On 11 November 2010 22:51, Vincent Massol <vinc...@massol.net> wrote:
> > On Nov 11, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Florin Ciubotaru wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Vincent Massol <vinc...@massol.net> > wrote: > > > >> > >> On Nov 11, 2010, at 11:50 AM, Florin Ciubotaru wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Marius, > >>> > >>> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Marius Dumitru Florea < > >>> mariusdumitru.flo...@xwiki.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Florin, I suspect you have to update the XHTML that XWord generates > when > >>>> the user inserts an image to match the rendering module expectations. > >>>> See http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-5554 . Starting with XE > 2.5 > >>>> image and link markers (the XHTML comments used by the rendering > module) > >>>> use the same syntax. Let me know if you need any help. > >>>> > >>> > >>> Indeed, this could be the cause of the issue. I would have expected > this > >>> behavior to be backwords compatible or having the old one deprecated > for > >>> several XWiki versions as we receive this 'formated' XHTML trough > public > >>> APIs. At this point the conversion will simply crash when used by an > >> older > >>> client. > >> > >> IMO we should check the version of XE when XWord connects to it and if > it's > >> not compatible mention it. > >> > > > >> WDYT? > >> > > XOffice already checks the XE version for several reasons. For this > > particular issue, I'd prefer to implement the fix it rather then saying > it's > > incompatible. First thing to do until a release is done, is to at least > > document this on the wiki. > > The client relies on the XML-RPC and REST APIs which means that it should > be > > compatible with the server as long as nothing changes in the API specs. > > I cannot confirm the exact cause of the issue yet. But based on the hint > > from Marius I could say that the xhtml parser should have accepted the > old > > image marker for several versions. XML-RPC is a backwards compatible API, > > once we introduced the conversion methods, it means we commit to having > them > > working properly across several XWiki versions. > > On the server side, in the rendering module, we have *voluntarily* broken > several APIs. See the release notes for 2.5: > > http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise25#HAPIBreakages > > I don't know how this can affect you (i.e how this can affect the XMLRPC > module). > > But if you produce XHTML on the XOffice side and if this XHTML contains > markers then the marker syntax has changed in 2.5. > > Thanks > -Vincent > > I'd like to get XWord working, even if it means hacking it myself. Can anyone give me some pointers on what has to be done? thanks Paul _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
