Comments on: Lost in Translation http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/07/lost-in-translation.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lost-in-translation Thinking the unthinkable, pondering the imponderable, effing the ineffable and scruting the inscrutable Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A quick look at the 0.2 ODF Add-in for Word http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/07/lost-in-translation.html#comment-2699 A quick look at the 0.2 ODF Add-in for Word Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:03:04 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/07/lost-in-translation.html#comment-2699 [...] An updated version of the Microsoft-sponsered ODF Add-in for Word has been posted. A few weeks ago I had tried out the earlier 0.1 version with results you can read here and here. [...] [...] An updated version of the Microsoft-sponsered ODF Add-in for Word has been posted. A few weeks ago I had tried out the earlier 0.1 version with results you can read here and here. [...]

]]> By: Rob http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/07/lost-in-translation.html#comment-4 Rob Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:56:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/07/lost-in-translation.html#comment-4 Thanks. Looks like Blogger's default site link, done via a meta <$BlogSiteFeedUrl$> resolves to some poor soul's personal blog of the same name. I've hardcoded the link to point to the correct one. If anyone has subscribed in the last couple of days, you'll want to resubscribe.<br/><br/>You are correct that rich text is difficult to convert, especially where conceptual models differ. I did some work processing Notes RTF via the C++ API years ago. <br/><br/>However I don't have much patience for those who blame it on unstated deficiencies of the format, and then fail to accomplish the basic level of fidelity already achieved by open source software. Thanks. Looks like Blogger’s default site link, done via a meta < $BlogSiteFeedUrl$> resolves to some poor soul’s personal blog of the same name. I’ve hardcoded the link to point to the correct one. If anyone has subscribed in the last couple of days, you’ll want to resubscribe.

You are correct that rich text is difficult to convert, especially where conceptual models differ. I did some work processing Notes RTF via the C++ API years ago.

However I don’t have much patience for those who blame it on unstated deficiencies of the format, and then fail to accomplish the basic level of fidelity already achieved by open source software.

]]> By: Ben Langhinrichs http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/07/lost-in-translation.html#comment-3 Ben Langhinrichs Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:29:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/07/lost-in-translation.html#comment-3 Excellent post. Although, having spent a lot of my recent years writing conversions (Notes rich to text HTML/XHTML and back, etc.), I can tell you that it can be a very difficult task even for those who want to make it happen. For those who don't...<br/><br/>By the way, you RSS feed seems to be going to a different blog, perhaps a personal blog? Excellent post. Although, having spent a lot of my recent years writing conversions (Notes rich to text HTML/XHTML and back, etc.), I can tell you that it can be a very difficult task even for those who want to make it happen. For those who don’t…

By the way, you RSS feed seems to be going to a different blog, perhaps a personal blog?

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