Re: Final Writer 5 Features

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From: Simon Ihmig
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 19:04

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>On 15-Apr-96 10:36:06 dmeyer@tiac.net David Meyer wrote:

>>                                                      Can features be
>>added as callable modules?

>They could do like SoftLogik did with PageStream3. There is a specific
>directory structure involved. Things like the TextFX extension and the Font
>system engines are in SoftLogik:Engines, color libraries are in
>SoftLogik:colors, import/export filters are in SoftLogik:Filters. If you
>don't want certain items to load, just move them out of their directory,
>and they won't be loaded.

This is better than implementing everything into the main program, for sure.
But these modules can only be used with "their" application.
Using systems like OLE or OpenDoc, a table or equation editor could be used
seamlessly for a range of applications (WPs, DTP, Drawing/Illustration apps...)

-- 
 Simon Ihmig - Ihmig@tu-harburg.d400.de

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