[odf-discuss] odt2html-fast.xsl for CMS Plone Opendocument Support

[Daniel]

Hello Joscha,

For Plone I very strongly suggest you use the latest XSLT from SVN:

svn co http://opendocumentfellowship.org/repos/odf2html

I haven't gotten around to making an updated package of XSLTs for the 
website, and the ones from SVN are far more complete. They support 
presentations, spreadsheets, floating frames and all sorts of corner 
cases that odt2html-fast.xsl doesn't.

The reason odt2html-fast.xsl is fast is because it ignores all the style 
information. This includes colours, fonts, alignment, etc. This can be 
great for applications where you just want the structure of the 
documents (headings, paragraphs and lists) like in embedded devices or 
for console-based readers. But for Plone you want a result that is 
visually close to the original document.

To answer your question about known problems:

* odt2html-fast.xsl - It's only for text documents and skips all the 
style information.

* Latest from SVN - It doesn't support vector graphics, and some 
presentations will still give unexpected results. It's great for text 
documents, spread sheets and basic presentations.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Daniel.

Joscha Krutzki wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am going to improve the OpenDocument support for the CMS Plone 3.5
> (OpenDocument import without style information except for images). For
> this I will reuse your odt2html-fast.xsl and need some help. Maybe
> this is also useful for other CMSs.
> 
> Do you have  any complex test pages?
> Are there any known problems with odt2html-fast.xsl?
> 
> Best regards Joscha Krutzki
> 
>