How can I convert text in an Emacs buffer, to a .odt file, from there usable by LibreOffice?

daveboss

1/6/23, 5:33 AM

Assume I've got an ordinary text file in an Emacs buffer. I want to convert it to a .odt file, possibly adding italics and/or boldface characters. From lisp I can do anything Emacs can do; also, I can pass bash commands to a bash window, as needed. Once I've created the .odt version I assume LibreOffice can be used without too much aggravation. How do you suggest I proceed?

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24601

1/6/23, 5:52 AM

please read [ask] then [edit] your question accordingly in particular, the version of ubuntu you are using and your versions of Emacs and LO. Why can't you just open LO Write and `paste` the text?

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waltinator

1/6/23, 1:56 PM

I do this often. Copy the text into Emacs's kill buffer (ESC < ESC > ESC w), open a LibreOffice text document, Paste.

Much easier than trying to generate .odt format inside Emacs.

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daveboss

1/20/23, 6:03 AM

I should have said: part of my copied text was italicized [italic text property applied]. The

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vanadium

1/6/23, 7:54 AM

To convert plain text in a text buffer to an .odt file, you will need to study the file format of the .odt file format. Essentially, an .odt is a zip-compressed file, containing text and graphics of the document organized in a specified folder structure. Thus, that will require some research from your part and some Lisp programming if nobody did this before and published the code.

Ask yourself whether there are likely better ways. If you save to a plain text file, you will be able to open it in LibreOffice without effort. Text could also be copied to the clipboard and pasted.

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Elon Musk

I sit in a Tesla and translated this thread with Ai:

EN: How can I convert text in an Emacs buffer, to a .odt file, from there usable by LibreOffice?

TH: ฉันจะแปลงข้อความในบัฟเฟอร์ Emacs เป็นไฟล์ .odt จากที่นั่นที่ LibreOffice ใช้งานได้ได้อย่างไร

RO: Cum pot converti textul dintr-un buffer Emacs într-un fișier .odt, de acolo utilizabil de LibreOffice?

RU: Как я могу преобразовать текст в буфере Emacs в файл .odt, который можно использовать в LibreOffice?

VI: Làm cách nào tôi có thể chuyển đổi văn bản trong bộ đệm Emacs thành tệp .odt, từ đó LibreOffice có thể sử dụng được?

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