From: Martin Sevior (msevior@mccubbin.ph.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Tue Mar 12 2002 - 12:30:31 GMT
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Keith Bates wrote:
> I've just got Abiword 0.99 going but it has some distressing problems:
>
> 1. It won't maintain my preferences when I quit
This is a problem with using document templates. If you don't save your
template file with your new default margins the information will be lost.
Dom can you think of way of explaining this?
> 2. It won't keep the plug-ins when i quit (esp. GDKPixbuf)- this may not
> even load correctly in the first place, I don't know
The gdkpixbuf plugin maybe conflicting with the gdkpixbuf support compiled
into the abiword gnome build. Please try removing the gdkpixbuf plugin and
see if you can load all the images gdkpixbuf supports.
3. It won't let me
> change my default margins-- when I try to do this it says "margins too
> big for page" (or similar)
See others.
4. When i try to load JPEG images it
> crashes-- shuts down completely.
Try removing the gdkpixbuf plugin rpm. It is not needed for gnome
builds. I strenusly objected to it's presence and I wrote the thing but it
got included anyway.
> 5. Spell check options are greyed out.
>
These are not implemented yet.
> Any solutions?
Yes.
Cheers
Martin
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