Re: [Docutils-develop] Re: pdf writer

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On Thu, 23 May 2002, David Goodger wrote:

> >> goodger
> >> No, writers should support all elements defined in docutils.nodes.
> >
> > gruber
> > Writers should but might not do always, as new elements are added
> > not all writers will support immediatly and we should have a way
> > to get documents out anyway.
> goodger
> If a new node type is added, all writers should be updated accordingly
> (if a writer is not updated, it's a bug).  Once a writer has been
> accepted into core Docutils, it's the responsibility of whoever adds
> the new node type (probably me) to update all the writers.  I'd be
who might not know anything about the writer and i want to keep
the writer making output, maybe ugly but never loose content.
i.e. even if i donot know what it is then things will be
  written as standard text.

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