>> I have the impression that there aren't any truly independent
>> implementation of this by two (or more) editing applications. While
>> there appear to be two implementations they seem to have been developed
>> in close cooperation (as far as this feature is concerned.).
>> The difficulty I see with regard to implementation is how to adress the
>> general situation when I one just encounters a valid ODF file with
>> change tracking. The fact that the gct is so general a reading
>> implementation would need to be able to be similarly genral when reading
>> the file.
>
> I really don't know where you got that impression from. And I mean I
> *really* have no idea where.
>
> For the record, I've not met Ganesh Paramasivam, and had absolutely no
> part in KOffice's support for the GCT. Likewise, all the GCT code in
> abiword was written by me, and the design to it mused entirely by me. I
> have only sent Ganesh one off list email, which was to ask how to build
> his KOffice branch so I could do some interoperability testing to make
> my blog posts out of personal interest in interoperability.
>
> Of course, I'd like to meet Ganesh and have few beers and a chat at some
> stage. But I also extend that offer to any interesting coders ;)
>
The one e-mail I got from Ben was after the completion of my
implementation work asking me information about compiling and
installing the implementation ( whose source was available in a public
repository ).
It would definitely be great to meet up for some beers...
- Ganesh
