Re: [Bug 1574278] Re: AbiWord text cursor starts to flicker after adding some text

2018-06-27 Thread msevior
Hi everyone, I've just commited a fix for this and other flickering bugs. Please abiword from shn head and let me know how it works. I apologize for taking so long to fix this, cheers Martin Sevior On Mon, 19 Mar 2018, 13:56 James Cameron, <1574...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Thanks for the

Re: [Bug 1019621] Re: Precise abiword version needs to be reverted to stable release prior to 12.04.1

2012-07-17 Thread msevior
Hi everyone, abiword-2.8.6 will not break an abiword-2.9.2 configuration. If you can't roll back to 2.8.6 your should at least upgrade to 2.9.3 which has far fewer bugs. Cheers Martin On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 11:02 PM, Lionel Le Folgoc lio...@lefolgoc.net wrote: I don't know if Xubuntu will

Re: [Bug 1019621] Re: Abiword flickers hard when scrolling (regression)

2012-07-10 Thread msevior
Hi Eric, As maintainer of abiword I urge you to switch to abiword-2.8.6. Debian testing has moved on to 2.9.3 which is a considerable improvement of 2.9.2 but it still contains many bugs. On the other hand Debian-testing is for people who want to help software projects by providing feedback

Re: [Bug 1019621] Re: Precise abiword version needs to be reverted to stable release prior to 12.04.1

2012-07-10 Thread msevior
Hi everyone, To be fair, the really bad, bad bugs like this one appeared after the most recent gtk-3 (3.2?) release that introduced smooth scrolling by default. You likely tested abiword before then. That change badly affected abiword and we've battling it ever since. While current abiword-2.9.3

Re: [Bug 1019621] Re: Abiword flickers hard when scrolling (regression)

2012-07-01 Thread msevior
Which version is there? (Do abiword --help-about abiword) On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 1:39 PM, MMlosh 1019...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Debian testing (where the pkg comes from) is updating periodically I tried the version found in there. did not help, the issue is not solved. -- You received

Re: [Bug 804169] Re: Smooth scrolling can't be disabled

2012-07-01 Thread msevior
Dear Charlie, As I have said many times it has been quite frustrating that Ubuntu distributed the development version of abiword (2.92) without consulting the abiword community at all. That being the case, please tell us your plan to release a version of abiword without all these bugs. Best

Re: [Bug 804169] Re: Smooth scrolling can't be disabled

2012-07-01 Thread msevior
Hi Robert, As you can see from Charlie's reply, this bug won't ever be fixed in 12.04. You'll have to either wait till the next Ubuntu release or switch to a different distribution. The abiword community recommends you stick with version 2.8.6. You can get it in Fedora 17. Martin On Mon, Jul

Re: [Bug 1019621] [NEW] Abiword flickers hard when scrolling (regression)

2012-06-30 Thread msevior
Dear Canonical, It fills me with frustration that you chose to distribute our development version of abiword-2.92 with your LTS 12.04 release. This was done without any consultation with the abiword community AT ALL. Please revert to abiword-2.8.6 ASAP.If this is not possible please advise me as

Re: [Bug 960089] Re: Scroll wheel doesn't scroll in AbiWord

2012-06-30 Thread msevior
Dear Christopher and canoncial, It iflls me with frustration that Canonical chose to distribute our development version of abiword, abiword-2.9.2 with your 12.04 LTS distribution. This was done without any consultation with the abiword community AT ALL. Please revert to version 2.8.6. Failing

Re: [Bug 1003718] [NEW] [12.04 - 12.10] (lubuntu) abiword is crashing when pasting directly into it without any other action

2012-05-24 Thread msevior
Hi everyone, AbiWord-2.9.2 is very much a development release and should never have been included in Ubuntu-12.04. Please revert to abiword-2.8.6 Cheers Martin On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Michael Basse ubu...@alpha-unix.de wrote: Public bug reported: abiword is crashing with

Re: [Bug 991399] [NEW] laptop touchpad vertical scrolling doesn't work in abiword

2012-05-24 Thread msevior
Hi everyone, AbiWord-2.9.2 is very much a development release and should never have been included in Ubuntu 12.04. Please revert to abiword-2.8.6 Best regards, Martin Sevior On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 5:41 AM, Tim 991...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Public bug reported: Xubuntu 12.04 Abiword

Re: [Bug 999197] Re: Abiword 2.9.2 is crashing with a Cairo library SIGABRT error

2012-05-23 Thread msevior
HI everyone, abiword-2.9.2 is very much a development release and should not have been included in Ubuntu-12.04. Please revert to abiword-2.8.6 Martin Sevior On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Christopher M. Penalver christopher.penal...@gmx.com wrote: Christopher Forster, thank you for

Re: [Bug 704810] Re: OpenDocument .odt file conversion is very buggy (esp. with headlines)

2011-01-23 Thread msevior
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 591503 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591503 This bug has been fixed with the latest version of abiword-2.8.6 Please update to version 2.8.6 Martin On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:21 AM, Charlie Kravetz charlie-...@ubuntu.com wrote: *** This bug is a

