From: F J Franklin (F.J.Franklin@sheffield.ac.uk)
Date: Sun Mar 02 2003 - 10:44:52 EST
On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 John@Kungfu-tse.net wrote:
> 1 the configure told me that wv would not provide wmf to png facility (I
> compiled 1.0.3 with libwmf and all went well)
Please just ignore that warning.
> 2 It said jpeg support was compiled in but Abi will not display jpegs
Can't help with this, sorry.
> 3 It would not compile with gnome, saying it needed gal-2.0, which despite the
> most valiant efforts of Mr Google does not appear to exist anywhere on the
> planet!
It exists. Fear not. Try ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gal2-0/0.0
(maybe) - or just build w/o GNOME.
> 4 It needed all sorts of extra stuff for Xft but I can probably sort that out
> later when I am not so tired with it all. Upgrading to Mandrake 9 has not been
> a fun experience!
Xft - why not wait for Mandrake 9.1? That should have a working Xft2.
Also, try CVS HEAD AbiWord. It crashes a lot, but when it works it works
well. Remember of course that this is a development series...
Regards, Frank
Francis James Franklin
F.J.Franklin@shef.ac.uk
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