Initial support is / will be in 0.7.12 (emphasize initial), along with
LaTeX import / export (don't know how good).  BTW:  Import / export
based on wv, the same import/export used by StarOffice (the developer
joined Star Division after writing it).

jeff

On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Mark Komarinski wrote:

> Jeffry,
> 
> Any chance that AbiWord will support the DocBook DTD?  The LDP
> and other groups that use DocBook are in real dire need of a WYSIWYM
> XML/SGML editor.  The closest is LyX, and its DocBook support is very
> limited in it.
> 
> -Mark
> 
> 
> Jeffry Smith wrote:
> > 
> > For those who attended my talk at CentraLUG last month, I mentioned
> > Abiword 0.7.12 was about to be released.  You may have noticed it
> > hasn't, & I figure I'll let everyone know what's happening -
> > This release was including some new work on Lists (among other
> > things).  However, it turns
> > out that the lists feature actually causes text loss in export to RTF.
> > The 0.7.12 was put on hold (they had the binaries available, but
> > didn't announce), while this was looked at.  They (the Abiword
> > community) have decided to cancel the release until the problem
> > is patched.  They also are awaiting release notes
> > & a new download site.  What I find interesting is the comments of the
> > Abiword leader (Sam Th) on this:
> > "I'm sorry about the delay, but losing user data is *not* acceptable."
> > 
> > BTW:  They did talk on the list about removing lists from 0.7.12, but
> > by the time that converstation got started, one person had coded the
> > fix - it's in testing now, so hopefully 0.7.12 will be out soon.
> > 
> > jeff
> >
> 

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