Post #1545770
2026-04-15 15:08 UTC
@mike @felwert it's also a total 'mare of a standard. Docx. "Just a zip with some XML". But that XML is horrific.
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@mike@sauropods.win 2026-04-15 15:09
@mpe @felwert Yes. I have learned to be very suspicious of underspecified "Just a ZIP with some XML" standards.
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@felwert@fedihum.org 2026-04-15 15:13
@mpe @mike Oh, I agree! But the DOCX of pandoc is pretty decent, and it avoids having another, specialized editor that authors have to familiarize themselves with. So “we accept DOCX submissions adhering to this template, and we discard all formatting except what’s pre-defined” is in my experience a viable compromise.