KG01 - see comments inline. On Aug 21, 2012, at 4:18 AM, "Marcus (OOo)" <marcus.m...@wtnet.de> wrote:
> Am 08/20/2012 04:54 PM, schrieb Jürgen Schmidt: >> OpenOffice is not only used as desktop application but also as hidden >> part of other software and often as a conversion engine in the backend. >> >> OpenOffice has very good filters for many file formats and the usage as >> a conversion engine is straight forward. And the conversion from one >> format into another can be improved and optimized by some special >> handling of parts of the document. >> >> For example external linked parts can be ignored and don't have to be >> loaded during conversion, embedded images can be simply copied etc. >> >> I would like to improve AOO for this kind of usage by introducing a new >> parameter "-conversionmode". It's not comparable with the command line >> parameter "-headless" or the "hidden" property for loadComponentFromUrl(). >> >> The intention of this new global option is to have it available >> everywhere in the underlying code to optimize the performance of the >> conversion. > > Sounds reasonable. However, especially with the previous paragraph I don't > know if I understood right. Do you want to simply make the import/export of > docs faster when AOO isn't running in graphical mode? > > Would be great if you can fill this with some more details. > >> This should have no influence/impact on the normal workflow but will >> help to make AOO potentially more attractive for backend usage. Means it >> will help to grow the broader eco-system around AOO. KG01 - Interesting. Does this mean future apps could present their own user experience and still leverage our framework? > > Thanks > > Marcus
