docx output support?

[Nycto]

I'm curious if you have considered adding support for docx output. If not, are you open to accepting contributions?

[vilcans]

Contributions are welcome if they don't add complexity. I have thought about docx output support, and I guess there are use cases for it. Also it is rather simple so it could be implemented without adding dependencies. We could have a directory containing a template, with the correct styles, then screenplain can just replace the template's content with XML generated by our code and zip the result, creating the docx file.

We would need a template docx file. I could create one in LibreOffice, but it seems more "pure" to do it in MS Word.

[Nycto]

Is it a goal of yours to keep the dependencies light? Or would you consider adding python-docx? It would likely help keep the implementation much smaller.

[vilcans]

I would prefer keeping the dependencies small. Dependencies tend to add complexity to a project in the long run. And as I mentioned, I don't think the implementation using only a template would be that large.