wv fixes, I'm over my head

[Robert Sievers]

I need someone who has a better understanding then myself and who also has
CVS commit access to look at the following two notes.  

http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/00/June/0211.html
http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/00/June/0204.html (patch)

and figure out what to do.  Any volunteers?  

Robert Sievers
Open Source Evangelist