On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Vincent Massol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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. I know that (%...%) is wiki syntax. What I meant is that I agreed with Asiri on the fact that an user will never bother editing a document loaded with (%...%) all over the place. Thus removing style elements by default (and therefore avoiding having to use the (%...%) syntax as a byproduct) seems to be the best option to me. > > > > 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? Without letting the user import styles by default (ie, the user should explicitely choose importing styles). Guillaume > > > 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 > -- Guillaume Lerouge Product Manager - XWiki Skype ID : wikibc http://blog.xwiki.com/ _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
