Calligra/Filters

(note: this is a copy of the same file koffice/filters, which is leading)

KOffice filters and State

The KOffice file import and export filters are not in a good state. This document tries to make an inventory of all our filters, whether they are still useful and worth maintaining and whether they crash when used in KOffice 2.0.

Note: for testing the filters there exists svn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/tests/kofficetests/ repository with test documents, some of which are no longer supported and an abortive attempt at creating an automated test application

Note: pole (p-ole) by Ariya has four copies: in the hancomword, starwriter, excel and powerpoint filters.

karbon

ai

* Not compiled.
* import

applixgraphics

* Not compiled -- not even mentioned in the CMakeLists.txt
* import

eps

* Compiled
* import/export 

karbon1.x

* Compiled
* import

kontour

* Not compiled
* import

msod

* MS-Office draw. 
* Not compiled. 
* Only example of a KoEmbeddedFilter.
* import

oodraw

* Not compiled
* import

pdf

* Not compiled
* import

png

* Compiled.
* export

svg

* Compiled.
* has tests
* import seems to work
* import/export

wmf

* Compiled.
* import/export
* no tests

wpg

* Compiled.
* import

xaml

* Not compiled, not in CMakeLists.txt
* import/export

xcf

* Not compiled.
* export

xfig

* Not compiled, not in CMakeLists.txt
* import

kchart

svg

* Compiled.
* export

generic image export

* Compiled.
* export

KFormula

kformula1.3

* Not compiled.
* import

latex

* Not compiled.
* export

png

* Not compiled.
* export

svg

* Not compiled.
* export

mathml

* native, not a filter
* crashes 2.1

kivio

generic image export

* Not compiled.
* export

kplato

icalendar

* Compiled.
* Export

KPresenter

genericimageexport

* Not compiled.
* export

kword

* Not compiled
* export

ooimpress

* Not compiled
* has tests
* import/export

powerpoint

* Compiled
* crashes 2.1
* import

magicpoint

* Not compiled
* import
* python script

kpr

* Not compiled
* import/export

kpr2odf

* Compiled
* import

ooppt

* Not compiled
* import
* uses openoffice

svg

* Not compiled
* export

kword

abiword

* Compiled. 
* No tests.

amipro

* compiled
* 2.0 crashes, 2.1 works
* Amipro is probably not all that useful or worth maintaining anymore since it was never a popular or much used word processor. https://bugs.kde.org/201458. 
* has tests.

applixword

* Compiled. 
* No tests.
* import/export

ascii

* Compiled. 
* Has tests.
* works in 2.1, crashes 2.0
* import/export

docbook

* Compiled. 
* No Tests.
* export

hancomword

* 2.0, 2.1: the mimetype system doesn't recognize the file extension anymore? 
* compiled, not on Windows, because the ui file is Qt3.
* There are tests.
* crashes 2.1
* import
* mime type is shown as type, not description in filter chooser dialog

html

* Compiled. 
* No tests. 
* Uses khtml.
* import/export
* crashes 2.1

kword 1.3

* Compiled. 
* Tests in kofficetests/documents/native/kword (or is that 1.4?)
* import

latex

* Not compiled. 
* No tests.
* import/export

mswrite

* 2.0 crashes. https://bugs.kde.org/201461. 
* 2.1 works
* There are tests.
* Compiled
* import/export

msword-odf

* Compiled
* No tests -- though Tuubaku has a test set and some automation.
* import
* works in 2.1 for boemann, I cannot seem to be able to import any document (but they were saved by ooo)

oowriter

* Compiled. 
* Has tests.
* works in 2.1
* import/export

palmdoc

* Compiled
* no tests
* import/export

rtf

* Compiled
* no tests
* import/export
* import works in 2.1

starwriter

* not compiled (not in CMakeLists.txt
* has tests
* import

wml

* compiled
* has tests
* seems broken (no text visible after importing)

wordperfect

* compiled
* has tests, tests have already been copied to koffice/filters/kword/wordperfect from kofficetests
* wp files aren't recognized, mime-type not listed
* import/export

kspread

applixspread

* compiled
* no tests
* import

csv

* compiled
* no tests
* import/export

dbase

* compiled
* has tests
* 2.0 works fine.
* import

excel

* compiled
* has tests
* 2.0 works fine. Known problem on arm: crashes because of int alignment issues.
* import

gnumeric

* compiled
* no tests
* import/export

html

* compiled
* no tests
* export

latex

* compiled
* no tests
* export

opencalc

* compiled
* has tests
* crashes in 2.1
* import/export

qpro

* compiled
* has tests
* mime type isn't recognized
* crashes in 2.1
* import