Re: Slashdot Article

2001-12-13 Thread Robert G. Werner
It's quite good too. I really appreciate his insights and suggestions. Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2001/9/11 Advice from an old carpenter: measure twice, saw once. On 12 Dec 2001, Dom Lachowicz wrote: > Seems that Jesper's article is getting quite some press

Re: FYI

2001-10-27 Thread Robert G. Werner
t the only thing for which I use any WP). Just thought I'd throw in another opinion. Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2001/9/11 "Nuclear war would really set back cable." - Ted Turner On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Martin Sevior wrote: > > > On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Tomas Frydrych

Re: Notice. Impending 0.91 release.

2001-08-07 Thread Robert G. Werner
>From the peanut galery: I think that is a good idea too. Abiword is getting really good so everytime you squash a goodly number of bugs, release. For even more incentive, that appears to be what the Mozilla people are doing. Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] YOW!! Up ahead! It&

Re: right-click to do calculations Non-member submission from[pod@sapienagents.net]]

2001-05-22 Thread Robert G. Werner
And of course, Word is the Platonic image of all word processors so you should certainly try to make AbiWord as similar as possible. Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] You will not be elected to public office this year. On Tue, 22 May 2001, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: > - Origi

Re: Linking against libjpeg ?

2001-04-19 Thread Robert G. Werner
Note: Enlightenment is at 0.16.5 not Release 17 (0.17 is still in heavy development)! Clicking about Enlightenment in the version I'm running says: "Welcome to the 0.16.5 version of the Enlightenment window manager. ..." and goes on. Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Im

Re: Gnome 1.4

2000-08-29 Thread Robert G. Werner
Do your own thing. What diff does it make whether you have a new version or not. In some ways that sounds like a PR move to me. Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Impeach Conggress!! The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away. On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Martin Sevior wrote: [snip

Re: Numbered headings is the Showstopper!

2000-04-28 Thread Robert G. Werner
You sure about that? In the field of humanities, say, I could write plenty of papers and never have need for automatic line numbering. Footnotes would be more of a useable/unusable issue in that area. Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Impeach Conggress!! The rich get rich, and the poor get

HTML Import

1999-09-04 Thread Robert G. Werner
eof). IIRC, this was tied to the Word importer. Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Impeach Conggress!! WHOA!! Ken and Barbie are having TOO MUCH FUN!! It must be the NEGATIVE IONS!!

Re: Options

1999-08-31 Thread Robert G. Werner
Add code at the points specified. Abi is not a fully complete release. It is still in heavy development and many of the menu options have been stubbed out but not implemented. Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Impeach Conggress!! NOWPRINT. NOWPRINT. Clemclone, back to the shadows again

Re: XP Questions

1999-07-17 Thread Robert G. Werner
u are pretty sure that it is near to being very, very good. So I will have to take a look soon. Sorry for hurting your feelings. Sorry if this has just been a "waste" of electrons ;-). Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Impeach Conggress!! The only cultural advantage LA has over NY is tha

Re: XP Questions

1999-07-16 Thread Robert G. Werner
itself (OK, so I paraphrased it and made it sound nicer. Sue me ;-)). I think this is a case where I'm completely with the Abisource team: write up something with wxWindows so we can compare that to what we've got. I think it is safe to say that in the Open Source world, usually, the best

Re: *.abw files across platforms ..

1999-06-21 Thread Robert G. Werner
when a document wants a font the host platform doesn't provide. Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Impeach Conggress!! Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the double lock will keep; May no brick through the window break, And, no one rob me till I awake. On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Thomas Fletcher wr

*.abw files across platforms ..

1999-06-19 Thread Robert G. Werner
any problems with cariage return's, etc.? Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Impeach Conggress!! The climate of Bombay is such that its inhabitants have to live elsewhere.

Re: suggestions and questions

1999-05-18 Thread Robert G. Werner
on of the posting for new translations and also allow the community to assume the burden of choosing the most correct translations. This is just a rough idea but if you are interested, I'll see if I can't put a script together. Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Impeach Conggress!!

Re: Scripting

1999-04-05 Thread Robert G. Werner
r Python you just need to parse the Abi-word DTD and do the manipulations out side of the app. I could even see a whole field of componetized helper apps developing that then could be combined with Abiword in exciting ways (and this would fit nicely with the Unix tradition of componetized tools).

Re: commit -- preferences file and per-user data files

1999-03-23 Thread Robert G. Werner
Oo, oo, yes, please. This way I wouldn't have to keep setting the ABIWORD_FONTPATH. I could just put it in a file and forget about it ;-) Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Impeach Conggress!! Housework can kill you if done right. -- Erma Bombeck On Tue, 23 Mar

Re: commit - emacs key bidings

1999-03-20 Thread Robert G. Werner
it would be easy to start reinventing the wheel. A word processor is a different animal than a text editor, of course. Well, just some thoughts and lots of thanks for messing about with these key combo issues. I'm really excited to see what is happening with Abi-Word. Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTE

Problems with GTK themes ...

1999-03-19 Thread Robert G. Werner
e this with .52 . Is this something to work on right now? Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Impeach Conggress!! I don't make the rules, Gil, I only play the game. -- Cash McCall

Re: commit - emacs key bidings

1999-03-19 Thread Robert G. Werner
Sounds good. I will mess about with the current CVS and then download again after this weekend. Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Impeach Conggress!! I don't make the rules, Gil, I only play the game. -- Cash McCall On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Jeff Hostetler wrote: > [snip]

Re: commit - emacs key bidings

1999-03-19 Thread Robert G. Werner
see. Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Impeach Conggress!! I don't make the rules, Gil, I only play the game. -- Cash McCall On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Darren O. Benham wrote: > On Thu, Mar 18, 1999 at 11:07:16PM -0800, Robert G. Werner wrote: > > Just to be a dork, what

Re: commit - emacs key bidings

1999-03-19 Thread Robert G. Werner
OK, now you've called my bluff and impuned the "honor" of my editor I gues I must put up or shut up!! ;-) I will get the latest CVS and see what I can do. Robert G. Werner Who learned how to use a Mac first and then fell in love with vi in college (we all do wierd things ther

Re: Failing to build on Win98

1999-03-19 Thread Robert G. Werner
(even if it isn't the fastest) it may be the best choice simply because much of the JS standard has been shaped by Netscape and thus their code is most likely to be standards compliant. Of course, I'm really shooting off my mouth here so if I'm completely off base here, please forgiv

Re: commit - emacs key bidings

1999-03-19 Thread Robert G. Werner
Just to be a dork, what about a vi(m) set of bindings? ;-) Robert G. Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Impeach Conggress!! Q: How do you know when you're in the section of Vermont? A: The maple sap buckets are hanging on utility poles. On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: &