[Pkg-lyx-devel] For what do we Recommend wv?

[Sven Hoexter]

Hi,
I just realized that we recommend the package wv, package description is:

Description: Programs for accessing Microsoft Word documents
 wvWare (previously known as mswordview) is a library that allows access
 to Microsoft Word files.  It can load and parse the Word 2000, Word 97,
 Word 95, and Word 6 file formats.  (Work is underway to support reading
 earlier formats as well: Word 2 documents are converted to plain text.)
 .
 This package provides the following programs:
 .
  * wvWare: Converts to HTML and LaTeX.  It's used by a small army of
    helper scripts able to preview Word documents and convert them to
    various other formats, like PostScript, PDF, DVI, etc.
 .
  * wvRTF: Converts to Microsoft's Rich Text Format.
 .
  * wvSummary: Displays the summary information stream of all OLE2 files,
    i.e. Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access, etc.
 .
  * wvVersion: Outputs the version of the Word format a document is stored
    in.
...

For what do we need this package within LyX? ATM I think this might be
a typo and should've been "gv" instead of "wv".
According to the svn this recommend has been also in the 1.3.6 version.

I find the idea crazy but maybe someone really thought about importing
MS Word files into LyX?

Cheers,
Sven
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