On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Mike wrote:
> I do not understand what happenned from AbiWord 0.9.0 to 0.9.2. I would
> think as an upgrade and bug fix to the previous versions that it would
> have more features. However, after upgrading to the 0.9.2 I noticed
> that the Styles feature which had never been functional up till 0.9.0
> for me started to work. I was happy as it meant one more thing AbiWord
> was able to perform. However, it seems that just a few bug fixes later
> and the feature isn't working again. Is there a reason why this has
> been removed?
This is a total mistake! I have no idea how this happened. Styles will be
put back in ASAP.
Martin
If so please try to make sure this feature does get
> included before AbiWord 1.0 as I think it should have been included long
> ago. Also, I would like to suggest to features I would like to see
> added to AbiWord. I doubt that they will be ready in time for 1.0 but I
> would like to see them added as soon as they can be. I would like to
> see primarily 3 features added. 1) Grammar Check - it appears that
> Spell Check works fine but It doesn't appear to have a grammar check.
> 2) Table Support - I think this is a very important feature that
> needs to be added as soon as possible. 3) Document Merging and other
> kinds of Merging such as Merging via an address book or possibly even
> merging via information supplied via postgres or LDAP. Merging and
> table support are, in my opinion, the two most visibly absent features
> in AbiWord in comparison to proprietary Word processors. With these
> two features added AbiWord will be as capable as Word Processors that
> cost hundreds to thousands of dollars. Most other features that Word
> processors that cost mega bux possess are just fluff. But these two
> features are very important and really should be considered for future
> versions of AbiWord. I like AbiWord's speed and relatively simple
> interface. There are a lot of good things about AbiWord and it
> certainly is a very capable piece of Software for accomplishing most
> tasks. However, with a fully working Styles feature, grammar check,
> table support, and document/database merging; AbiWord will be very
> capable.
>
I fully agree. However all those things take time. I'm sure we won't do a
grammer checker or tables before 1.0. However 1.0 is not the last release
of abiword. Look for Tables in 3 -6 months.
I have no idea how styles got turned off for 0.9.2. Maybe I built the
wrong rpm. I'll rectify this ASAP!
Sorry,
Martin
