On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 01:40:54 +0000 (GMT) Andrew Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... AD> Something which AbiWord doesn't seem to have yet is AD> a set of "unapproved" patches.
;-) see http://abiword.pchasm.org/patches/ ok so some are of less than ideal quality, but others are unofficial enhancements that I sorta (only if asked and no-one has) support. AD> This is a perfect candidate for such a patch. AD> Somebody could write (and maintain) it for those AD> people who want it, for a price. The code is never AD> committed to the mainline AbiWord CVS server but is AD> kept elsewhere. AD> For Unix/Linux users that is all that would be needed. AD> For Windows users, they typically have no means of AD> building their own application binaries so we would AD> also need to build them and deliver them or place them AD> somewhere for download. Well I have a standing offer that I will provide customized personal builds for Windows (that is, compile binaries for those who ask with any of my patches, different set of options (e.g. with[out] libcurl support, or on stable with[out] jpeg support, ...), or user supplied patches. My time permitting of course. Long term of hosting compiled variations is a different issue (I prefer my bandwidth go to nightly build downloads than a bunch of modified versions). AD> AD> SourceForge would probably be a good place to host AD> such an idea and PayPal could handle payments. In AD> fact AD> I'd do it myself right now but I don't have internet AD> access on my development machine. That's got to be a pain. :( I never could get QNX to see my network card[s], which is why I don't work on it.) AD> AD> Still if anyone thinks this is a good idea, not may be AD> the time to discuss it. AD> AD> Andrew Dunbar. AD> As for the insert topic, aghh, its a very common task on [DOS/Windows based] computers, nearly every editor I've used (ok maybe not edlin) and word processor, even command lines (DOS & Windows) use the insert key to toggle between overwrite and insert mode. The block cursor vs non block cursor does seem to be the visual notifier IIRC. As for the color changing cursor, I suppose it will work, but it should be user customizable (so we can turn it black for both modes or partially color blind users can select one they can distiguish). :-) Jeremy
