Re: [Groff] Discussion: devwp ??

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Ted,

> The above is really only speculative musing. Part of my uncertainty
> has to do with not being at all sure of what should be required
> and/or permissible for a file which is to be a valid importable file
> for a "generic word processor".

I don't use them myself but wouldn't some of the more recent word
processors have an `import HTML' option that has varying success?  It
might cope well with -Thtml output and that would give tables,
equations, etc., as images although I realise this might not meet the
requirement.

As for a new backend, would Rich Text Format, RTF, be a suitable
format?  Although it's from Microsoft they do write a specification for
it;  although I've heard their own tools break/extend it.

    
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnrtfspec/html/rtfspec.asp

Nearly all word processors cope with RTF input, although to different
levels.


Ralph.