Daniel Carrera wrote: > Henrik Sundberg wrote: >> Did Arend Beelen use dispatching or regular API calls? > > Look, you're missing the point: > > 1. Even when run headless, OOo needs X to install. Yes, even if you use > API calls. This is an *installation* requirement. > 2. Even when run headless, OOo needs X to run. Even if it doesn't > actually display a GUI. > 3. Even if the above changed, OOo alone is still a huge dependency. > > OOo is an office suite. It is not intended to work as a command-line > tool or a library. We know it is *possible* to make it work as a server > backend. The point is that it's more trouble than it's worth. > Hi Daniel, I understand your point. But not everyboby is in your shoes. If using OOo headless is *possible* just now on a server without X running, then this opens a possibility to set up a document converter server just now. This may be a selling point for a company that wants to migrate all legacy documents _just now_, not when the sofware will be developed (the Best is enemy of the good). Let's offer the OP all the information and let's him decide if OOo is a too big dependency or not for his demanded work. I think he wants an intranet solution for small business. But Apache, SQL, LaTeX etc are not small dependencies either. Más vale pájaro en mano... , que cliente en otra consultoría
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