From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 06:25:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote at 05:55 this Tuesday (GMT):   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 02:40:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> And they made it even more confusing by introducing .docx too.   
   >>   
   >> That’s a whole new format, which Microsoft has tried to railroad   
   >> through as some kind of “international standard” (ISO 29500). Except   
   >> the specification document is so opaque and incomprehensible, nobody   
   >> can be sure when they’ve implemented it properly or not. So   
   >> “compatibility” falls back to meaning “compatible with Microsoft   
   >> Office”, not “conforming to an official spec”.   
   >>   
   >> Stick to ODF, aka ISO 26300. It’s only a small fraction of the   
   >> complexity, and much easier to get right.   
   >   
   > Why not just use .rtf or .md? Those are way more universal imo.   
      
   You mean Markdown? Sure, it’s nice and simple, but has no stylesheets.   
      
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