[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.

     If you chose to use the xml language used by OpenOffice then you might
get unexpected bonuses!?!

               Keith

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