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Platypus is the free, comprehensive, and easy to use page-layout and typesetting system available at http://platypus.pz.org

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Working on New RTF Plugin

Began doing some preliminary work on an RTF (rich text format) plugin. This plugin, which was not scheduled during this cycle, has some compelling benefits:

  • RTF is fairly easy to output, so it’s easier to add new features and test them than it is in PDF, which is greatly slowed due to the rendering support that is needed.
  • By running ahead with RTF, it’s possible to derive insights and inspiration from its syntax and bring some of those ideas back to the Platypus syntax, so as to facilitate use even further.
  • Some support for word processing was going to become increasingly necessary. Eventually, we’ll have to add support for .doc files.

In addition, RTF will attract more users.