Re: [libreoffice-users] alternative to pdf?

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:33 PM, amine amine <ammine007@gmail.com> wrote:

> Salam,
>
> i think that if there is an extension to LibO that permit djvu forms
> edition, it'll be very pleasant to enterprises that try to stick to open
> standards.
>
> LibO+djvu will be replacing the essential of the Oracle office suite and
> the
> adobe PDF format !
>
> good luck to you all!

I've just been doing a bunch of googling.
I can't find ANY utility for conversion of odt, LaTeX,
.ps, .png, or other open formats to djvu that doesn't require
a step through pdf or jpg somewhere.
It almost makes it seem pointless to have this open standard.
You CAN convert scanned images to djvu without such steps.
Oh, you CAN step through netpbm to djvu for image files.
Apparently there are tools for converting netpbm files
(open image files created by scanners, largely) to djvu,
but, for some odd reason, they were not included in the
netpbm tools available on debian...weird.
It seems to me, that for djvu to be a viable open alternative to
pdf, such conversion tools would be not only desirable,
but necessary.
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