Re: [tdf-discuss] New "LibreOffice Reader" Eliminates Need for "PDF Reader"

> Marc Paré wrote:
> > This thread is really about proposing, to the devs, the possibility of
> > creating a "LibreOffice Reader" similar to the "Adobe .pdf Reader".
> This could be an idea to investigate, but I don't know how feasible it
> is; actually there is (or used to be) a "read only" mode in
> OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice, but if I recall correctly the
> LibreOffice developers hated it.
>
> > if we were to promote a "quick and dirty"
> > "LibreOffice Reader", very much like the "Adobe Acrobat Reader", whose
> > sole purpose is to provide the ability to "read" ".odt" files, there
> > would be no need to carry .pdf formatted files.
> This, however, won't work. Document fidelity is not the aim of ODT
> files, while it is the aim of PDF files (example: font embedding, but
> one could find many more). Replacing PDF by ODT is just not feasible due
> to the formats themselves, not to the lack of an "ODF Reader".
>
> Regards,
>    Andrea.
The initial use of the "LibreOffice Reader" would be just a plain 
reader, the challenge after this would be to try to build as much 
document fidelity into it as possible. Again, with the hopes to rival 
.pdf fidelity. Maybe once all the devs put their heads together, they 
may come up with some way to do this. Let's not forget that the Djvu 
people accomplished this to some extent. If we were to work at it we 
could surprise everyone. There is always the possibility of submitting 
any changes to the ODF, that could enhance the formats, through the 
possible channels at the ISO and OASIS of which we are members.

Cheers

Marc

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