Abi Word

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Dennis Roark

Abiword came out today in version 2.0.1 which is the first version to run
under Windows. So far looks good. Anyone else try it and have
impressions about how it compares to alternatives?

http://www.abisource.com/
 
Abiword came out today in version 2.0.1 which is the first version to
run under Windows. So far looks good. Anyone else try it and have
impressions about how it compares to alternatives?

http://www.abisource.com/
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I used it on the FreeBSD server at school, and wasn't particularly thrilled
with it. It's okay, but OpenOffice is much better, IMO.

Chakolate

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No....

I have version 1.03 installed which is running under Windows. It's a good
basic word processor for home use and for those who do not need advanced
features.
Thanks for the tip I am going to try the new version.

Don
 
Dennis said:
Abiword came out today in version 2.0.1 which is the first version to run
under Windows.
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I have used it on my Win98SE system since version 0.99, I think.
(Version 0.99 would save in TONS more formats, including Palm Doc, than
the the 1.99 version that I have used up until now -- haven't installed
2.0.1 yet)
 
Dennis Roark said:
Abiword came out today in version 2.0.1 which is the first version to run
under Windows.
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Not completely accurate. This is the first 2.0.x version to run on
Windows. AbiWord runs on Windows since its infancy, 5 years ago. We
have just had some serious problem on Windows that we had to delay
2.0.x release to not release something unusable.

So far looks good.
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Thanks


Hub
 
I tried the new version and had a problem reading what I was typing. Although the font size choice was set at 14
(Times New Roman), I could barely see the letters. So I went back to 1.06 (?) My system is an K6-III/350 running
WIN98SE.

Regards
Harsha Godavari
 
Not completely accurate. This is the first 2.0.x version to run on
Windows. AbiWord runs on Windows since its infancy, 5 years ago. We
have just had some serious problem on Windows that we had to delay
2.0.x release to not release something unusable.
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Are you on the project?

Wondering if an optimized compile would be worth trying (since
everyone seems to rave about them on Mozilla/Firebird.

Mingw seems to have two optimizations.
1. Code ordering (will run on anything, but ordering tuned to reduce
pipeline stalls on CPU "x")

2. Instruction set - for "X" or compatible/better only
Pentium or Pentium MMX would seem to be the point of major divergence.
- Though If I was going DIY, I'd tune for my Athlon Thunderbird

Now would any performance gain be worth the bother?
 
I tried the new version and had a problem reading what I was typing.
Although the font size choice was set at 14 (Times New Roman), I could
barely see the letters. So I went back to 1.06 (?) My system is an
K6-III/350 running WIN98SE.

Regards
Harsha Godavari
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I am seeing the same thing. The font rendering on Windows XP does not
appear right. Times New Roman looked too small, and arial 10 pt also
looked too small to read. Unfortunately, the zoom choices jump from
100% to 150%. In other programs, you can type in a Zoom choice, say
120%. But the main problem which made we want a more controllable zoom
view is I think a font rendering problem.

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Dennis Roark

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Starting Points:
http://sio.midco.net/denro/www
 
Dennis said:
I am seeing the same thing. The font rendering on Windows XP does not
appear right. Times New Roman looked too small, and arial 10 pt also
looked too small to read. Unfortunately, the zoom choices jump from
100% to 150%. In other programs, you can type in a Zoom choice, say
120%. But the main problem which made we want a more controllable zoom
view is I think a font rendering problem.
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Same problem on W2K.

Max
 
Max said:
not > appear right. Times New Roman looked too small, and arial 10
pt also > looked too small to read. Unfortunately, the zoom choices
jump from > 100% to 150%. In other programs, you can type in a Zoom
choice, say > 120%. But the main problem which made we want a more
controllable zoom > view is I think a font rendering problem.
Same problem on W2K.
Max
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I have just installed it on W2K, SP4. When I open AbiWord, it's in a
small window with tiny fonts. If I maximise the window, and set zoom
to 100%, the fonts look just as they should in my docs.
 
I have just installed it on W2K, SP4. When I open AbiWord, it's in a
small window with tiny fonts. If I maximise the window, and set zoom
to 100%, the fonts look just as they should in my docs.
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Either MS Word and Lotus WordPro are both rendering fonts to large or
AbiWord is rendering them too small. Given how the printed page looks
compared to the onscreen view, I believe the problem is with Abi Word at
least on some fonts. And, yes, I do have the program maximized and zoom
at 100%.

--
Dennis Roark

(e-mail address removed)
Starting Points:
http://sio.midco.net/denro/www
 
harsha godavari said:
I tried the new version and had a problem reading what I was typing. Although the font size choice was set at 14
(Times New Roman), I could barely see the letters. So I went back to 1.06 (?) My system is an K6-III/350 running
WIN98SE.
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Please file a bug at http://bugzilla.abisource.com/ so that our
Windows developer can track it and fix the problem.

Thanks a lot

Hub
 
Matt said:
Are you on the project?
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I am.
Wondering if an optimized compile would be worth trying (since
everyone seems to rave about them on Mozilla/Firebird.
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Don't know.
Mingw seems to have two optimizations.
1. Code ordering (will run on anything, but ordering tuned to reduce
pipeline stalls on CPU "x")

2. Instruction set - for "X" or compatible/better only
Pentium or Pentium MMX would seem to be the point of major divergence.
- Though If I was going DIY, I'd tune for my Athlon Thunderbird

Now would any performance gain be worth the bother?
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Probably a few %
But I don't run Windows so I don't know about Windows.


Hub
 
I am seeing the same thing. The font rendering on Windows XP does not
appear right. Times New Roman looked too small, and arial 10 pt also
looked too small to read. Unfortunately, the zoom choices jump from
100% to 150%. In other programs, you can type in a Zoom choice, say
120%. But the main problem which made we want a more controllable zoom
view is I think a font rendering problem.
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They look fine to me when zoomed to "full page width" at 1024 x 768.
I'm using version 2.02.
 
TW said:
They look fine to me when zoomed to "full page width" at 1024 x 768.
I'm using version 2.02.
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I like CetusWordPad I found through this NG a lot better than Abi Word.
It's works perfectly on both my W98 and XP machines.

Moriah...
 
They look fine to me when zoomed to "full page width" at 1024 x 768.
I'm using version 2.02.
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The font rendering problems that I and another user noticed for Windows
has been fixed. The fonts no longer appear too small. Version 2.0.3
renders all windows fonts correctly and is a very useable word
processor. (I wish the authors at abisource would date their releases
and changelogs.)

--
Dennis Roark

(e-mail address removed)
Starting Points:
http://sio.midco.net/denro/www
 
I love CetusWordPad. Very small and very fast. Cetus runs fast on a
386. Only problem is, cetus on works with very old .doc formats.
 
Questions about setting us abiword.

Is there any way I can change the defaults file type? Nobody uses .abi
or whatever. Is there any way I can change the dafault font?

Thanx.
uses .abi
 
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