Re: Functionality loss when saving in other formats from .abw?

On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:27:59 -0500
Hubert Figuière <hfiguiere@teaser.fr> wrote:

For quick and simple .rtf I used to use Jarte and YeahWrite but gave
them up as a Linux user when installing through Wine was too much
hassle. KWord has had some nice features (with multiple format support).
But for quick composing and the production of an .rtf that seemed
pretty clean, I've always kept Ted installed. It's also great for
minimalist systems (Puppy...) that don't need full-featured word
processing.

--Mark

> Yes there is loss. Because file format are inherently tied to the
> feature and the internal data model, the translation isn't lossless.
> We try to do our best, but sometime it is just not possible.
>
> This issue isn't specific to AbiWord, and is also why AbiWord hasn't
> jumped on ODT by default - this would require a good amount of work to
> adapt the internal model to ODT.
>
> > In windows i used to use an rtf word processor
> > like Jarte for letters and short files when i didn't need the
> > complexity of Abiword or OO-writer (as it then was).
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Received on Sat Jan 19 18:39:32 2013