Re: Command line abiword
Justin Willoughby (justin@justinw.net)
Sun, 26 Sep 1999 00:18:48 -0400
On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 10:41:36PM +0200, Jacques Du Pasquier wrote:
> Justin Willoughby a écrit (25.9.1999/11:35) :
> > On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 12:39:53PM +0200, Jacques Du Pasquier wrote:
> > > I would very much like to be able to use the converting capabilities
> > > of Abiword with a "command line only" use.
> (..)
> >
> > There are already such tool available for Linux/Un*x
> >
> > http://word2x.alcom.co.uk/
> >
> > and
> >
> > http://www.fe.msk.ru/~vitus/catdoc/
>
>
> Thank you for the info, I'll check them out.
>
> However, including the functionality in abiword maybe wouldn't hurt ?
> Unless I'm missing something, it's a matter of reading options and
> branching accordingly ?
It would just be a little more code for something that already exist.
AbiWord is a GUI tool, and the programs I listed are console tools. I
don't really see why we should make a product do something its not made to
do. I guess its just more about principal then any thing else.
Do the developers of AbiWord have any thing to say about this?
- Justin
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