[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Semantic action files, which are for what format

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 06:22:39 -0500

Both of the word-document files are several years old. If I remember 
right, they were for different versions of MSWord. It seems to me that 
you already know which is the one you want. 

John

On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:02:51AM +0000, Michael Whapples wrote:
> The document action is not the issue now, it solved the problem.
> 
> My question really relates to what files are for what, or in some cases 
> whether a file is still relevant.
> 
> OK, docx.sem is in the repository but not in the 2.5.0 tarball release.
> 
> Examining docx.sem it is not for Word XML but the docx format. As I said 
> previously Word XML and docx are different formats. It does appear that 
> wordDocument.sem is the file for Word XML, but there is also 
> w_wordDocument.sem which is similar, so I do not know which is the one I 
> should be using. Previously you said that wordDocument.sem and 
> w_wordDocument.sem are no longer used, but I cannot find any other file 
> which seems to deal with the Word XML format, so which should I be using 
> for Word XML?
> 
> Michael Whapples
> On 30/10/2013 09:55, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >The docx.sem file should be in the liblouisutdml repository. It was
> >pushed some time ago. As I have stated several times, the document
> >semantic action should be on the element that contains the document and
> >nothing else. It should not be on the <head> element or on the root
> >element.
> >
> >John
> >
> >On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 06:07:59AM +0000, Michael Whapples wrote:
> >>Hello,
> >>I previously commented on problems with the wordDocument.sem semantic
> >>action file placing brl nodes outside the <w:Body> element.
> >>
> >>John stated that wordDocument.sem and w_wordDocument.sem are out of date
> >>and that I should use docx.sem.
> >>
> >>First of all docx.sem does not exist. I do find a doc.sem but it does
> >>not seem to relate to the Word XML format which one gets when saving in
> >>Word as XML. NOTE: Word XML is not docx format.
> >>
> >>The only semantic action files which look remotely like the Word XML
> >>format are wordDocument.sem and w_wordDocument.sem. I am not really sure
> >>what the difference between these files is meant to be.
> >>
> >>It might be worth removing files which are no longer used.
> >>
> >>Also it might be worth adding comments to the top of semantic action
> >>files to state which format the file is used for, particularly as
> >>sometimes the file name might not help.
> >>
> >>Michael Whapples
> >>For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> >>project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> 
> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com

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Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
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