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

On 2 July 2011 23:22, Robert Derman <robert.derman@pressenter.com> wrote:

> Keith Curtis wrote:
>
> > The problem with building a reader is that it would be about the same size
> > as LibreOffice. OpenDocument is very different from PDF. For those who
> > can't
> > install LO, they probably can't install the reader either.
> Perhaps separating the modules of LO so that users could download and
> install only the parts that they actually want, for instance I NEVER use
> spreadsheets and probably never would use any part of the LO package other
> than Writer.  There is a small chance that I might use the database, but the
> rest of it never.

The snag as I understand it is that there is a lot of code shared between
components so separating them is not easy and would not result in as big a
saving in "size" as one would think. I use Writer but I tend to use Google
spreadsheets as I need to share them collaboratively. I use Inkscape rather
than Draw simply because I like it better. I doubt I would ever use Base.
Perhaps Impress on occasions. But I think Impress and Draw share a lot of
code so its probably not going to save much having one without the other.

I believe there is quite a bit of redundant code in OOo so would a better
starting point not be to get rid of as much of this as possible?

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