> the fact it's in a proprietary Microsoft format. Since I would like to
> keep this in CVS and CVS stores the complete binary file OpenOffice is
> out as a means of doing this. I perfer plain text which I can edit with
> VI, thus XML seemed the right way to go.
The native format for the OpenOffice wordprocessor *is* XML; the sxw
files are zip archives of XML (see below). You should be able to unzip
the sxw file, and voila, you have your XML file(s). Even though the
format is XML, I suspect that it will probably be pretty ugly XML from
the viewpoint of hands-on editing (e.g. vi).
Archive: /home/ronan/jobs/professional_references.sxw
Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC-32 Name
-------- ------ ------- ----- ---- ---- ------ ----
0 Stored 0 0% 11-27-01 00:43 00000000 Pictures/
7039 Defl:N 1515 79% 11-27-01 00:43 28cd36e9 content.xml
26267 Defl:N 2648 90% 11-27-01 00:43 c381ed86 styles.xml
1300 Stored 1300 0% 11-27-01 00:43 2cd85e06 meta.xml
7120 Defl:N 1430 80% 11-27-01 00:43 5152fcdf settings.xml
752 Defl:N 254 66% 11-27-01 00:43 11144701
META-INF/manifest.xml
-------- ------- --- -------
42478 7147 83% 6 files
--ronan
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