On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 16:51:10 -0600
stefano franchi <stefano.fran...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Well,
> 
> Abiword crashes on me when I try to open lyx´s xhtml files. If, as
> Richard suggested, I remove the first line (the XML declaration),
> then ooffice opens the file correctly, but puts some garbage on the
> first line. See pdf below. I am enclosing a simple test file in lyx
> and the xhtml with the first line removed that produced the garbage
> line. Can anyone try on their systems?
> 

OK, I stand corrected. Abiword didn't crash for me, but reported that
it was unable to open the file. "It appears to be an invalid document".

HOWEVER, if I rename the file test.html, then Abiword opens it. Very
strange.

Debian Squeeze; Abiword 2.8.2

> Cheers,
> 
> Stefano
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Alan L Tyree <alanty...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:37:52 -0500
> > Richard Heck <rgh...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On 03/02/2011 03:38 PM, stefano franchi wrote:
> > > > Dear All,
> > > >
> > > > I love the new xhtml export! Great addition to Lyx. It should
> > > > also make exporting to Word relatively painless. Since I do not
> > > > have access to MS Word, though, I wonder if anyone has
> > > > succeeded in going through open/Libre office instead. On my
> > > > system (Ubuntu 10.10. latest versions of both oopen/libre), the
> > > > few files I have tried are open as a plain ascii
> > > > files---text-editor style, with tags and everything. From what
> > > > read online, this should not be the case. I am sure I am not
> > > > seeing something blatantly obvious and would appreciate any
> > > > help.
> > > >
> > > It looks as if OOo doesn't like the initial <xml...> line. If you
> > > remove it, it will open OK.
> >
> > Or you can open them directly in Abiword - at least on Debian
> > Squeeze.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Alan
> >
> > >
> > > rh
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Alan L Tyree                    http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan
> > Tel:  04 2748 6206
> >
> >


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