On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 15:22, Patrick Lam wrote: > On 29 Dec 2001, Scott wrote: > > > I am filing this as an enhancement, but I wanted to put this idea out in > > the open and see if it flies. > > I am trying to use Abiword to hand edit HTML and it always comes up as a > > bogus document. So I was wondering: could Abi instead of just declaring > > an unknown document as a bogus document, offer to open the document, or > > even better just open the document as text? There are all kinds of > > manually editable documents including Window's .ini, Enlightenment's > > .menu, Abi's own .Profile, and many others that don't show up in the > > list. If the file isn't in the list, then just open it as is. > > The problem is most likely that HTML triggers AbiWord's import sniffer, so > that the import sniffer starts reading the file and then chokes. If you > want it to open as plain text (which would not be a bug), then the AbiWord > import sniffer needs to be more selective in the files it chooses to > accept. > > pat > You seem to be correct. Abi will open .menu and .Profile docs, it is just choking on <HTML> Maybe this is a bug? (Is it, and should I file it because I believe there is work being done on an importer for html) Maybe the "sniffer" needs to keep it's nose out of <HTML> files until it knows what to do with them.
Scott Bingman That's what happens when you gulp and chew rather than chew and gulp You choke!
