Re: [xwiki-devs] [GSOC]how to convert html to xwiki syntax

Hi everyone, Sorry to pop in, but I imagine you are aware of Mirko's JODConverter and JODReports: http://www.artofsolving.com/ If not I thought it might be useful in the context of your discussion. His code is used by Nuxeo, Alfresco, and others and is very simple to use. JODCOnverter plugs into OO running in server mode.

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote: > > On Jun 4, 2008, at 8:33 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote: > >> Vincent Massol wrote: >>> On Jun 4, 2008, at 7:30 PM, Ludovic Dubost wrote: >>> >>>> I agree, >>>> >>>> First you need to package your code as an XWiki plugin that can be >>>> called. >>>> This plugin should have as many conversion possibilities. >>>> >>>> doc or office -> xhtml >>>> xls -> xhtml >>>> doc -> openoffice >>>> openoffice ->doc >>>> doc -> pdf >>>> html -> pdf >>>> etc.. >>> >>> hmm not sure. We only need xhtml I think since it's then the role >>> of >>> the XWiki HTML Parser to generate an internal DOM. Once we have >>> that >>> DOM we benefit from all the renderers (PDF, XHTML, RTF, Latex, >>> etc). >>> >> >> I second Vincent, for the moment the priority is to have wiki >> documents. >> But then I agree with Ludovic, that it would be better to convert >> attachments to different formats using the OOo codebase. The pdf >> export >> done now affects only wiki documents, not attachments, and going >> through >> a long chain of conversions (.doc -> wiki -> xhtml -> xsl-fo -> pdf) >> will only introduce possible problems at each conversion, while a >> direct >> conversion doc -> pdf using the (better) OOo code is simpler and >> easier. >> We can (and should) keep the current PDF export mechanism for wiki >> documents, though. > > I think we should make the PDF export a secondary priority and get > the > rest working for now. Let's revisit it when all the rest is working > fine. > > Thanks > -Vincent > >>>> Concerning xls I think we should look into having an import that >>>> does >>>> not go through html >>>> We might want to write xls to wiki table >>>> >> >> +1 to this one, too. I think that direct data manipulation through >> OOo >> is better than reverse-engineering html, and not just for >> spreadsheets, >> but other types of documents.