>I'd really like to discourage this, and I think that you just motivated me >to >implement the following in the Preferences Dialog GUI: > >Default Save Format >Keybindings >Anything else I can think of...
Let me be more specific. Now that I've changed the default file save to .rtf, is there a similar way to change the default open format. It still says .abw wheras all my documents are either .rtf or .txt. By experimentation I tried DefaultOpenFormat following the same format as the Default save command but it didn't work. Now that I've confessed my transgression in experimentation, I can see why you would discourage this type of behavior. I could really mess things up and then flood you with even more questions. While I'm at it, please allow me to use this forum to express my opinion on priorities for Version 1. I know you have the bug votes and triage for Bugzilla, but I've never been able to figure it out. And, not being a developer, I can offer little expert assistance. But, speaking as a user. . . I would recommend that features be put on the back burner in favor of making what you have work right. You have a great word processor, but a few small items keep me from using it for any serious work. I list them in my sense of importance. For what it's worth, I'm using an IBM Thinkpad 1410 with Win98 and Abi 0.9.4.1. 1. Line spacing on page doesn't match what's on screen. For example, line spacing on the page is more condensed than on screen. I'm an attorney and it's essential that line spacing be right for the Courts who have little elves with rulers making sure our briefs are properly formatted. With this one bug fixed, I could use Abi for just about all of my work as I can work around the other bugs. 2. Various paragraph formatting items, such as widow protection, keep with next, etc. don't seem to be working. I use these features extensively in the few styles I use. 3. Fine tune styles. You've got a real good start here but some features, such as hot-key assignment don't seem to be working. 4. Implement some form of sections to allow different formatting such as different page number styles for a table of contents as opposed to the body of a document. 5. PLEASE, make the cursor follow the pageup/pagedn keys. As you can probably tell, my writing needs are fairly simple. I use about eight styles all the time and the most complex formatting I do is double space a paragraph and throw in page numbers. Right now, Abi has all the features I need to do nearly all my work. So, at least for this user, all that is needed is to make it all work just right. Then, more features can be added later to what will be a great foundation. Virgil _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
