Author: andy Date: 2005-12-13 13:48:53 -0700 (Tue, 13 Dec 2005) New Revision: 5412
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent trunk/BOOK/xsoft/office/abiword.xml Log: Updated Abiword to 2.4.1 Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2005-12-13 20:25:49 UTC (rev 5411) +++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2005-12-13 20:48:53 UTC (rev 5412) @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ <!-- Part X --> <!-- Chapter 33 --> -<!ENTITY AbiWord-version "2.2.10"> +<!ENTITY AbiWord-version "2.4.1"> <!ENTITY gnumeric-version "1.4.3"> <!ENTITY gnucash-version "1.8.11"> <!ENTITY gimp-version "2.2.8"> Modified: trunk/BOOK/xsoft/office/abiword.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/xsoft/office/abiword.xml 2005-12-13 20:25:49 UTC (rev 5411) +++ trunk/BOOK/xsoft/office/abiword.xml 2005-12-13 20:48:53 UTC (rev 5412) @@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent"> %general-entities; - <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-http "http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/2.2.10/source/abiword-&AbiWord-version;.tar.bz2";> + <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-http "http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/2.4.1/source/abiword-&AbiWord-version;.tar.bz2";> <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/abiword-&AbiWord-version;.tar.bz2";> - <!ENTITY AbiWord-md5sum "4aa8838d211129b8fc9c1231bc9df18a"> - <!ENTITY AbiWord-size "23.9 MB"> - <!ENTITY AbiWord-buildsize "215 MB"> - <!ENTITY AbiWord-time "3.8 SBU (to build and install the program, docs and all plugins)"> + <!ENTITY AbiWord-md5sum "03d47aad66c4c9f9d329e3538de97dcd"> + <!ENTITY AbiWord-size "24.1 MB"> + <!ENTITY AbiWord-buildsize "23.7 MB"> + <!ENTITY AbiWord-time "3.1 SBU (to build and install the program, docs and all plugins)"> ]> <sect1 id="abiword" xreflabel="AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;"> @@ -62,39 +62,33 @@ <bridgehead renderas="sect3">AbiWord Dependencies</bridgehead> <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead> - <para role="required"><xref linkend="popt"/>, - <xref linkend="libglade"/> and - <xref linkend="fribidi"/></para> + <para role="required"><xref linkend="libglade"/>, + <xref linkend="fribidi"/> and + <xref linkend="libgnomeprintui"/></para> - <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead> - <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="libjpeg"/></para> - <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead> - <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gucharmap"/>, - <xref linkend="libgnomeprintui"/>, - <xref linkend="libgnomeui"/>, - <xref linkend="imagemagick"/>, + <para role="optional"> <ulink url="http://www.abisource.com/enchant/";>Enchant</ulink> - (uses <xref linkend="aspell"/>) and + (uses <xref linkend="aspell"/>), <xref linkend="gucharmap"/>, + <xref linkend="imagemagick"/> and <ulink url="http://wvware.sourceforge.net/";>wv</ulink> (with <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware";>libwmf</ulink> installed first)</para> <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for Plugins</bridgehead> - <para role="optional"><xref linkend="librsvg"/>, + <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libgsf"/> + (needed to build the OpenDocument/OpenOffice plugin), + <xref linkend="poppler"/> (for the pdf plugin), + <xref linkend="librsvg"/>, <xref linkend="gnome-utils"/>, - <xref linkend="nautilus"/>, - <xref linkend="html-tidy"/>, - <xref linkend="libgsf"/>, - <xref linkend="python"/> (for gypsthon mailmerge), <ulink url="http://aiksaurus.sourceforge.net/";>Aiksaurus</ulink>, <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/";>libgda</ulink>, <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/";>libgnomedb</ulink>, <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware";>libwmf</ulink>, <ulink url="http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/";>libwpd</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://www.inter7.com/index.php?page=eps";>EPS</ulink>, + <ulink url="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/goffice/0.1/";>goffice</ulink>, <ulink url="http://libots.sourceforge.net/";>OTS</ulink> and - <ulink url="http://www.frodol.dds.nl/psiconv/index.html";>Psiconv</ulink></para> + <ulink url="http://software.frodo.looijaard.name/psiconv/";>Psiconv</ulink></para> </sect2> @@ -104,28 +98,33 @@ <para>Install <application>AbiWord</application> by running the following commands:</para> -<screen><userinput>cd abi && -./configure --prefix=/usr && -make && -cd ../abiword-plugins && -sed -i 's:python2.3:python2.4:g' configure && +<screen><userinput>cd abiword-plugins && ./configure --prefix=/usr --without-inter7eps && make && -cd ../abi</userinput></screen> +cd ../abi && +./configure --prefix=/usr && +make</userinput></screen> <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para> <screen role="root"><userinput>make install && -cp -v -rf docs /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.2/AbiWord && +cp -v -rf docs /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord && cd ../abiword-plugins && make install</userinput></screen> + </sect2> + + <sect2 role="installation"> + <title>Install The Help Documentation</title> + <para>Build the help files by issuing the following commands as an unprivileged user:</para> <screen><userinput>cd ../abiword-docs && +sed -i '[EMAIL PROTECTED]@abiword@' make-gnome-html.sh && +./make-gnome-html.sh && ./make-html.sh</userinput></screen> <para>Then, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, @@ -133,39 +132,85 @@ <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 man/abiword.1 /usr/share/man/man1 && install -v -m644 Manual/en/Abiword_Manual.abw \ - /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.2/AbiWord/docs && -cp -v -rf help /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.2/AbiWord && -find /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.2/AbiWord/help \ + /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/docs && +cp -v -rf help /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord && +find /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/help \ -type d -exec chmod -v 755 {} \;</userinput></screen> +<!