Tag: rtf

  • OpenOffice, RTF files, “fields”, and the irritating RTF keyword “MERGEFIELD”

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format AKA RTF, filename extension “.rtf”; a Microsoft standard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596004750.do – RTF Pocket Guide http://interglacial.com/rtf/ – RTF Pocket Guide (home page) http://interglacial.com/rtf/emacs/ – emacs RTF mode Once a year my accountants send me RTF files (“.rtf”) with “fields“. “fields” have “names” and “values“. Microsoft Office (presumably) deals properly with displaying and printing the field values. On OS…

  • O’Reilly Media book: RTF Pocket Guide

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596004750.do http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=RTF-Writer http://search.cpan.org/dist/RTF-Writer/lib/RTF/Cookbook.pod https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/XML-SAX-RTF/RTF.pm – “… generates XML that closely matches the structure of RTF …” — tells me “not well-formed (invalid token) …” with my very 1st sample — gave up on it