Re: [newbie] Abiword in 9.0

2003-01-30 Thread _nasturtium
On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 05:38 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: OK, I am new to Mandrake, but not Linux, I ran RH 6.2-8.0 where it died for me. So now I am reasonably happy with Mandrake, but missing my abiword. I can't seem to find a rpm for it that will run. I purchased the download edition, and wonder

Re: [newbie] Abiword in 9.0

2003-01-30 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 30 Jan 2003 10:10 am, _nasturtium wrote: On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 05:38 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: OK, I am new to Mandrake, but not Linux, I ran RH 6.2-8.0 where it died for me. So now I am reasonably happy with Mandrake, but missing my abiword. I can't seem to find a rpm for it

Re: [newbie] Abiword in 9.0

2003-01-29 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Rob Blomquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I am new to Mandrake, but not Linux, I ran RH 6.2-8.0 where it died for me. So now I am reasonably happy with Mandrake, but missing my abiword. I can't seem to find a rpm for it that will run. I purchased the

[newbie] Abiword in 9.0

2003-01-28 Thread Rob Blomquist
OK, I am new to Mandrake, but not Linux, I ran RH 6.2-8.0 where it died for me. So now I am reasonably happy with Mandrake, but missing my abiword. I can't seem to find a rpm for it that will run. I purchased the download edition, and wonder if only the big spenders get it. If its not

Re: [newbie] AbiWord 1.0.1

2002-05-11 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Fri, 10 May 2002 12:13:32 -0500, Brian Koppe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey folks, me again. :-[ I'm having two problems with AbiWord 1.0.1 - the first has to do with fonts. When I start it up, I get this message: AbiWord was not able to add its fonts to the X font path. This does not

[newbie] AbiWord 1.0.1

2002-05-10 Thread Brian Koppe
Hey folks, me again. :-[ I'm having two problems with AbiWord 1.0.1 - the first has to do with fonts. When I start it up, I get this message: AbiWord was not able to add its fonts to the X font path. This does not mean that there is anything wrong with your system, but you will need to

[newbie] abiword in MDK8.2

2002-04-22 Thread Raffaele Belardi
I can't seem to find abiword in MDK8.2. Was it left out on purpose? If so, anyone can suggest a lightweight MSWord reader (I use OpenOffice for the full feature set)? regards, raffaele Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] abiword in MDK8.2

2002-04-22 Thread Charles Muller
On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 17:15, Raffaele Belardi wrote: I can't seem to find abiword in MDK8.2. You can find and download it in a minute from the Abiword web site If so, anyone can suggest a lightweight MSWord reader (I use OpenOffice for the full feature set)? I have found that KWord does

Re: [newbie] abiword in MDK8.2

2002-04-22 Thread poogle
It's also on rpmfind.net, I downloaded it ,installed it and found it messed up my fonts, there is a section in help that tells you how to resolve this but as I don't use a word processor very often I uninstalled and will stay with Kword until I have time to sort out the fonts issue. On

Re: [newbie] abiword in MDK8.2

2002-04-22 Thread Charles Muller
On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 20:49, poogle wrote: It's also on rpmfind.net, I downloaded it ,installed it and found it messed up my fonts. Yes, I also have this problem with AbiWord, and couldn't understand the instructions on how to fix it. I also have another problem with it, where after saving a

Re: [newbie] abiword in MDK8.2

2002-04-22 Thread John Richard Smith
I would go for Kword, it does most things competantly. I miss is not being able to add images . John On Monday 22 April 2002 09:15, you wrote: I can't seem to find abiword in MDK8.2. Was it left out on purpose? If so, anyone can suggest a lightweight MSWord reader (I use OpenOffice for the

Re: [newbie] abiword in MDK8.2

2002-04-22 Thread civileme
Charles Muller wrote: On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 20:49, poogle wrote: It's also on rpmfind.net, I downloaded it ,installed it and found it messed up my fonts. Yes, I also have this problem with AbiWord, and couldn't understand the instructions on how to fix it. I also have another problem with

Re: [newbie] abiword

2002-04-16 Thread Paul Rodríguez
Get the latest version from the abiword web site (or maybe for mandrake from rpmfind.net, i haven't tried these). This issue was fixed in later versions. - Paul Rodriguez On Mon, 2002-04-15 at 16:35, ellaree b. philippen wrote: I installed Mandrake 8.1, and it does everything I wanted it to

[newbie] abiword

2002-04-15 Thread ellaree b. philippen
I installed Mandrake 8.1, and it does everything I wanted it to as far as the connection to my ISP, my email, the Internet, printing, etc. But when I try to use its wordprocessor, abiword, I cannot get the spellcheck to work. I can print my documents ok, and everything else. What am I

Re: [newbie] abiword not in 8.2?

2002-04-08 Thread Pascal Goguey
Hello, On Sunday 07 April 2002 19:51, you wrote: On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 01:12, Robin Turner wrote: 1. A fully featured office suite compatible with the dreaded MS Office. OpenOffice is pretty much on track there. I think this is probably true for most users who work exclusively in one

Re: [newbie] abiword not in 8.2?

2002-04-08 Thread civileme
shane wrote: On Sunday 07 April 2002 12:05 am, Randy Kramer opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: shane wrote: On Saturday 06 April 2002 11:06 pm, Paul Rodríguez opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: Why was Abiword not included as part of 8.2? if i remember correctly this was

Re: [newbie] abiword not in 8.2?

