From: msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au
Date: Thu Jul 17 2003 - 18:35:16 EDT
>> However I just want to point out that there is some
>> really special case
>> code for copy and pasting lists and tables in the
>> RTF export/importer.
>> The difference here is that that what happens after
>> the paste depends on
>> the context that the text is being pasted into.
>>
>> In the case of lists, the RTF importer attempts to
>> merge the pasted list
>> into the current list structure. This required a lot
>> of specialized
>> code.
>>
>> Without this the a pasted list would not merge with
>> the current but
>> would be a seperate entity surrounded by the
>> previous list.
>>
>> Getting all this to work right for every importer
>> will require a fair
>> bit of abstracting and reusing code in the RTF
>> importer.
>
> Oh, I'm aware of this. This currently fits the "90%"
> need. I plan on stealing more of the RTF importer's
> code and abracting a few more things away as we need
> it. For right now, you should be able to append/paste
> sections, tables, paragraphs, spans, images, and text.
> Which seems like a nice start to me. None of the
> importers - except maybe .doc - are nearly as
> sophisticated as the RTF one currently.
>
Ah excellent Dom!
Cheers
Martin
> Dom
>
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