Re: [O] [ANN][RFC] org-odt.texi/org-odt.pdf preview (was Re: Org-odt table format)

[Christian Moe]

Hi, Jambunathan,

This is great. I'd be happy to proofread. What's the best way to 
return the proofs to you? A diff of the .texi?

A couple of questions and suggestions. First, about the syntax rather 
than about the manual:

- Image attributes: Are the parentheses needed in the ATTR_ODT line? 
(This is not about the manual, but about the syntax.) It would be 
simpler and generally more consistent with user expectations from 
other ATTR lines, I think, if it worked like this:

  #+ATTR_ODT: :width 10 :height 10

About the manual:

- Literal examples:
  - Add a hint, where does one get an enhanced htmlfontify.el?

- References and captions (not covered): It would be worth mentioning 
in the Tables and Images sections that these will work, but that you 
may need to use Tools>Update>Fields in LibreOffice to get them 
displayed right.

- There are some long technical sections that are great if you want to 
get under the hood, but may be a bit intimidating, and that come 
before the short first-aid stuff. You might want to consider:

  - Starting "Applying Custom Styles" with a simple howto setting out 
the user-friendly steps: export an ODT (with num:t and any other 
settings needed to get all the styles), tweak its looks in LibreOffice 
(preserving heading numbering as an option), save the result and point 
to it with ODT_STYLES_FILE.

(As it is, the manual gives a strong impression that the user will 
have to mess with XML files to get custom styles.)

- Possibly moving "Exporting and Converting to Other Formats" to the 
end of the manual.

- Possibly separating out the explanation of custom table styles as a 
separate section and moving it to the end of the manual. (BTW, custom 
table styles sounds great, I'm looking forward to trying this out.)

Yours,
Christian


On 10/26/11 8:04 PM, Jambunathan K wrote:
> The org-odt.texi and org-odt.pdf are in the parent of this mail. It is
> also accessible as attachment at
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/48468
>
> Proof readers invited.