Menu
▾
▴
Home
Libmwaw is a new project for converting many pre-OSX MAC text formats, some graphic formats and some spreadsheet formats.
Contents:
(see http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmwaw/files/)
- libmwaw: the sources of the filters,
- libmwaw-regression: a list of test scripts and test files,
- mwawOSX: a unsigned application which contains libmwaw and writerperfect for OSX which tries to convert known files in .odg/.odp/.ods/.odt. It can be used to do batch conversions.
- mwawCSVOSX: a small utility for OSX which tries to convert the recognized spreadsheet documents in CSV (including AppleWorks/ClarisWorks database/spreadsheet documents),
- mwawFileOSX: a small utility for OSX which tries to recognize the type of each files in a repository and which stores the result in a text file.
- anyOSX: a unsigned application which contains all Document Liberation Projects import libraries (https://www.documentliberation.org) and writerperfect for OSX which tries to convert known files in .odg/.odp/.ods/.odt. It can be used to do batch conversions.
Note: as these applications are not signed, you can take a look at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491 to launch them if Gatekeeper is active...
Online conversion:
Using Emscripten (see http://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/ ) and FileSaver (see https://github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js/ ), I try to create a basic conversion tool which
- asks for a pre-OSX MAC input file,
- tries to convert it in a odg/odp/ods/odt file,
- and finally opens a dialog to save the result or choose an application to open the result,
in http://libmwaw.sourceforge.net/convertMWAW.html
** Notes:**
- as the javascript's file created by Emscripten is quite big (~8MB), it is better to have a good bandwidth to test/use it,
- converting big files can take several minutes,
- this version was updated in 6/13/2018,
- if you use Safari, after converting the original file, Safari may save the resulting odg/odp/ods/odt file in the download repository using Unknown, Unknow-1, ... as filename ; then you must be able to open this file with LibreOffice, OpenOffice, ... :-~
Developers:
(see https://sourceforge.net/p/libmwaw/wiki/Developers/)
Recognized Features:
In general:
- Fonts: in general, it only recognizes some Western Fonts and the Symbol encoding. I also add S-JIS encoding in a few parsers, but I am not sure how to recognize the presence of such encoding, so it may not work, ...
- Other character properties: mostly recognized excepted right-to-left writing, ruby characters, ...
- Paragraph properties: mostly recognized.
- Needed more test files: it is better to have many test files in order to improve a filter, recognize more features, ... but for many formats, I clearly have too few files :-~
** Word Processors: **
| Program | Version | Extended Fonts | Table | Frame Position | Need more test files | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AppleWorks/ClarisWorks | all | Yes (E1) | Yes | Yes | No | (C1) |
| BeagleWorks/WordPerfect Works | v1.0 to v1.2 | No | N/A | Yes | Yes | (C2) |
| FullWrite Professional | v1.0 to v2.0 | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
| GreatWorks | v1.0 to v2.0 | No | N/A | Yes | Yes | |
| HanMac Word J | v2.0.4 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| HanMac Word K | v2.0.5 to v2.0.6 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| LightWayText | Mac Classic v4.5 | Yes/No (E2) | No | Yes | Yes ( Mac Classic) | (C3), no auto indent support |
| MacWrite | all | No | N/A | Yes | Yes (v1-v2.2) | |
| MacWrite II, MacWrite Pro | all | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Mariner Write | Mac Classic v1.6 to v3.5 | Yes (E1) | Yes | No | Yes (v1-v3) | |
| Microsoft Word | Mac v1.0 to v5.1 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (v1-v3 ) | (C4) |
| Microsoft Works | only Mac | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (v3-v4) | |
| Mind Write | v2.1 | N/A | No | Yes | Yes | very limited list support |
| Nisus Writer | v3.4 to v6.5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | (C5) |
| RagTime | v2.1 to v3.2(V1) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| ScriptWriter | v1.3 | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Student Writing Center | v1 | N/A | No | Yes | Yes | |
| WordMaker | v1 | N/A | No | Yes | Yes | |
| WriteNow | all | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (v1-v2) | |
| WriterPlus | unknown (V2) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Z-Write | v1.3 | No | N/A | N/A | Yes | (C5) |
(Yes meaning mostly recognized)
(C1): accepts to convert draw documents, but the result can be junky if a frame appears on multiple pages.
(C2): retrieves pictures only in zipped or binhexed files.
(C3): only recognizes zipped or binhexed files and files saved in basic Mac format.
(C4): remains some formatting issues (mainly in tables), so some part formats may be bad.
(C5): only recognizes zipped or binhexed files.
(E1): S-JIS encoding.
(E2): S-JIS encoding (but I do not know how to detect S-JIS encoding, so probably NOT working).
(V1): there is also a minimal parser for v5.0 to v6.5 files which can retrieve some texts, pictures and spreadsheets (which may be used to retrieve some basic documents if you have no other way to that).
(V2): I have only a few files with unknown origin.
** Basic Text Editors or Documentation Applications: **
| Program | Version | Extended Fonts | Need more test files | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acta | v2, Classic v1 | No | Yes | |
| DOCMaker | v4.0 | No | Yes | (C1) |
| eDOC | v2.1 | No | Yes | (C1) |
| Jazz(Lotus) | v1 | No | Yes | (C1) |
| MacDoc | v1.3 | No | Yes | (C1) |
| MaxWrite | v1 | No | Yes | (C1) |
| More | v2-v3 | No | Yes | only retrieves the outline content |
| MouseWrite | v1 | No | Yes | |
| SimpleText/TeachText | v1 | Yes(E1) | Yes | (C2) |
| Style | v1.6-v1.9 | No | Yes | |
| Tex-Edit | v2 | Yes(E1) | Yes | (C1) |
(C1): only recognizes zipped or binhexed files.
