[CREATE] Sample files from older programs for those who would like to re-engineer

["Christoph Schäfer"]

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> Datum: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:54:38 +0400
> Von: Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine at gmail.com>
> An: Kunst Tuepfel <create at lists.freedesktop.org>
> Betreff: Re: [CREATE] Sample files from older programs for those who would like to re-engineer

> On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 10:38 AM, "Christoph Schäfer" wrote:
> 
> > Here's what I have found and installed in my files (gosh! how cheap
> these programs were back then!):
> 
> Really? It depends. Freehand was ca. $600 in 1990s.

I didn't mention FreeHand, did I? And to be honest, I bought much of the old stuff after the release of Win95 in supermarkets ;)

> 
> > - CorelDraw (Suite) 5.0 for Windows 3
> 
> libcdr already handles _all_ versions of CDR, from v1 to latest X6.
> Other parts of the suite could be looked at, though.

Great. If you know someone who needs test files (e.g. Valek), just let me know.

> 
> > - Micrografx Designer 4.1 for Windows 3
> 
> Isn't it already supported by Scribus?

Sort of ... Franz created the filter using files created with the 32-Bit/Win95 version.

> 
> > - PageMaker 5.0 for Windows 3
> > - QuarkXPress 3.3 for Windows 3
> > - Visio 4.0 (i.e., before Visio was acquired by MS) for Windows 3
> 
> Doable.

Good to hear.

> 
> > I also have IBM Works for OS/2 (the predecessor of SmartSuite)
> > and StarOffice 5.1a for OS/2 installed.

What I forgot to mention is that both are being shipped with OS/2 metafiles (MET).

> >
> > If someone is interested in reverse-engineering the Maul Publisher
> > file format (Maul is a desktop publishing program for OS/2 and
> > Windows), the eComStation add-on disc comprises a demo version,
> > so I would be able to produce sample files as well.
> 
> The question is who is going to implement support for them.
> I've yet to see Scribus team rushing to reuse libmspub.

If I really thought that these options were only interesting for Scribus development, I wouldn't have posted them here ;)


Regards,

Christoph