use, and also has tools to translate it into HTML and
> > TeX already.
>
> What exactly *is* the problem with (widely-used) proprietory formats?
> In the case of Word, most of the computer-literate world can, and
> does, use its front end, and many more tools can
> import/export/read/present Rich Text Format (including competing
> products) than will ever support Latex or TEI source formats.
But nearly the entire field of mathematics uses Latex, almost every
maths software package supports Latex.
> It strikes me that well known, well supported formats should be
> accepted. There is after all, no difference between a well known, well
> supported proprietory format, and one developed by FSF
Have you seen the Word file format, grab the Word 6 spec from,
http://fileformat.virtualave.net/text/word6fmt.zip
If you want to write a converter to XML we'll all be happy:-)
Imran Ghory
Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Content Format, Bob Dodd, 2001/01/26