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On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Phil Stracchino wrote:

> Two problems with the current AbiWord release, when running on kernel
> 2.4.0-test4 on a Slackware 7.0-based system:
> 
> 1.  If you select a block of text and make a format change, making the
> format change clears the selection.  So, if you want to select a paragraph
> of (for example) 12-point Courier plain, and make it Times Roman 18-point
> bold italic, you have to either go through the Format Font... dialog, or:
> 
>       - select the paragraph
>       - change the font to Times Roman
>       - select the paragraph again
>       - change the size to 18
>       - select the paragraph *again*
>       - set the Bold attribute
>       - select the paragraph *AGAIN*
>       - set the Italic attribute
> 
> This behavior is b0rken.  Changing an attribute of a selection should not
> clear the selection.
> 

This behavior would be badly broken.  However, it's not what Abi does for
me right now.  Try downloading a nightly build (from my homepage) and see
what you think.  
           
                                sam th               
                                [EMAIL PROTECTED]
                                http://www.abisource.com/~sam/
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