Re: [gNewSense-users] Looking for proof readers for a few Lemote documents

[Karl Goetz]

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:43:44 +0200
Lars Nooden <address@hidden> wrote:

> Karl Goetz wrote:
> 
> > When it no longer needs to be done in secrecy let me know ;) (And if
> > there is real source[1] rather then ODT we can put in revision
> > control[2], so much the better.
> > 
> > [1] docbook for example.
> > [2] bzr for example
> > kk
> 
> I looked at converting documentation for another project to Docbook.
> 
> The roving OOXML scandals seem to have DDOS'd XML developmers,
> including those previously developing Docbook, which is stuck at v4.5
> with 5.0 being stalled.  http://www.docbook.org/schemas/

:/ bugger. (I'm only mildly concerned, since 4.5 is quite good, imo)

> ODT can be put in revision control systems.  The blob you are used to
> seeing as OD* is a zipped directory of many files.  You could have the
> revision control system unzip everything on the way in.  You get
> something like this, with various embedded objects getting their own
> files:

The other option is having a structure like this:

<repo head>
 - readme
 - gen-odf.sh
 - <directory with files>
>       drwxr-xr-x 10 lars lars   200 2009-11-10 12:41 Configurations2
>       drwxr-xr-x  2 lars lars    60 2009-11-10 12:41 META-INF
>       drwxr-xr-x  2 lars lars    60 2009-11-10 12:41 Thumbnails
>       -rw-r--r--  1 lars lars 27097 2009-10-12 19:27 content.xml
>       -rw-r--r--  1 lars lars    62 2009-10-12 19:27 layout-cache
>       -rw-r--r--  1 lars lars   876 2009-10-12 19:27 meta.xml
>       -rw-r--r--  1 lars lars    39 2009-10-12 19:27 mimetype
>       -rw-r--r--  1 lars lars  8197 2009-10-12 19:27 settings.xml
>       -rw-r--r--  1 lars lars 11240 2009-10-12 19:27 styles.xml

I think the reason for a structure like that is obvious enough:)

> That is one way.  I don't know if it is currently practical, but it
> has been theoretically available for ages.

Its ugly, practical or not.

> Another way would be to save as a flat XML file.  That will put
> everything, including images, into a single file.  The images end up
> like this:
>       <draw:z-index="0">
>         <draw:image>
>           <office:binary-data>iVBORw0KGgoAA...

Just no, please >.>
kk

> /Lars
> 

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Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer
http://www.kgoetz.id.au
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