Re: tlug: RTF interchange format

[Totoro <riley@example.com>]

>	"Actually, most people can read the Microsoft-sponsored RTF
>	interchange format. It's a little less standard than HTML but
>	more widely supported by word processing software."
>
>  So, now I'm wondering what the story really is.  Does this so-called
>'RTF interchange format' really represent any kind of a standard (de facto
>or otherwise), and, if so, how does it differ from the standard M$Word
>file.  And where do I get a reader that will at least allow me to decode
>it under Linux?

I've found it to be quite useless. M$-created RTF is not compatible with
that made on WP-Mac, nor can it be read with StarOffice, which has a
RTF filter included. Personally, I agree with [Craig's?] note supporting
PDF. It's easily available for nearly any platform around and it's free
(for the reader versions, anyhow). IMO, RTF is just another case of the
ogres at M$ wanting to create a "standard" so they can charge for it,
instead of complying with the ones already in existence. FWIW...

David
Hachinohe Institute of Technology
88-1, Myo, Ohbiraki  Hachinohe-shi  Aomori-ken  031

http://w3.clat.hi-tech.ac.jp/


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