2002-04-08 Thread Paul Rodríguez
I wasn't whining. ;) But I did want to know what the rationale was. My dad uses Abi for all of his office work (lots of Spanish and English), and wanted to know if there was something wrong with it. If it was causing problems with fonts, that answers my question. - Paul R On Mon,

Re: [newbie] abiword not in 8.2?

2002-04-07 Thread Charles Muller
On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 01:12, Robin Turner wrote: 1. A fully featured office suite compatible with the dreaded MS Office. OpenOffice is pretty much on track there. I think this is probably true for most users who work exclusively in one European language. But for those of us whose work

[newbie] abiword not in 8.2?

2002-04-06 Thread Paul Rodríguez
Why was Abiword not included as part of 8.2? - Paul R _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] abiword not in 8.2?

2002-04-06 Thread shane
On Saturday 06 April 2002 11:06 pm, Paul Rodríguez opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: Why was Abiword not included as part of 8.2? if i remember correctly this was asked, and the general feel seemed to be cause they haven't changed the package in so long it is damn near useless now

Re: [newbie] abiword not in 8.2?

2002-04-06 Thread Randy Kramer
shane wrote: On Saturday 06 April 2002 11:06 pm, Paul Rodríguez opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: Why was Abiword not included as part of 8.2? if i remember correctly this was asked, and the general feel seemed to be cause they haven't changed the package in so long it is damn

Re: [newbie] abiword not in 8.2?

2002-04-06 Thread Lee
I prefer AbiWord because it seems to accept other format documents with the fewest errors. Not perfectly, but very often acceptable. I haven't had good luck with KWord or other provided WP programs. On Saturday 06 April 2002 11:05 am, Randy Kramer wrote: shane wrote: On Saturday 06 April

Re: [newbie] abiword not in 8.2?

2002-04-06 Thread shane
On Sunday 07 April 2002 12:05 am, Randy Kramer opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: shane wrote: On Saturday 06 April 2002 11:06 pm, Paul Rodríguez opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: Why was Abiword not included as part of 8.2? if i remember correctly this was

Re: [newbie] abiword not in 8.2?

2002-04-06 Thread Bryan Tyson
On Saturday 06 April 2002 10:06, Paul wrote: Why was Abiword not included as part of 8.2? How about the 8.2 Power Pack, is it in there? *** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan

Re: [newbie] Abiword won't load this document

2001-11-14 Thread Michael
If you created the file in Word when you save it choose (or export to, not sure which) an older Word format. BTW 'Office 2000 Word' won't load either. Paul Rodríguez wrote: Abi can only officially open Microsoft Word Docs up to 98, for Me and XP Word Docs you may need to try OpenOffice.org.

[newbie] Abiword abnormal exit

2001-11-13 Thread Newbie
Hmm what happened here? abiword AbiWord_d: manager_impl.cc:30: void free_lt_handle (void *): Assertion `s == 0' failed. /usr//bin/abiword: line 68: 10605 Aborted $ABISUITE_LIBEXEC/AbiWord_d $@ It printed this on the console when it just disappeared. Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Abiword won't load this document

2001-11-13 Thread Paul Rodríguez
Abi can only officially open Microsoft Word Docs up to 98, for Me and XP Word Docs you may need to try OpenOffice.org. -Paul Rodríguez On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 17:24, Richard Wenninger wrote: Anyone else get this? It happens when opening a .doc file. I'm assuming it's a microsoft office

Re: [newbie] Abiword spellchecker

2001-11-01 Thread Paul Rodríguez
Thanks, Sridhar! While installing abispell didn't change anything for me on a vanilla 8.1, I was able to install 0.9.4 from a src rpm. I chose the gtk rpm as the gnome one had build errors. Now it's working perfectly! And I'm a happy man! -Paul Rodríguez On Wed, 2001-10-31 at 22:40, Sridhar

[newbie] abiword spell-checking

2001-10-20 Thread Paul Rodríguez
Has anybody here been successfull in getting the spellchecker in AbiWord to work correctly? (I'm in 8.1) -Paul Rodríguez _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services

[newbie] abiword and locale

2001-09-21 Thread Jeffery Chapman
Hi, I'm using Mandrake 7.2. I installed the latest version of AbiWord (9.2 static) from a tar file. The installation succeeded but when I try to run it I get the following GDK error: locale not supported by C library Nothing happens after that. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

Re: [newbie] Abiword

2001-02-25 Thread Romanator
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For anyone interested version 0.7.13 is now available for download (4.6mb), don't know what the improvements are yet I've just downloaded but not tried it yet. Which web page? -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 The Original Tux Email Thread Creator

[newbie] Abiword spelling check

2001-02-01 Thread Mike Cochrane (MC)
How do I get a spelling check function in Abiword? Abiword with Mandrake 7.2, standard installation, did not give me an integrated spelling checker. Thanks! Mike

Re: [newbie] Abiword spelling check

2001-02-01 Thread John Agapito
Download the latest version from www.abisource.com it has a spellchecker. John "Mike Cochrane (MC)" wrote: How do I get a spelling check function in Abiword? Abiword with Mandrake 7.2, standard installation, did not give me an integrated spelling checker. Thanks! Mike