Hi, On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. I'd be in favour of removing parameters that do not directly translate into XWiki 2.0 syntax items in all cases (otherwise imported documents will not have a consistent look across the wiki). This would mean getting rid of font size, font color and font family in all cases, without even allowing the user to do so. WDYT? Guillaume > > > > 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 > > > > > -- > Sergiu Dumitriu > http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- Guillaume Lerouge Product Manager - XWiki Skype ID : wikibc http://blog.xwiki.com/ _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
