Re:Comments and enhancements

From: William Jacoby (bonelifer@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Feb 22 2002 - 02:44:49 GMT

  • Next message: Martin Sevior: "AbiWord 0.99.2 released."

    Kenneth he most likely is a casual user and doesn't
    have the ability to compile the plugins. Currently
    only the ImageMagick plugin has a windows compiled
    version downloadable.

    --- "Kenneth J.Davis" <jeremyd@computer.org> wrote:
    > "Max R. Keetch" <krmx@tryi.com> wrote on 2/21/2002
    > 4:17:51 PM:
    > >
    > ><HTML><HEAD>
    >
    > ..[cut]...
    >
    > ><p><u>Plugins</u>: I've had no luck with the
    > plugins.&nbsp; At this point in time are they only
    > operational for Linux users?&nbsp; If they should
    > work with Windows 95, I'll go back and play with
    > them
    > some more.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
    > ><p>--<br>
    > >Max R. Keetch, krmx@tryi.com on 02/21/2002<br>
    > ></p>
    > ></body></html>
    >
    > The plugins are operational under Windows (for me).
    > Not all the plugins are
    > available, but the ones that are should work. I
    > didn't try the plugins until
    > around the 0.99.1 release, so you may want to
    > upgrade to the just tagged
    > 0.99.2 release (I have compiled most of the plugins
    > and they work for me
    > with the 0.99.2 build). I'm not sure what problems
    > you are having, but I did
    > find when 1st trying them, that some of the plugins
    > are more specific about
    > the AbiWord.exe binary being used, specifically,
    > they will fail to
    > load (probably with an error dialog about some entry
    > point not found) unless
    > the plugin & AbiWord.exe binary match. And as I
    > mentioned, I have only recently
    > been using them, so there may have been other
    > progress since you last tried that
    > I'm not aware of [currently I know of only one bug,
    > and it is listed in bugtrack,
    > involving the image magick plugin and the 1st image
    > inserted].
    >
    > [I don't know how much of the desired functionality
    > is actually implemented in
    > all the plugins, only that of the ones I've
    > compiled, enough is implemented to
    > be useful, at least for me.]
    >
    > Jeremy Davis
    > jeremyd@computer.org
    >

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