OpenDocument format

Timothy Murphy

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Nov 10, 2005, 8:20:40 AM11/10/05

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Probably an ignorant question, but:
Is there any intersection between OpenDocument and LaTeX?
Eg translators in either direction?

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Eitan Gurari

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Nov 10, 2005, 10:18:23 AM11/10/05

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>Is there any intersection between OpenDocument and LaTeX?
>Eg translators in either direction?

The OpenOffice configuration of TeX4ht, under the command line option
`oo2', targets OpenDocument for the output format. -eitan

Bob Tennent

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Nov 10, 2005, 1:37:14 PM11/10/05

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Where is this documented? I can't find any mention of oo2 at

http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~gurari/TeX4ht/

nor in the tex4ht-all.zip currently available.

Bob T.

Eitan Gurari

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Nov 10, 2005, 1:59:14 PM11/10/05

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> >>Is there any intersection between OpenDocument and LaTeX?
> >>Eg translators in either direction?
> >
> > The OpenOffice configuration of TeX4ht, under the command line option
> > `oo2', targets OpenDocument for the output format. -eitan
>
>Where is this documented? I can't find any mention of oo2 at
>
>http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~gurari/TeX4ht/
>
>nor in the tex4ht-all.zip currently available.

Unfortunately, it is not documented. Currently, the only clue to be
found is in the file ooffice.4ht with a search for `opendocument'. I
fixed the tex source of the
http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~gurari/TeX4ht/ documentation to show
the oo2 option--it will go public probably in February.

-eitan

Bob Tennent

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Nov 11, 2005, 10:20:28 AM11/11/05

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All I want to know is how to use it (assuming it's in the currently
distributed version)! You say that one has to add "oo2" as a
command-line option but in which of the 4 option sections, and what
should the other options be?

Bob T.

Eitan Gurari

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Nov 11, 2005, 10:50:13 AM11/11/05

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>All I want to know is how to use it (assuming it's in the currently
>distributed version)! You say that one has to add "oo2" as a
>command-line option but in which of the 4 option sections, and what
>should the other options be?

The option is available in recent distributions, since the time
OpenOffice started to support OpenDocument.

The oo2 option should be placed in the first option section. Try
` oolatex file "html,oo2" ' (or ` mk4ht oolatex file "html,oo2" ',
if the oolatex script is not installed). The output will have
the OpenDocument extension .odt, instead of the OpenOffice
extension .sxw.

-eitan

tonyb...@yahoo.com

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Nov 17, 2005, 7:05:39 PM11/17/05

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I haven't been able to get this to work. I can generate
HTML files fine, but when I use the
oolatex file "html,oo2"
it produces files that OpenOffice2.0 claims are corrupt.

Am I doing something wrong or is this feature still a
work in progress??

Thanks,
Tony

Eitan Gurari

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Nov 22, 2005, 7:58:09 PM11/22/05

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. I haven't been able to get this to work. I can generate
. HTML files fine,

The HTML setting is better configured than the OO setting as it
enjoyed more bug reports and requests from a larger user base.

. but when I use the
. oolatex file "html,oo2"
. it produces files that OpenOffice2.0 claims are corrupt.

Can you provide a miniature latex file demonstrating the problem.

-eitan