[HN Gopher] Reverse engineering iWork
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       Reverse engineering iWork
        
       Author : andrew_rfc
       Score  : 56 points
       Date   : 2025-10-15 11:44 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
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       | mackross wrote:
       | Amazing work by author!
        
       | psobot wrote:
       | Nice work! I had the same fun RE adventure in
       | https://github.com/psobot/keynote-parser a couple years back,
       | based on Sean Patrick O'Brien's work back in 2013:
       | https://github.com/obriensp/iWorkFileFormat/blob/master/Docs...
        
       | iamdamian wrote:
       | I tried something similar a few years ago (and ended up giving
       | up). Numbers in particular feels great to work with as an
       | interface, and I had the idea that I could use a Numbers sheet as
       | the backend for a local application (sort of like a more usable,
       | smaller database like Bento or File Maker).
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       | It'd be nice if Apple opened up these tools for better
       | extensibility, would give power users a nice blend of usability
       | and power.
        
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