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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:43:40 +1100
From: Keith Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Perplexing Problems
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On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 20:38, Keith Bates wrote:
> I've just got Abiword 0.99 going but it has some distressing problems:
>
> 1. It won't maintain my preferences when I quit
>This is wierd. What sorts of preferences did you change that AbiWord
isn't saving?

Stuff like the disable UNIX fonts warnng, a coupe of other minor
features.

> 2. It won't keep the plug-ins when i quit (esp. GDKPixbuf)- this may
> not even load correctly in the first place, I don't know
>Remove the GdkPixbuf plugin if you're a GNOME user - you don't need it
>anyway. I don't have any problems loading plugins - it might be an
>artifact of the packager. What do you mean "won't keep the plugins when
>i quit"??

The plugin has to be reinstalled every time I restart.
Without it abiword will only accept two formats, even though I'm using
GNOME and put in the gnome option when installing

4. When i try to load JPEG images it
> crashes-- shuts down completely.
>I haven't hat any problems with the JPEG loader, ImageMagick plugin
>loader, or GdkPixbuf plugin loader.

It only does this when I have "Automatic detection"- it seems OK when I
remember to change to "select all GdkPixbuf formats" option... 

>  5. Spell check options are greyed out.
>Do you have a dictionary installed?
 I think this is now working OK.


Keith

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