abiword on CD autorun.inf http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_basics/shell_basics_extending/autorun/autoplay_cmds.asp Macs are unable to use the AutoRun (autorun.inf) facility which works on PCs but there is a Mac facility called AutoStart which works if QuickTime 2.0 or later is installed and AutoStart is enabled. Whatever happened to this project? http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/01/October/0228.html Mass distribution of Abiword on Compact Disk (searching google for CD is pain in the ass, acronyms causing problems again). And is there anything in CVS from when Sourcegear put out a CD-ROM of Abiword 0.7 ? http://www.abisource.com/pr_07.phtml In my recent travels i found the conversation inevitably drifting to Computers (i just cannot help it) and telling people about how great Abiword (correcting myself and pronouncing at "Abbey" Word) is how i spend a large amount of my time doing volunteer tech support, and testing (i love crashing stuff, crashed the Virgin Atlantic in flight enterainment system, it runs linux but anyway). In particular there was this girl i was talking to and i really wanted to give it to her, a copy of Abiword that is, so i am seriously considering doing something about putting Abiword on CD. Most likely i will start with something dead simple ... Abiword on a CD on my recent trip to Boston i found myself several times telling people "So i help out with this free word processor called Abiword. I really wish i had a copy here i could give you". I remember that Sourcegear had a CD version of 0.7 (or at least i remember a picture of it on the website). I remember Aiken suggestion Abiword on a CD but did not hear anything back from him. So i plan to put together a simple CD with Abiword on it. Windows version first, and RPMs next. autorun.inf abiword.ico setup.exe man mkisofs more information needed but that is basically it need some makefiles to wrap this up. Alternatively if we could get a bunch of UK Magazines to carry Abiword on their coverdisks and use them for a cheap supply of CDs that would be great too.
