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Re: [xsl] a simple RTF <> XML question

2006-10-18 02:53:41
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:45:21 +0200, Abel Braaksma wrote:

More likely would be, considering the whole scenario, to get XSLFO from 
RTF (xslfo is xml anyway, so this won't violate your first requirement, 
and it gives you a generalized way to keep the font etc data). Do your 
thing with it (but leave it intact as XSLFO, if possible). Now all you 
need is parse the resulting XSLFO into RTF back again. But be not 
surprised if the text layout will be off by a bit. 
Fully agree, because RTF and FO intersect. 
There are things FO can that RTF can't and vis-versa. 
E.g. region-start and region-end and embedded SVG aren't supported by RTF. 
On the other hand, RTF form fields, text flow around an object and tabulators 
aren't supported in FO.
These are only a few examples, it's not a complete list.

Not sure there exists a readymade tool to get xslfo from rtf, though.
RTF-to-FO from Novosoft

From FO to RTF: XMLmind FO Converter

For details to the above mentioned software see 
http://www.xslfo.info/software.aspx 

Rudolf P. Weinmann

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