[ug-bosug] Re: SXW to Doc convertor

[Binu Jose Philip]

Venky <venky.tv at sun.com> writes:

> Hi Pushkar,
>
> What I would really like is a generic library (and maybe some small
> utilities) which can read and write ODF files.  A lot of times,
> I would like to read ODF files without having to open them up in
> StarOffice or OpenOffice, like for example, from my console-based
> mail client.  Being able to generate an ODF document from the
> command-line would also be extremely useful.  Would make for a good
> project, IMO.

I would like to see something like tex/latex/(custom markup)
translator to ODF. In a totally benign incident I was trying to
convert my ascii only resume to odt with the least amount of
pain. Turns out (to my knowledge) there is no avoiding opening
the GUI to make something bold or italicized.

Even if it understood only *bold*, /italic/ and _underlined_
that would be usable.

cheers
Binu

> You can find the specs for the OpenDocument format here:
> http://www.oasis-open.org/specs/index.php#opendocumentv1.0
>
> Since the ODF format is basically XML, it would not be very complex
> to implement.  There are apparently some java libraries available
> for doing this, but I'm not aware of any good ones.  I am basically
> looking for something on the lines on wvWare for MS Word documents:
> http://wvware.sourceforge.net/
>
> Like Ananth mentioned, I would not spend too much on either .sxw or
> .doc files.  The former will be obsoleted by the OpenDocument format
> and the latter should hopefully die soon! :)
>
> Venky.
>
> PS: I am primarily looking at ODT files (OpenDocument Text
>     documents), but it might be interesting to extend it to the
>     other formats too.
>
> On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 03:30:04AM +0530, Ananth Shrinivas wrote:
>> OASIS ODF is going to replace closed and propreitary doc files. So, Even
>> if you manage to reverse engineer the file format, it might not be of
>> great benefit.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ananth
>> 
>> pushkar kulkarni wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >      I study at RV College of Engineering. Was thinking of a  project
>> > for my final semester. I just wanna know where i can get a good
>> > documentation of the .sxw and .doc formats. Does a .sxw -> .doc
>> > convertor exist?
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