Subject: Re: What's going on?
From: James Silverton (jim.silverton@erols.com)
Date: Fri Sep 01 2000 - 08:05:10 CDT
Tim LaDuca wrote:
>
> I am not a developer, but I know Envelopes and labels probably will
> not show up in AbiWord 1.0. AbiWord has transistioned from a corporate
> effort to an almost completely volunteer effort, (although Sourcegear
> still provides the tools the devolpers need, etc.), so I think things
> are
> developnig a little slower now than they used to, but I could be wrong,
> that's just my impression. The current devolopers are doing a terrific
> job
> and I hope AbiWord continues to win supporters!
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I have not noticed much activity lately. Is anything happening? One
> > thing that has become apparent is the major absence of a method for
> > addressing envelopes. IMHO, Abiword is pretty useless wtihout it since
> > writing letters is all very well but I am not going to address envelopes
> > by hand and there is no page set-up dialog available for anything. I
> > regret that I will have to use MS Word until the feature is available. I
> > would like to try to provide envelope addressing but I really don't know
> > where to start.
I've just reread my own message and I'll admit I sound a bit
overcritical. However, my point was that I would like to use Abiword for
real purposes and addressing envelopes is an important part of that. I
guess that means that, IMHO, the print setup dialog should have some
priority. I don't wish to put down the efforts of the developers; they
are doing a remarkable job.
Jim.
-- James V. Silverton Potomac, Maryland.
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