Re: Curious: ODT reader

[Phillip Smith <phillipadsmith-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On 2015-01-27, at 8:27 AM, Jesse Rosenthal <jrosenthal-4GNroTWusrE@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi Phillip,
> 
> I'm actually the author of the docx reader. I wrote it because I wanted
> to use it. I'd guess that's the case for most of the readers in pandoc.
> 
> Which is to say that I don't think there's any technical limitation to
> constructing such a reader. It would likely follow the same basic
> pattern as the docx reader: unzip, parse, convert. It would in fact
> probably be a bit easier than the docx reader because lists etc seem
> much more sensible in ODT due to proper nesting. I just don't think
> anyone has had sufficient desrie (or the combination of desire and
> haskell chops) to make it happen.
> 
> By the way, before I wrote the docx reader, I prototyped it in python,
> and wrote a python script that output pandoc json. If you don't want to
> work in haskell you could look around for an ODT reader in another
> language and go from there.
> 
> Best,
> Jesse

Hi Jesse,

That's very helpful context to have.

I have been looking at the other libraries here, http://www.opendocumentformat.org/developers/  … and I'd be curious to see an example of the "pandoc JSON" if you could point me to one (and/or your python prototype). 

It does look like an interesting problem to solve, haskell aside. ;)  However, the team I'm working with at the moment is quite small, and we are heavily committed (like everyone!).

I see that the idea of a "bounty" has been raised before on this list. Our project is well funded and this would be a worthwhile investment.

Before I go searching for someone to write this reader out in the wild, is there anyone on this list that would be interested in taking it on? If so, please drop me a note off-list.

Phillip.


> 
> Phillip Smith <phillipadsmith-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
> 
>> On 2015-01-26, at 2:42 PM, Raniere Silva <raniere-Xhq86aZylhRTIXuwt5Zssw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Phillip,
>>> 
>>>> I'm completely ignorant here, having just starting using pandoc, but -- if 
>>>> it's not a waste of time to explain it to me -- I'd be curious to 
>>>> understand how an odt reader could be added.
>>> 
>>> At src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/ you will find the source code of all readers.
>>> If you take a look at src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Docx{/,.hs} you will see the
>>> source code of the DOCX reader. You can use it as a start point for the ODT
>>> reader.
>> 
>> Hi Raniere,
>> 
>> Many thanks for your response. I did have a look at the DOCX reader earlier.
>> 
>> Let me perhaps re-phrase my question: What have been the barriers that have prevented an odt reader from being added before?
>> 
>> I'm curious why so many readers are available, but not odt? Are there obstacles that are well-known and hard to overcome?
>> 
>> Many thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Phillip.
>> 
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