(C2): only recognizes zipped or binhexed files which contained at least a style or a picture.
(E1): S-JIS encoding if the font identificator is recognized.
Drawing Applications :
Note: converting graphic's files is a new feature, so some conversions need to be improved a lot.
Format:
| Program | Version | Vector graphic | Raster graphic | Need more test files | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ApplePict | all | Yes | N/A | No | (C1) |
| AppleWorks/ClarisWorks | all | No(V1) | Yes | Yes | (C2) |
| BeagleWorks/WordPerfect Works | v1.0 to v1.2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Canvas | v2 to v10 | Yes | Yes (v5 to v10) | Yes | (C3) |
| ClarisDraw | v1.0 | Yes | N/A | Yes | (C4) |
| CricketDraw | v1.0 and v1.1 | Yes | N/A | Yes | |
| Corel Painter | v1.0 to v10.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | (C5) |
| Design Studio | v2.0 | Yes | N/A | Yes | (C6) |
| Drawing Table | v1 | Yes | N/A | Yes | |
| FreeHand | v1 and v2 | Yes | N/A | Yes | (C7) |
| FullPaint | v1 | N/A | Yes | Yes | |
| GreatWorks | v1.0 to v2.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | (C8) |
| MacDraft | v1.0-1.2 and v4.3-v5.5 | Yes | N/A | Yes | (C9) |
| MacDraw | v0.9 to v1.7 | Yes | N/A | Yes | |
| MacDraw II | v1.0 to v1.1 | Yes | N/A | Yes | |
| MacDraw Pro | v1.0 to v1.5 | Yes | N/A | Yes | (C10) |
| MacPaint | all | N/A | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Works | only Mac | Yes | N/A | Yes | Basic |
| PixelPaint | v1.0 to v2.1 | N/A | Yes | Yes | |
| Ready Set Go | v1.0 to v6(W1) | Yes | N/A | Yes | (C6) |
| Scoop | v1 | Yes | N/A | Yes | |
| SpringBoard Publisher | v2.0 | Yes | N/A | Yes | |
| SuperPaint | v1(W2) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
(C1) clipping, transfer mode, video are ignored.
(C2) If a document contains some header/footer, it only retrieves the main bitmap and the text which is present in this header/footer.
(C3) Currently, all v5 files are converted as graphics, even if there are slides... I do not have any Windows v7-v10 files to test if this filter is valid for such Windows' files.
(C4) Bounding text with shapes is not recognized...
(C5) Fractal Design Painter Mac v1-v4, MetaCreations Mac v5-v6, Corel Painter Mac v7-v10 and Fractal Design Painter Windows v3
(C6) only Mac files are converted.
(C7) This code is actually in libmwaw, but it will probably be moved in libfreehand
(C8) Paint v2.0 documents are only recognized if the documents were previously zipped or binhexed ( but as there are normal Apple PCT files, ...).
(C9) only basic retrieving on measure lines, 2D shapes formed by merging curves are not reconstructed.
(C10) only recognizes zipped or binhexed files.
(V1) Vector graphic documents are in fact converted as text document.
(W1) maybe able to convert some v7 files.
(W2) Newest versions of SuperPaint seem to generate classic Apple PCT or MacPaint files, so there is no plan to add specific support.
Presentation Applications :
Note: converting presentation's files is a new feature, so some conversions need to be improved a lot.
Format:
| Program | Version | Need more test files | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| AppleWorks | v6 | Yes(N1) | |
| PowerPoint | Mac v1-v4 and Windows v2-v4,95(V1) | Yes |
(N1) I have so few real-word presentations, so...
(V1) Suppose that the encoding is Western Europe on Windows
Spreadsheet/Database Applications:
In general:
- Fonts: in general, it only recognizes some Western Fonts and the Symbol encoding. I also add S-JIS encoding in a few parsers, but I am not sure how to recognize the presence of such encoding, so it may not work, ...
- Other character properties: mostly recognized excepted right-to-left writing, ruby characters, ...
- Main content: values and formula, mostly recognized but some problems may remain for some very small numbers and for some functions in formula which does not have equivalent in modern spreadsheet,
- Frames, charts... (only for spreadsheet's conversion): very basic reconstruction.
Notes:
- Converting database's and spreadsheet's files is a new feature, so some conversions need to be improved a lot.
- Database's files are converted in spreadsheet documents.
Format:
| Program | Version | Spreadsheet | Database | Extended Fonts | Chart | Frame Position | Need more test files | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AppleWorks/ClarisWorks | all | Yes | Yes | Yes (E1) | No | No | Yes | |
| BeagleWorks/WordPerfect Works | v1.0 to v1.2 | Yes | Yes | No | N/A | Basic | Yes | |
| Claris Resolve | Mac v1.1 | Yes | N/A | No | No | No | Yes | |
| GreatWorks | v1.0 to v2.0 | Yes | Yes | No | N/A | Basic | Yes | |
| Jazz(Lotus) | v1 | Yes | No(D1) | No | N/A | N/A | Yes | |
| Microsoft Works | only Mac | Yes | Yes | No | No | Basic | Yes | |
| Multiplan | Mac v1.11 | Yes | N/A | No | No | No | yes | |
| Wingz | v1.1 | Yes | N/A | No | No | No | Yes |
(D1): In fact, the records and the reports are stored as a basic spreadsheet. So the records will be retrieved but there will appear in the bottom left of the spreadsheet...
(E1): S-JIS encoding.
