Asiri Rathnayake wrote:
> Hi Devs,
> 
> When converting office documents into html (before they are transformed into
> xwiki syntax) lots of style information gets added into the html. For an
> example :
> 
> <p class="western">Text in a <sup><span
> style="color:;font-family=;font-size=2pt;">superscript</span></sup>format</p>
> 
> And finally when this is transformed into xwiki syntax, the result will look
> something like :
> 
> (% class="western" %)
> Text in a ^^(% style="color:;font-family=;font-size=2pt;"
> %)superscript^^(%%) format
> 
> The problem with this is, the resulting xwiki document will have lot's of
> (%%) elements which makes it difficult to make modifications in wiki mode.
> And another argument is that content is more important than style (vincent).
> 
> So, there are three options :
> 
> 1. Rip off style information.

What is expressible with wiki markup should be kept (headings, bold,
superscript...). No font information, please.

> 2. Keep style information as it is.
> 
> 3. Give the user an option to select between 1 and 2.
> 
> I'm going with 3. :)

+1 for 3.

> WDYT ?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> - Asiri
> 


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