#3443 NORM Untriag: Create bindings to use libabiword for file conversion

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#3443: Create bindings to use libabiword for file conversion
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  Reporter:  uwog                      |       Owner:  uwog     
      Type:  defect                    |      Status:  new      
  Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  Untriaged
 Component:  write-activity (abiword)  |     Version:           
Resolution:                            |    Keywords:           
  Verified:  0                         |  
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Comment(by uwog):

 Please don't start the whole of AbiWord for piping in and out data every
 time. The fixed cost of the setup and teardown are way too high (even
 while AbiWord is quite fast).

 If you don't want in-process stuff (which is a good choice), then _please_
 use something like AbiCommand. AbiCommand is an abiword plugin that allows
 running AbiWord as a daemon. Example:

   abiword --plugin AbiCommand

 This will open an AbiWord "shell" you can pipe data to and from. Type
 "help" for details. To convert a .doc to .txt, one could give it the
 command:

   convert foo.doc foo.txt txt

 (Note: please don't use converttotext, that's deprecated in favor of
 "convert").

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