--- Dom Lachowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 13:45, Alan Horkan wrote: > > On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, [iso-8859-1] Andrew Dunbar > > wrote: > > > > > Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 06:10:40 +0100 (BST) > > > From: "[iso-8859-1] Andrew Dunbar" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: AbiWord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: OSNews RedHat 8 review & AbiWord > > > > > > I haven't read the whole review yet but notice > > > this screenshot which includes AbiWord with some > > > pointed comments typed into it: > > > > > > http://osnews.beosjournal.org/img/1842/redhat4.jpg > > > > > > Is the numlock problem known? Sounds like other > > > too-low-level keyboard code problems. > > > > > > Anyway it's a bit negative so give it a look. > > > > There was a bug that complianed about the chunky > > fonts problem in the redhat beta, i dont know what > > RedHat have done to break abiword. > > > > It seemed odd to me that RedHat was using > > something like "Nimbus Roman" as the default font > > rather than Times New Romam or Arial.
I wonder if they've done their own hack to "fix" the AbiWord fonts in 8.0? Anyone got 8.0 yet? (I'd love it if somebody has a CD burner and an airmail stamp) </begging> > > I cannot find the bug report, it is filed > > somewhere in bugzilla under linux... > > The best retort we can come up with is to post the > 1.1.1 release this Friday with yummy Xft goodness. Is this 1.1.1 based on STABLE with Xft? The new with-tables HEAD-based stuff will be 2.x.x right? > OOo looks dreadful here (on RedHat null) - the fonts > are perhaps worse than the old Abi fonts. Unlike OOo > we look like we even fit into the RedHat destkop. If > we don't turn this author's head with all of our > busywork and eye candy, we can always flame him/her > or go mope in a corner :) By the way, I've reopened the numlock problem she mentions. Anyone seen this lately? Is RedHat known to patch AbiWord at all? Andrew. > Dom > ===== http://linguaphile.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/translator.pl http://www.abisource.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
