Le 2011-06-24 01:55, Mike Hall a écrit :
This is only a discussion on the topic and does not mean that any groups will commit to it. It is just a discussion about the feasibility of creating a "LibreOffice Reader" and whether it would be worth it. Whether or not we have enough devs do not really matter at this point. As for locking in the format of a document, surely this could also be done with ODF files even if it meant proposing changes to the ODF formats themselves through ISO OASIS group as well as keeping functionality with office suites making use of the format such as LibreOffice.On 24/06/2011 03:59, Marc Paré wrote:As Andrea states, the point about PDF is that it 'locks in' the format of a document, allowing it to be displayed or printed everywhere as the user intended. All other formats created by word processors, including MS Office and LibO, will display and print differently on different computers, depending for example on the specific printer a user has installed. I doubt that this is something that could readily be fixed by tweaking ODF, it's fundamental to the way all word processors work. I also believe that any diversion of scarce DEV effort would inevitably move the focus further away from fixing the many bugs still in LibO, which would be counter-productive.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.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, butone could find many more). Replacing PDF by ODT is just not feasible dueto the formats themselves, not to the lack of an "ODF Reader". Regards, Andrea.Cheers Marc-1
Also, IMO, there is never a good time to suggest a new project for any active group (dev, design, marketing, documentation etc.) as these groups are always too busy ... but projects do get queued up and eventually looked at. Such is the nature of large projects beasts such as LibreOffice.
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