Re: [Bug 591503] Re: odt created by abiword can't be opened by openOffice

2011-01-19 Thread msevior
Hi Victor, Could you email me the offending document? I agree that fixing bugs like this is of very high importance. Best Regards, Martin On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 3:55 AM, viktor 591...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Reproduced: 100% risk of data loss with manual pagebreak after numbered

Re: [Bug 672263] Re: Letters in and near selection move by +-1 pixel

2010-11-08 Thread msevior
This is a known bug. Marc Maurer was working on a complete fix for the problem. Cheers Martin On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 7:08 AM, gpk g...@kochanski.org wrote: Whoops, here's the image. ** Attachment added: bug.png  

Re: [Bug 672263] Re: Letters in and near selection move by +-1 pixel

2010-11-08 Thread msevior
Sorry, misspelt uwog email address On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Martin Sevior msev...@gmail.com wrote: This is a known bug. Marc Maurer was working on a complete fix for the problem. Cheers Martin On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 7:08 AM, gpk g...@kochanski.org wrote: Whoops, here's the image.

Re: [Bug 599646] Re: up-arrow key not handled, goes to toolbar

2010-06-29 Thread msevior
This bug is not in abiword-2.8.6 on Fedora 13 On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Regis Stratton regis...@yahoo.com wrote: This bug happens in Ubuntu10.04 64 abiword 2.8.2-2ubuntu1.1. This bug does happen in Ubuntu9.04 64 abiword 2.6.6-0ubuntu1 -- up-arrow key not handled, goes to toolbar

Re: [Bug 597703] Re: Abiword - Segmentation fault @ opening odt file

2010-06-23 Thread msevior
Please submit this bug to: http://bugzilla.abisource.com/ and attach the document that caused the crash. If you do that we have a great chance of fixing the bug in a future release of abiword. Cheers! Martin On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:55 PM, drakesoft powerschorsc...@yahoo.de wrote: **

[Bug 591503] Re: odt created by abiword can't be opened by openOffice

2010-06-08 Thread msevior
This is a bug in libgsf. It also affects gnumeric. Filed upstream as: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=621043 Martin Sevior On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Ophir LOJKINE pere.j...@gmail.com wrote: ** Attachment added: A file corrupted file  

Re: [Bug 519541] Re: Abiword 2.8.1 freezes with document lost when help is clicked or F1 is pressed

2010-04-29 Thread msevior
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:18 AM, arand ienor...@gmail.com wrote: Are we likely to end up pulling in 2.8.4 for the SRU here? I've started poking around in the intermidiate versions, but are we at this point still preferring a smaller SRU, if it does exist? Attached the debdiff for the  

Re: [Bug 519541] Re: Abiword 2.8.1 freezes with document lost when help is clicked or F1 is pressed

2010-04-28 Thread msevior
HI everyone, While it useful to warn users about this, I can't but think that the Ubuntu process is *really broken*. An extremely simple fix for this exists. All you have to do is ship abiword-2.8.4! Fedora 12 has no problem at all with this and I use it every day. Martin On Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Re: [Bug 519541] Re: Abiword 2.8.1 freezes with document lost when help is clicked or F1 is pressed

2010-04-19 Thread msevior
Hi Martin, Those are all excellent bug fixes in our stable release cycle. 2.8.x. Please upgrade to 2.8.4 it is far better and safer than 2.8.1. Cheers Martin On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Martin Pitt martin.p...@ubuntu.com wrote: There are a lot of changes in there, plus completely new

[Bug 566030] Re: Can't use delete or backspace keys in Abiword 2.8.2

2010-04-18 Thread msevior
This bug is fixed in AbiWord version 2.8.4. Please update to that. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 1:32 AM, li_yun vtorcherm...@gmail.com wrote: Public bug reported: Binary package hint: abiword Ubuntu release: Ubuntu lucid (development branch) 10.04 (Xubuntu 10.04 beta2) Package:

Re: [Bug 564722] Re: No support for OpenDocument texts when upgrading from 2.6

2010-04-17 Thread msevior
Hi Milan, Sorry I have no idea what is being shipped with Ubuntu. Certainly abiword-2.8 has far better odt support than 2.6.x. I make development builds of abiword all the time and odt support works very well. I use abiword-2.8.4 several times a day for real work in Fedora 12 where odt and docx

Re: [Bug 564722] Re: No support for OpenDocument texts when upgrading from 2.6

2010-04-16 Thread msevior
This bug is caused by a failure to package the abiword plugins. In particular the OpenDocument import/exporter. On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:01 AM, Charlie Kravetz charlie-...@ubuntu.com wrote: Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information

Re: [Bug 519541] Re: Abiword 2.8.1 freezes with document lost when help is clicked or F1 is pressed

2010-04-13 Thread msevior
We've made a couple more releases with important bug fixes since then. We're up to 2.8.3 in Fedora 12 and we'll likely release 2.8.4 within a day. Maybe we could ask our Debian friends to package 2.8.3 and see if the bug persists. Cheers Martin On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Barry Warsaw

Re: [Bug 519541] Re: Abiword 2.8.1 freezes with document lost when help is clicked or F1 is pressed

2010-04-06 Thread msevior
Hi everyone, I can also confirm that this is packaging bug. It works fine on Fedora 12. I suggest you see if it occurs in Debian. Best Regards, Martin Sevior On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Barry Warsaw ba...@canonical.com wrote: I'm pretty sure abiword is in universe, not main, so not a

Fwd: [Bug 430870] Re: Abiword crashes when opening a file (Karmic, i686).

