Date: 22 Feb 2003 14:53:17 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: "Mezz bsdforums.org" <reigncracks@hotmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: AbiWord2 available Message-ID: <1045943596.7908.1.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <F30cIV8zNAyrBLHC21o00004731@hotmail.com> References: <F30cIV8zNAyrBLHC21o00004731@hotmail.com>
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--=-nlB4BovWSeh9or/Qqeoy Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 13:52, Mezz bsdforums.org wrote: > >On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 03:58, Mezz bsdforums.org wrote: > > > >I've ported the GTK 2 version of AbiWord, 1.1.3. I called the port > > > >AbiWord2 since the files install to AbiSuite-2.0. Note, it's still > > > >pretty rough, but it seems to work okay. The anti-aliased fonts mak= e=20 > >it > > > >much nicer to look at. This also makes a nice addition to the GNOME= 2 > > > >Fifth Toe. I'm awaiting a repo copy before I commit it to the main > > > >tree, but in the meantime, you can get it from my CVS repo: > > > > > > > >http://www.marcuscom.com:8080/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi > > > > > > > >Checkout the ports module, and it's in editors/ > > > > > > Cool, looking forward to install it when I am in the bed and try it w= hen=20 > >I > > > wake up. Hope, it will come out nice. I never like OpenOffice.org,=20 > >KOffice > > > and old AbiWord (gtk1), which M$ Office (in different computer) still= =20 > >rocks. > > > ;-) > > > >Then you're probably not going to be too happy with AbiWord2. It's got > >potential, and it's better than 1.0, but it's still pretty unstable. >=20 > Hey, it gets a lot better. It's not bad at all, I kind of like it so far.= It=20 > loads faster and the fonts are very smooth. But, of course, M$ Office is=20 > still better for numbers of feature. :-) Doesn't it has grammar check? Ri= ght=20 > now, I am typing in AbiWord2 and noticed only has spell check feature, bu= t=20 > not grammar. M$ Office improves my grammar a lot. ;-) Grammar check is still in the TODO pile for AbiWord. Joe >=20 > Cheers, > Mezz >=20 > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* =20 > http://join.msn.com/?page=3Dfeatures/junkmail >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-nlB4BovWSeh9or/Qqeoy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+V9Usb2iPiv4Uz4cRAhLdAJ44RGTN72/KHs45Xk0QvvgmmFhHfACdEgxR F5FqGX5V6shO7uoi9YvrCMM= =8yPW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-nlB4BovWSeh9or/Qqeoy-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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