Path: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: 5 Stand-Out LibreOffice Features That Make It My Go-To Office Suite Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 18:20:03 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:20:03 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ebc71d55264ad87d5dae4ee9d88f9fff"; logging-data="3603226"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18DBYAgBfbbk1oO32xa5FI+JtGrZp1pRDP5LqsaGlMKtQ==" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/eVAwiGCoqRTMlj3mvXAzflPJ/I= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 22:29 this Wednesday (GMT): > On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 18:10:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote: > >> Also, .docx and similar "compatibility" file formats. > > ISO 29500 (OOXML) is an absolute shambles of a “standard”, full of gaps > and contradictions. It supposedly defines a “transitional” mode and a > “strict” compliance mode, but even now, 20 years after the spec was > supposedly “standardized”, everybody is still afraid to use “strict” mode > because it might break too many things. > > If you want a standard document format, stick to ISO 26300 (ODF). It’s a > much smaller and simpler spec -- easier to understand, and easier to > verify that you are compliant with it. Is ODT good too? -- user is generated from /dev/urandom