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diff --git a/filters/kword/abiword/NOTES b/filters/kword/abiword/NOTES new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bdca2d26f --- /dev/null +++ b/filters/kword/abiword/NOTES @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +1. Welcome + + Welcome to KWord's AbiWord import/export filter. + + For now, this file is just a storage for some technical notes. + +2. AbiWord's Multiple File Formats + + AbiWord's file format has evolved with the time. The older file formats are + XML-like, the newer ones are in XML. + + See the file FileFormats.html for an overview! + + The AbiWord filter for KWord *must* be able to read all those formats. A user + will not be happy if you tell him that his sub-version is not supported! + + However to make it easier all these formats differ mainly only in the header. + (Only the "awml" format has different names for some tags.) + + Additionally, some files ("anonymous" ones?) seems to have tags and attributes + in upper case. This must also be taken care of. + + Files in all those formats can be found in the source distribution of AbiWord + (www.abisource.com), see in AbiWord's source code under the sub-directory + test/wp and under its own sub-directories. + +3. A Few Problems + + AbiWord is still in development. Be careful that future file formats does not + contain potential problems. At least they should not crash the import filter. + + You must really look into AbiWord's source code, as you will have the surprise + to find that the documented file format (also in the source distribution) does + not tell everything. |