Sorry to reply at the top but... I seem to recall fixing some bug in this area several months ago. AbiWord should always save a file in the same format it was opened. If you open a plain-text file, edit, then save; the file should remain a plain-text file without changing your "default file format" preference. If this is no longer happening it's a bug and should be fixed.
Andrew Dunbar. --- Tim LaDuca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Basically all that does(on windows, at least) is > determine what is already > selected for file type when you go to the "save as" > dialog. When you click > on the save button it apparently still reverts to > the native abiword format. > I'm not sure if Abiword is yet smart enough to know > when it is dealing with > just a plain-text file. > I have forwarded this to the developers list, just > so they can ponder a real > life word processing dilemma that someone is in. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf > Of Barry Koopersmith > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 7:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Save as "text file" as a default > > > The text file name that I need to edit and save is > always called > "s3vvg0l3.1TMP". Will the below change work so the > file remains text > only or > will it only work if the file name ends in ".txt"? > > ____________________Reply > Separator____________________ > Subject: Re: Save as "text file" as a default > Author: "Alan Horkan" <SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 11/13/2001 4:54 PM > > There is a solution > (thanks dom for clarifying) > > you need to edit your Abiword.Profile > in unix that is in ~/.Abisuite/Abiword.Profile > in windows it is in C:\windows\Profiles\Application > Data\Abisuite\Abiword.Profile > (or something very close to that, i dont have > windows in front of me > right > at this minute) > > the Abiword.Profile may contain several different > profiles > you must make absolutely sure that you change > scheme name _custom_ > > if it does not work then thats probably what has > gone wrong. > > you need to add the line > DefaultSaveFormat=".txt" > > I hope that answers your question. > > Sincerely > Alan Horkan > > If not an Abiword Hacker, then i shall be an Abiword > Hack. > > On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Barry Koopersmith wrote: > > > Is there a way to open up a file which only > contains text, make > changes > > and save > > it as a text file by default without having to > select "Save as" and > > change to > > file format to text (perhaps with a command line > switch when starting > > Abiword)? > > If I just use a "Save", it saves the file with > Abiword formatting > > commands. > > > > Thanks to anyone who can assist me. > > > > Barry Koopersmith > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > unsubscribe in the message body. > > ===== http://linguaphile.sourceforge.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
