On Nov 3, 2008, at 3:33 PM, Guillaume Lerouge wrote: > 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).
The (%...%) notation *IS* wiki syntax. I think you're talking about removing style elements. > This would mean getting rid of font > size, font color and font family in all cases, without even allowing > the > user to do so. Without allowing the user to do what? Thanks -Vincent > 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 _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
