Mark Haury wrote: > Ryan Pavlik wrote: > >> Well, that is unfortunate. If it's possible, file a bug and mention >> that the doc is confidential anyway, and if we can't figure out from >> your description of the doc where the issue is and it's possible to >> send it to just one person confidentially who can fix the bug, that >> has worked in the past. I'd also suggest trying it with 2.6.0, which >> is out in source code form and should have Windows binaries and a more >> official release any day now. 2.4.6 is quite old, even though it's >> the "latest stable release". If none of that is possible, then don't >> worry about it and keep doing whatever you were doing before - I >> certainly don't wish to impose in any way and was just trying to >> suggest possible options. >> >> It's not a demand, just a request - I certainly don't expect that >> everyone using AbiWord will file every bug they find, but I do hope >> that active users (such as those posting on mailing lists) can find >> the time and effort to do so. >> >> To everybody else reading this and wanting to know more about the >> actual subject line :D : If you want to test out AbiWord 2.6.x on >> N8x0, I am in need of beta testers and especially folks with some >> Maemo programming experience (if you're reading the user's list :D ) >> to help get it stable for release, since the most recent version >> available for Maemo is either a) really, really old or b) quite >> unstable. We've got about 5 bugs to go IIRC before it's stable enough >> for me to call it a release. All the information on how to become a >> beta tester and help out is at >> http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=151330 If >> you've got the time, I'd love to have your assistance! (Please make >> sure to read that thread - if you just email me, I'll tell you to read >> the thread since I'm handling all requests through itt.com to simplify >> things.) >> >> Thanks for any help you are able to provide! >> >> Ryan >> >> > > I tried some other OOo documents this morning, and Abiword couldn't > handle a single one of them, including a simple 1-paragraph letterhead > with no graphics (although it does contain an auto-update date field). A > 1-page calendar that consists of a single table and no graphics or fancy > formatting opens in its original version as 90 pages(!!!) of garbage, > but when I edited it to replace personal information with nonsense it > wouldn't open at all. That makes no sense at all, since all I did was > replace text with like text. Anyway, I submitted a bug report and > attached the non-sensitive version of the calendar. > > (Remember this is on my desktop machine, not the IT version, which I > haven't tried yet.) > > Mark Looks like you didn't have opendoc support installed - due to poor packaging decisions by distributions, this happens more often than we'd like. Try again after installing the plugins. (There is _no reason_ why Ubuntu can't package one or more plugins with the main package. Import/export is handled as plugins to make code maintenance easier but does not mean that plugins must be separate from the main package.) -- Ryan Pavlik www.cleardefinition.com #282 + (442) - [X] A programmer started to cuss Because getting to sleep was a fuss As he lay there in bed Looping 'round in his head was: while(!asleep()) sheep++;
