http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6814 <pre> Hello I'm a new subscriber and having difficulty. I type a sentence in Hebrew and want to insert a piece of English, say the title of an English book , in the middle of the sentence. I place the insertion point where I want the title but the title is placed at the beginning of the sentence rather than in the middle where I want it. The title looks OK in terms of the RTL/LTR direction but is misplaced. (I have had the same problem when using MSWord.) Any help with this very basic problem would be appreciated. ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to abiword-user-request&lt; at &gt;abisource.com with the word unsubscribe in the message body. </pre> Victor Sperber 2012-05-24T11:53:39 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6812 <pre> Hello. I wrote you a few minutes ago a message which was the following one: ----------------- Hello. I am writing you because I happen to encounter some problems with Abiword. I am running Windows XP and I associated the file extension .rtf with Abiword. When I try to double click on an rtf file present on the local disk (where is installed Abiword), it opens perfectly; only when I try this procedure with a file on my external drive, Abiword opens a blank file. Is there to your knowledge a manipulation that I can do to solve that? Thank you in advance. Mickael ----------------- I ask you not to take this into account, as I got into the details and I think that the problem is not a disk-related problem but a problem related with characters management. Indeed, as I am French, I use accents in the names of my files and folders and it turns out that it is precisely from a folder with an accent in his name that I found myself unable to load the file in question. I renamed the folder and it worked. I would theref</pre> Kouwrechev 2012-05-07T01:47:23 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6811 <pre> Hello. I am writing you because I happen to encounter some problems with Abiword. I am running Windows XP and I associated the file extension .rtf with Abiword. When I try to double click on an rtf file present on the local disk (where is installed Abiword), it opens perfectly; only when I try this procedure with a file on my external drive, Abiword opens a blank file. Is there to your knowledge a manipulation that I can do to solve that? Thank you in advance. Mickael ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to abiword-user-request&lt; at &gt;abisource.com with the word unsubscribe in the message body. </pre> Kouwrechev 2012-05-07T01:17:22 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6810 <pre> Simple question - Please inform me about how to change the default directory for saving files. I can't find any way of doing this. Thanks. Stan ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to abiword-user-request&lt; at &gt;abisource.com with the word unsubscribe in the message body. </pre> S Godlovitch 2012-04-01T13:46:05 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6809 <pre> I am so tired of getting these mails constantly in my inbox, but every time I follow the directions and try to unsubscribe, the mail bounces back with "fatal address flaw." Please someone help me get off this mailing list-----please! -- Sincerely, Mark Chappel ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to abiword-user-request&lt; at &gt;abisource.com with the word unsubscribe in the message body. </pre> Mark Chappel 2012-04-01T12:07:20 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6805 <pre> Does anyone know if the bug 5252 (http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5252) has been fixed, or if some workaround is available? From the bug report page it appears that no solution has been found yet... :( What's the use of being able to change the document background (which is very useful in itself), if the cursor caret remains black and therefore invisible? It makes this color scheme totally useless! This is really frustrating! It seems that the color options of the GUI have been grossly neglected, since apart from the cursor caret color there are also other things (e.g. the screen-only color of the text) which need to be fixed. Really disappointing. Sergei ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to abiword-user-request&lt; at &gt;abisource.com with the word unsubscribe in the message body. </pre> sergei karhof 2012-03-26T17:51:50 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6792 <pre> The items in the Help Menu start "your default browser" to display the help. How is that accomplished? I ask because it does not work for me. If I start Abiword in a terminal I get the message 'Warning: Operation Not Supported' when I click the Help menu -&gt; Help Contents. This is in Puppy Linux which is not standard in many ways--to get the Help working in one program, I needed a file named 'sensible-browser' to start the default browser. Thanks for any help. (Sorry if this is a duplicate--I sent one before I was authorized I think.) ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to abiword-user-request&lt; at &gt;abisource.com with the word unsubscribe in the message body. </pre> Larry Short 2012-03-21T15:37:53 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6788 <pre> Thanks to all those who contributed with tips to the previous thread (How to set text color for screen display ONLY) Would you be willing to petition for the addition of customizable SCREEN-ONLY colors? A number of users (especially those with sensitive eyes) will be benefiting from this feature, which is a real need for some. This is also confirmed by the previous emails. My understanding is that a proper solution is not to be found with hacks or partial workarounds in the present AbiWord, but only with the implementation of new features. And it would be about time. I remember checking for this feature for the last five years, expecting it would be implemented soon. But it never was. Other word processors and editors already have fully customizable colors. Why can't we have the same in AbiWord? And we are not asking for the moon... Those users who share my view, please subscribe to this petition and help getting things moving. Thank you. Sergei ----------------------------------------------- To unsub</pre> sergei karhof 2012-03-20T09:20:00 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6780 <pre> Hi everyone, I have nearly decided to adopt AbiWord as my main word processor. Only one problem stands in the way: I usually like to keep the background color of my documents very dark (black, actually), with a grey text color. This way, it does not strain my eyes. I found an easy way to do this with AbiWord, by changing the document background and the font color. The problem is that the font color that I use is SAVED within the document. I don't want it to be saved, because this creates confusion when the document is opened by other word processors (a grey text on default white background is barely visible - much less a white text on a white background!). The solution that I am looking for is a method to set the font color for the screen display ONLY, in such a way that is not saved in the file. Basically, in the same way as the background color is not saved in the file. How can I do this? I thank you all for your help. Regards, Sergei ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe f</pre> sergei karhof 2012-03-19T22:39:27 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6779 <pre> I'm wondering if there is a way to fix the quotation marks. If a sentence runs to the edge of the page, and there is a quotation mark at the end, it will wrap by itself, instead of bringing the last word with it. Doesn't happen that often, but is quite annoying. Thanks, Wolf ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to abiword-user-request&lt; at &gt;abisource.com with the word unsubscribe in the message body. </pre> Wolf Theurer 2012-03-07T04:23:48 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6776 <pre> -I have learned that abiword comes with a number of command line utilities,  including its ability to activate the internal implementation for conversion of Microsoft .doc to .rtf (file formats), and vice versa. -Where can I find some basic instructions and help for activating these sorts of abilities from the command line? -Is it possible to access these without using a command line, but an api (java, in particular)? ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to abiword-user-request&lt; at &gt;abisource.com with the word unsubscribe in the message body. </pre> Me Myself and I 2012-03-01T07:08:24 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6774 <pre> Hi all, AbiSource.com and related services where unavailable for the last 5 hours due to a power outage in the Twente University datacenters. All services should be back up now. We're sorry for the inconvenience. Regards, Marc ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to abiword-user-request&lt; at &gt;abisource.com with the word unsubscribe in the message body. </pre> J.M. Maurer 2012-02-11T14:19:31 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6772 <pre> Using abiword 2.8.6 on a Linux Mint system. I want to change the default directory for saving documents to Documents, where you'd think it would be. Instead, it defaults to my Home directory. Is there a way I can change this default? Thanks. ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to abiword-user-request&lt; at &gt;abisource.com with the word unsubscribe in the message body. </pre> Jeffrey Needle 2012-01-29T09:03:22 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6771 <pre> The formatting toolbar is too long, the drop down menu has items like Bullet Symbols_text_text_text_text_text_text_text which pushes the rest of the buttons (bold, italic, etc) out of sight. How can I make the menu normal size again? Btw I am using Lubuntu 11.04 with Abiword 2.8.6 thank you ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to abiword-user-request&lt; at &gt;abisource.com with the word unsubscribe in the message body. </pre> Andrew - 2012-01-21T19:48:48 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6768 <pre> I get the following when trying to open a ODT file in abiword-2.8.6-r1: [Thread 0xb76a3b70 (LWP 7041) exited] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. _______________________________________________________________________________ eax:4A0393A0 ebx:4A037FF4 ecx:00000013 edx:00000012 eflags:00210282 esi:4A0393A0 edi:00000012 esp:BF7FFFC8 ebp:BF800038 eip:49F43B09 cs:0073 ds:007B es:007B fs:0000 gs:0033 ss:007B o d I t S z a p c [007B:BF7FFFC8]---------------------------------------------------------[stack] BF7FFFF8 : Error while running hook_stop: Cannot access memory at address 0xbf7ffff8 0x49f43b09 in _int_malloc () from /lib/libc.so.6 gdb&gt; bt #0 0x49f43b09 in _int_malloc () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x49f4671c in malloc () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x4a0e75f8 in g_try_malloc () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 Backtrace stopped: Not enough registers or memory available to unwind further gdb&gt; strace seems to show it's segfaulting in something outside of abiwor</pre> Roger 2012-01-07T20:34:50 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6768 <pre> I get the following when trying to open a ODT file in abiword-2.8.6-r1: [Thread 0xb76a3b70 (LWP 7041) exited] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. _______________________________________________________________________________ eax:4A0393A0 ebx:4A037FF4 ecx:00000013 edx:00000012 eflags:00210282 esi:4A0393A0 edi:00000012 esp:BF7FFFC8 ebp:BF800038 eip:49F43B09 cs:0073 ds:007B es:007B fs:0000 gs:0033 ss:007B o d I t S z a p c [007B:BF7FFFC8]---------------------------------------------------------[stack] BF7FFFF8 : Error while running hook_stop: Cannot access memory at address 0xbf7ffff8 0x49f43b09 in _int_malloc () from /lib/libc.so.6 gdb&gt; bt #0 0x49f43b09 in _int_malloc () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x49f4671c in malloc () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x4a0e75f8 in g_try_malloc () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 Backtrace stopped: Not enough registers or memory available to unwind further gdb&gt; strace seems to show it's segfaulting in something outside of abiwor</pre> Roger 2012-01-07T20:34:50 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6768 <pre> I get the following when trying to open a ODT file in abiword-2.8.6-r1: [Thread 0xb76a3b70 (LWP 7041) exited] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. _______________________________________________________________________________ eax:4A0393A0 ebx:4A037FF4 ecx:00000013 edx:00000012 eflags:00210282 esi:4A0393A0 edi:00000012 esp:BF7FFFC8 ebp:BF800038 eip:49F43B09 cs:0073 ds:007B es:007B fs:0000 gs:0033 ss:007B o d I t S z a p c [007B:BF7FFFC8]---------------------------------------------------------[stack] BF7FFFF8 : Error while running hook_stop: Cannot access memory at address 0xbf7ffff8 0x49f43b09 in _int_malloc () from /lib/libc.so.6 gdb&gt; bt #0 0x49f43b09 in _int_malloc () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x49f4671c in malloc () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x4a0e75f8 in g_try_malloc () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 Backtrace stopped: Not enough registers or memory available to unwind further gdb&gt; strace seems to show it's segfaulting in something outside of abiwor</pre> Roger 2012-01-07T20:34:50 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6766 <pre> I think this got a lot of discussion a few years ago. I personally find overwrite helpful or irritating as heck depending on what I'm doing. Do I correctly recall suggestions for a switch that disables it? Jim ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to abiword-user-request&lt; at &gt;abisource.com with the word unsubscribe in the message body. </pre> jim 2012-01-03T16:45:48 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6760 <pre> I'm preparing an introductory class on word processing and have a couple of questions. All of the materials I've been using to prepare for the class mention that overwrite mode is rarely used, and is typically entered by accidentaly pressing the Insert key. Here are the questions: What good is overwrite mode? Why is it included in word processing software? Happy New Year, everyone! ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to abiword-user-request&lt; at &gt;abisource.com with the word unsubscribe in the message body. </pre> Richard L. Dery 2012-01-01T21:56:07 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6757 <pre> I am using the abiword command line on a web server to convert word docs to email messages in html format. I need to embed pictures and have used that command line option. It works well, but it appears to only work on very small images (maybe 30k). Is this a hard limitation, or is there a command line option I can add to allow for larger images? I am using the command line on a CentOS 5.2/Apache web server. Thanks. ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to abiword-user-request&lt; at &gt;abisource.com with the word unsubscribe in the message body. </pre> Scott Sterrantino 2011-11-23T15:15:00 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.editors.abiword.user/6756 <pre> (cross-posted to abiword-user and abiword-dev-request) Recently I filed http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13167 . It has relevance to a problem with Etherpad-Lite https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite/issues/194 which I try to solve - I am working with the Etherpad-Lite developers. In this mail I only refer to Abiword command line use, and only to Abiwords convert functions. I have three installation on different servers, but two of the three installations have the Problem: ======== Abiword does _not_ correctly convert PDF to TEXT: it shows the PDF file's bytes instead. abiword --plugin=AbiCommand Abiword&gt;convert x.pdf x.txt txt x.txt shows the PDF file in bytes, instead the extracted text. This happens on two of three of my installation running SLES-11 and OpenSuse 11.3 in a headless server environment (virtual machines, hosted servers). The version on OpenSuse 11.4 is working correctly and converts the text from the PDF file on the command line as expected. And perhaps, can you give </pre> Thomas Gries 2011-11-15T22:19:08 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.editors.abiword.user