Re: where are the abiword 2.4.5 (linux) plugins?

Wolfgang Keller wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> and thanks for your reply.
>
>
>>> - a plugin to restrict the user to only use the styles defined in a given
>>> template, to enforce consistency and thus re-usability of documents
>>>
>> Already built in feature of Abiword.
>>
>
> Errr, built in maybe, but also undocumented?
>
> Abiword _could_ really need an as exhaustive documentation as e.g. *duck*
> OpenOffice.
>
>
>>> - an SVN plugin that allows to directly open/save documents from/to
>>> subversion, updating them and diffing them using the redlining function in
>>> Abiword
>>>
>> I think if you build abiword with the right gnome-vfs modules you can get
>> a document management system (the kind of person asking this question
>> should know the difference between a DMS and VCS and if it would be enough
>> for what you really need).
>>
>
> The main function I need is that
>
> - several authors can edit the same document simultaneously (without the
> requirement to be on-line), without overwriting each other's modifications
> - the modifications of the different authors can easily be visualised
> (="redlining"), compared and merged
> - each author can then easily update his branch with the accepted
> modifications
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Wolfgang Keller
>
>
"Mark Revisions"

I am not sure we have a merge-documents feature at the moment (I know
"accept revisions" is there, but I think merge documents was under
development), but filing a bugzilla bug never hurts.

Ryan

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