[softwarelist] Re: O-Pro's future

In article <npejDlEqU4ZIFwUZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David Pilling
<flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <4fb66bd462bbailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Brian Bailey
> <bbailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> >> My current disillusion with Windows is due to the realisation that
> >> years of work are now needed just to add the basic requirements.
> >That seems to be more than slightly paradoxical. Surely, the
> >development of OvatPro has already progressed well beyond what might be
> >called the basic requirements. It would, therefore, be interesting to
> >know what you have in mind.

> OLE support WMF support Tables MS Word import A brand new user interface
> for Windows Sorting out some of the bugs that have been allowed to
> persist

> >> >Why not make DDL standard OvPro format and leave the binary one for
> >> >loading legacy documents?
> >in the main, but the very constraint offered by legacy file formats is
> >I feel the very reason preventing the expansion of the use of RISC OS
> >software on this and other platforms. It is certainly a significant

> That is a good point, the DDL format is much more extendable than the
> binary one - sometimes new features have been limited to fit in the old
> file format.

> Although DDL has its charms, one would realistically replace it with
> XML. That is just another addition for the above list.

Plus, PDF export.

OK, David, we now have at least some kind of list, some kind of focus for
further discussion.

In spite of your reservations, there are possibilities, some kind of a
glimmer, of a practical commercial scheme out of the several
suggestions which have been made, which could be costed.

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