Re: printing problems

From: Stephen Viles (sviles_abi@iinet.net.au)
Date: Tue Feb 25 2003 - 16:36:39 EST

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    26/02/03 7:24:38 AM, Alan G Isaac <aisaac@american.edu> wrote:

    >I wrote my note immediately after
    >using the nightlydownloader. The version is listed as
    >CVS-HEAD without any build info. The check version menu
    >option does not give me any version info either.
    >I guessed the printing problem would be a FAQ with
    >an obvious answer.

    Using CVS-HEAD is only for the brave or those who wish to help
    with bug finding/fixing/verifying. There are no FAQs for HEAD,
    as it changes on a daily basis, hence the nightly builds.

    As Jeremy Davis notes on http://abiword.pchasm.org/builds/nightly/

    "WARNING!!! The contents described on this page are development builds.
    They may have bug fixes and/or be more stable than the latest released
    version, but they also could be more unstable. If you are not comfortable
    with this, please restrict yourself to the officially released binaries."

    >So I backed off to version 1.0.4 and printing is OK.

    I recommend you stick to released versions for general use. If
    you have problems with phantom square characters at the end of
    lines that contain tabs, you can download a non-bidirectional
    build of 1.0.4 from http://members.iinet.net.au/~sviles/

    >The problem is with the printed letter spacing.
    >
    >AbiWord prints the document with the inter-character spacing
    >too big (and as a result does not fit to the page).
    >Linespacing looks probably ok.
    >
    >I usually print to HP LaserJet 6L. But I tried printing
    >instead to Acrobat Distiller (version 5). I still see the
    >letter spacing problem: the document is printed with letter
    >spacing different from that with which it is displayed.

    Nice work. You may want to attach the screenshots of AbiWord
    (with correct spacing) and Distiller (with incorrect spacing)
    to the appropriate Bugzilla bug. It is difficult to get hard
    evidence of printing bugs as you can't attach printed paper.

    >PS I just noticed that copy and paste are not working in the
    >nightly download version. Or rather I noticed that paste is
    >not working: 'copy' copies to the clipboard but 'paste' does
    >not paste the clipboard into the document.

    You may want to check whether this bug is already in Bugzilla.
    If not, you may want to create it against CVS-HEAD.

    Cheers - Stephen.

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