2010-03-21 Thread msevior
Apparently pulseaudio has serious problems and needs to be fixed. -- Forwarded message -- From: Spaceman orionssw...@yahoo.com Date: Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:03 PM Subject: [Bug 430870] Re: Abiword crashes when opening a file (Karmic, i686). To: msev...@gmail.com I also had this

Re: [Bug 430870] Re: Abiword crashes when opening a file (Karmic, i686).

2010-03-17 Thread msevior
AbiWord hooks into the GNOME system for sound events. You can set things like emit a beep when a document opens. Hence the connection to pulseaudio. Martin On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 6:51 PM, rmais96 cgenre@laposte.net wrote: Issue has been fixed by removing 'pulseaudio' Ubuntu 9.10 sound

[Bug 524945] Re: Abiword rulers flicker while typing or moving mouse over the window

2010-02-20 Thread msevior
This is caused by a bug in gtk+ https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=606009 This has been fixed in the latest stable release of gtk+ and is available on Fedora 12. I recommend Ubuntu upgrade to the latest stable release of gtk ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #606009

[Bug 524945] Re: Abiword rulers flicker while typing or moving mouse over the window

2010-02-20 Thread msevior
As far as I can tell it is gtk-2.18.6 -- Abiword rulers flicker while typing or moving mouse over the window https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524945 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 523763] Re: [Lucid] abiword does not start

2010-02-18 Thread msevior
This is a bug in the ubuntu package. Whoever made it should fix it. -- [Lucid] abiword does not start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/523763 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 519541] Re: Abiword 2.8.1 freezes with document lost when help is clicked or F1 is pressed

2010-02-09 Thread msevior
This is a bug in the Ubuntu package. It does not appear in 2.8.1 distributed with Fedora 12. -- Abiword 2.8.1 freezes with document lost when help is clicked or F1 is pressed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/519541 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

Re: [Bug 482242] Re: Abiword crashes the PC invariably with a specific file

2009-11-13 Thread msevior
HI Steve, I just tested this. AbiWorrd-2.8 loads this file. You should release AbiWord-2.8 to fix this bug. Cheers Martin On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Steve McGrath smcgrat...@gmail.com wrote: I can confirm that the attached file does indeed cause Abiword to start chewing as much RAM as

[Bug 144506] Re: abiword redraw problem

2009-02-09 Thread msevior
This bug is fixed abiword version 2.6.6. I recommend upgrading to abiword 2.6.6 for all versions of Ubuntui -- abiword redraw problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/144506 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

Re: [Bug 215845] Re: Fast scrolling with the wheel induces jump backward

2008-11-17 Thread msevior
OK this bug has been fixed in upstream AbiWord and should be available in version 2.6.5 Thanks everyone for the bug reports. Cheers Martin On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Lionel Dricot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Indeed, the bug is still present in Intrepid. And because Abiword 2.6 is now

Re: [Bug 215845] Re: Fast scroll wheel issue on Hardy

2008-11-17 Thread msevior
This bug has been fixed in upstream AbiWord and should be available in AbiWord version 2.6.5 On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 4:06 AM, nicolas cornette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reporting the same problem under Intrepid Ibex 8.10, Abiword 2.6.4 -- Fast scroll wheel issue on Hardy

[Bug 150815] Re: save-as PDF produces human readable but not machine readable PDFs

2008-08-25 Thread msevior
This is a bug in a combination of evince and libgnomeprint. Since libgnomeprint is unmaintained you have a better bet getting evince to work correctly. I suggest you file the bug against evince. -- save-as PDF produces human readable but not machine readable PDFs

[Bug 202174] Re: Please update to version 2.6

2008-04-11 Thread msevior
Ah thanks for the bug report on the tooltip. I'll fix that. It should be in 2.6.3 -- Please update to version 2.6 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202174 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

Re: [Bug 202174] Re: Please update to version 2.6

2008-04-10 Thread msevior
I can't see anything wrong on my fedora 8 build. Can you give me some hint as to what the bug is? Cheers Martin On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Ryan Pavlik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can confirm that bug, Lionel. It is not a packaging bug, I believe, as no source patches touch related

[Bug 202174] Re: Please update to version 2.6

2008-04-04 Thread msevior
A few more points to support the inclusion of abiword-2.6.0 in th eupcoming Unbuntu release. This is a major update. Asking for a changelog is insane. It has be in excess of 100,000 LOC. There is no way anyone is going to be able to review that. We have fixed hundreds of bugs since 2.4.6 which