Peter Flynn wrote: > Mark Haury wrote: > [...] > >> Abiword doesn't work for me. I can't get it to open anything other than >> its native proprietary format. I've tried the maemo version, the linux >> version and the Windows version, all with the same results. >> > > You mean on the N900? Or anywhere at all? I've been using it under > Ubuntu, Windows, Red Hat, and Maemo OS-2008 without any problems. > > I wouldn't expect any version of any software to run unmodified on the > N900 (or N800/880/770 for that matter). It would need to be compiled > with the relevant toolchain. Or did you mean you compiled it yourself? > > ///Peter > Anywhere at all. It doesn't work on my desktops (any of them), laptop or desktop. Maybe if your documents have little to no formatting it works, but the documents I need to open invariably have lots of formatting: fonts, indents, tables, columns, graphics, etc. IMO if the only thing that matters in a given document is the text, then a plaintext file is adequate and much more portable to _any_ device. Otherwise, complete feature support is mandatory. Regardless, the fact that Abiword defaults to its own proprietary format (or the fact that it even _has_ its own unique format) makes it problematic. The last thing the world needs is yet another noncompatible document format, and being forced to go through a conversion process every time you want to create or edit a document is a PITA. Mark _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
