Hi - I've got the same problem but alas no solution.
When you say "others", what do you mean?
Do you know about the wc (word count command) that is part of the
system? It can be set up to work inside Vim and others.
Can let you have the relevant snippet from my .vimrc file if that
would help.
Glyn M.
On Sun, Jun 11, 2000 at 08:58:47AM +0100, thus spake Andrew Scotchmer:
> Hi,
>
> Just had a look at Abiword and have come across a problem.
> Does anyone else when starting Abiword have half the screen blanked out?
> I can only see half the document because of this and the grey area even extends
> out of the window and onto the desktop where it stays until I refresh.
> It is a shame because I need the word count facility that abiword has and which
> I have not been able to find on others.
> I have contacted abisource but they have not responded so does anyone here
> know of a solution?
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew
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