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1. Welcome
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Welcome to KWord's AbiWord import/export filter.
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For now, this file is just a storage for some technical notes.
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2. AbiWord's Multiple File Formats
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AbiWord's file format has evolved with the time. The older file formats are
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XML-like, the newer ones are in XML.
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See the file FileFormats.html for an overview!
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The AbiWord filter for KWord *must* be able to read all those formats. A user
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will not be happy if you tell him that his sub-version is not supported!
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However to make it easier all these formats differ mainly only in the header.
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(Only the "awml" format has different names for some tags.)
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Additionally, some files ("anonymous" ones?) seems to have tags and attributes
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in upper case. This must also be taken care of.
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Files in all those formats can be found in the source distribution of AbiWord
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(www.abisource.com), see in AbiWord's source code under the sub-directory
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test/wp and under its own sub-directories.
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3. A Few Problems
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AbiWord is still in development. Be careful that future file formats does not
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contain potential problems. At least they should not crash the import filter.
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You must really look into AbiWord's source code, as you will have the surprise
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to find that the documented file format (also in the source distribution) does
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not tell everything.
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