From: ericzen (ericzen@ez-net.com)
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 13:22:42 EDT
Hanxue Lee wrote:
>
> As for Windows NT/2K/XP, I thought Abiword should not have
> any problem running on those platforms? I mean, the 9x family
> is being slowly phased out, so I assume no 9x (and WinME)
> specific libraries are used.
Steve Anderson wrote:
>
> We shouldn't accept something is obsolete because Redmond tells us it
> is, only when we know it's not suitable for doing a given task. My P120
> laptop at home runs Win95 and Abiword works perfectly on it, and I'm
> pleased about that!
This is just an interesting (and rare) pro-windows point I'm actually going to make in regaurds to this.
If you think adjusting to what Redmond considers obsolete is harsh, imagine those of us Linux! Try this rephrasing on for size:
"We shouldn't accept something is obsolete because Raliegh tells us it is, only when we know it's not suitable for doing a givent task. My 96 Packard Bell at home ran (until its suicide) Red Hat 4.1 and X11 3.3 worked perfectly on it, and I was pleased about that!"
You know how long 4.1 stayed supported? 1 year. You know how long Windows 95 stayed supported? 6 years! OS/2 is *STILL* supported (after community uproar when IBM said otherwise, mind you). Now, here's the nifty thing (though crufty), I can still run most Win95 apps in Windows XP* (save for security lockdown issues relating to certain libraries).
Before GTK2.x was parallelably installable, and I dared to install it (among many other massive neural-gastral issues I've had)...man, you've ain't NEVER seen a window manager slam into divine wind mode fast that that! Currently, many distros still pack the latest GNOME 1.x and 2.x libraries, simply because lots of application (like those in gnome office) haven't been official declared stable on the latter platform (if we're still using 99's, it's not satisfying enough for Red Hat).
---burble---
Now, with that out of the way, if you want a Win95 library, and assuming you don't mind hunting down and installing a few other things (UCS4 and Unicode certainly come to mind), you are completely welcome to compile AbiWord for your platform of choice. The source is available for a reason! If you come across a problem, however, you might want to consider learning C++ and some Windows ABI's.
*Windows XP: actually, I've never used XP (or in fact, most windows platforms). However, this is something pointed out to me by the same Christopher Jones whose site I linked to on slashdot some eons ago....
-Eric
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