-- I commented this out because I don't know what it does. Andy <para>If you have a <application>GNOME-2</application> installation, issue the following command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para> <screen role="root"><userinput>cd .. && -install -v -m644 abidistfiles/GNOME_AbiWord_Control_2_2.server \ +install -v -m644 abidistfiles/GNOME_AbiWord_Control_2_4.server \ $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/bonobo/servers</userinput></screen> +--> </sect2> <sect2 role="commands"> <title>Command Explanations</title> - <para><command>sed -i 's:python2.3:python2.4:g' configure</command>: This - command changes the version of <application>Python</application> that - <application>AbiWord</application> looks for.</para> - <para><parameter>--without-inter7eps</parameter>: Some of the headers from the <application>EPS</application> package are not compatible with <application>GCC</application>-4.0.x. This parameter prevents linking to the package and incurring a build failure.</para> - <para><command>./make-html.sh</command>: This command creates the HTML files - used by <application>AbiWord</application> when help is requested from the - main menu.</para> + <para><command>sed -i '[EMAIL PROTECTED]@abiword@' make-gnome-html.sh</command>: + This command alters the make-gnome-html.sh script to look for the current + version of <command>abiword</command>.</para> </sect2> + <sect2 role="configuration"> + <title>Configuring Abiword</title> + + <sect3 id="abiword-config"> + <title>Config File</title> + + <para><filename>~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</filename></para> + + </sect3> + + <sect3> + <title>Configuration Information</title> + + <para>Choose the right template for your language and locale:</para> + +<screen><userinput>ls /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/templates</userinput></screen> + + <para>Create the folder + <filename class='directory'>~/.AbiSuite/templates</filename> then copy the + <filename>normal.awt</filename> you want into it:</para> + +<screen><userinput>mkdir -p -v ~/.AbiSuite/templates && +cp -v /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/templates/normal.awt-[lang] \ + ~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</userinput></screen> + + <para>Obviously, change <emphasis role="strong">[lang]</emphasis> in that + command to fit the name of the file you want</para> + + <para><application>Abiword</application> uses Times New Roman as its default + font. If you'd like it to default to a different font, edit + <filename>~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</filename> and change the font to + the one you want. Open <application>Abiword</application>, choose the font, + type one letter then save the document in your home folder as + <filename>test.abw</filename>. Find out what name + <application>Abiword</application> uses for the font:</para> + +<screen><userinput>grep -m 1 '"font-family' ~/test.abw</userinput></screen> + + <para>Now put it into your <application>Abiword</application> template. For + example, if you want to use Bitstream Vera Sans:</para> + +<screen><userinput>sed -i '[EMAIL PROTECTED] New [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vera [EMAIL PROTECTED]' \ + ~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</userinput></screen> + + </sect3> + + </sect2> + <sect2 role="content"> <title>Contents</title> @@ -175,9 +220,10 @@ <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle> <seglistitem> - <seg>abiword, AbiWord-2.2, ttfadmin.sh, and ttftool</seg> + <seg>abiword, AbiWord-2.4, ttfadmin.sh, and ttftool</seg> <seg>Numerous plugin library support modules</seg> - <seg>/usr/lib/AbiWord-2.2 and /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.2</seg> + <seg>/usr/lib/AbiWord-2.4 and + /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> @@ -189,7 +235,8 @@ <varlistentry id="abiword-prog"> <term><command>abiword</command></term> <listitem> - <para>is a symbolic link to the main <command>AbiWord-2.2</command> + <para>is a symbolic link to the main + <command>AbiWord-2.4</command> executable.</para> <indexterm zone="abiword abiword-prog"> <primary sortas="g-abiword">abiword</primary> @@ -197,12 +244,12 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry id="AbiWord-2.2"> - <term><command>AbiWord-2.2</command></term> + <varlistentry id="AbiWord-2.4"> + <term><command>AbiWord-2.4</command></term> <listitem> <para>is the word-processing program executable.</para> - <indexterm zone="abiword AbiWord-2.2"> - <primary sortas="b-AbiWord-2.2">AbiWord-2.2</primary> + <indexterm zone="abiword AbiWord-2.4"> + <primary sortas="b-AbiWord-2.4">AbiWord-2.4</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
