Subject: Re: "special characters" and a problem
From: Dick Kampman (dout@xs4all.nl)
Date: Wed Mar 01 2000 - 04:32:24 CST
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, Robert Sievers wrote:
> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:57:50 -0600
> From: Robert Sievers <bob@abisource.com>
> To: dkampman@xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: "special characters" and a problem
>
> Sorry for the long delay. It should not have taken me this long to
> respond.
>
> At 12:22 PM 2/16/00 +0100, you wrote:
> >
> >On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Robert Sievers wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:25:34 -0600
> >> From: Robert Sievers <bob@abisource.com>
> >> To: dkampman@xs4all.nl, abiword-user@abisource.com
> >> Subject: Re: "special characters" and a problem
> >>
> >> At , Dick Kampman wrote:
> >> >I am using AbiWord for a couple of days, after having used Applixword for
> >> >about 2 years. I like the abw-format of AbiWord, which is based on XML,
> >> >I understand.
> >> >
> >> >1. Is it possible to to insert "SPECIAL CHARACTERS" into the textsurface
> >> >with the help of escapecodes?
> >>
> >> You can enter special characters into AbiWord. Rather than use escape
> >> codes, you can directly enter them from the keyboard. Of course, you have
> >> to be using a foreign keyboard layout.
> >
> >I have no "foreign" keyboard, but simply an american one. In antique
> >times it was possible in (e.g. WordPerfect) to use a hexnumber, or two
> >keystrokes to insert a special character (e-accentgrave) in the text. Can
> >I do this with AbiWord too?
> >
>
> Not at the current time. Work is underway on an "insert symbol" dialog.
> That means that this type of functionality will be around in relatively
> short order. I cannot say for sure when it will show up. You might want
> to join the abisource-announce list so that you can stay informed on the
> new feature additions with each successive AbiWord release. Right now
> these releases are coming at about 6-8 week intervals. The insert symbol
> dialog is likely 2-3 releases away.
>
>
> >> >Further, I encountered a PROBLEM when writing text: sometimes a word
> >> >disappears from the textsurface, while white space remains. After saving
> >> >and restarting AbiWord, the word appears again. Can you explain what is
> >> >happening, and how I can improve this feature?
> >>
> >> There have been a few problems like this in the past. First, make sure you
> >> are you using AbiWord 0.7.8. If so, let's take this off the list. Send me
> >> personal email with a reproducible set of steps that shows the problem, and
> >> I will get it isolated and logged.
> >>
> >
> >Yes I am using 0.7.8.
> >I tried to reproduce this problem, but I could not. I thought, that it had
> >something to do with the subsequent use of backspace and return keys.
> >Possibly it has something to do with the "pagenumber space" at the top of
> >the textsurface.
> >What I could reproduce was: when I use the backspace-key to place the
> >first line of a paragraph back to the end of the former paragraph, and
> >after that I use a "return" to restore the beginsituation, than some words
> >appear in the "pagenumber space".
> >It might be, that there is some connection between these two problems.
>
> I would love to help get this fixed, but I will need more information. I
> have tried what you suggested with no effect. Perhaps the error in
> question is dependent on justification, margins, tab-stops, font size, or
> some other property of the document that I am not working with. In other
> words, I do not doubt you have found a legitimate bug. On the contrary,
> you probably have, but you will need to help me isolate it.
>
> Can you find a way to consistently make the bug happen? At that point, you
> can send me an exact sequence of steps, or perhaps even an .abw file with a
> direction on where to place the cursor. Once I see the problem, I can
> narrow it down which is the first step toward getting fixed.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to report this. I look forward to hearing back
> form you, hopefully faster than it took me to get back to you.
>
Sorry, but I could not reproduce the aforementioned textproblems as
well. It is happening at random moments, but I stay alert. As soon as I
have more information I will send you my email.
Another, reproducable, problem was the following: when I move the
mousepointer in the left margin, the form of the mousepointer changes into
a slant arrow. But at the first line of a paragraph it refuses to do so!
dick kampman
dkampman@xs4all.nl
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