i'm not in front of a WinNT machine at the moment, but
look in c:\winnt\users\desktop or something like that.
it's probably easiest just run AbiWord once and then
do a find-files on "AbiWord.Profile" in explorer...
jeff
Xavier Basora wrote:
>
> Jeff:
>
> Thanks but how do I modify the UI for the Windows 9x version? I can't find
> the profile file you cite. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Xavier
>
> >From: Jeff Hostetler <jeff@abisource.com>
> >To: Jacques Du Pasquier <jacques@dtext.com>
> >CC: abiword-user@abisource.com
> >Subject: Re: Having spelling mistakes NOT underlined
> >Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 10:40:01 -0500
> >
> >Jacques Du Pasquier wrote:
> > > Is it possible ?
> > >
> > > I write in French, so what I write is not often correct from the
> > > English point of view, and all these little waves are annoying.
> > >
> > > Sorry if this is a FAQ (I guess it must be), but there's not mention
> > > of it in the actual FAQ, and I didn't find it either in the archive
> > > for the list (but I couldn't actually search this, so my browsing was
> > > limited).
> >
> >yes. there are 2 options:
> >
> >[1] turn off interactive spell checking:
> >
> >(with vi or emacs) edit you ~/.AbiSuite/AbiWord.Profile.
> >change both instances of "_builtin_" to "custom".
> >set AutoSpellCheck to "0".
> >save it and launch AbiWord.
> >
> >[2] try getting a french dictionary. (i've not tried this,
> >but it "ought" to work.) we use ispell internally, so if you
> >have a french ispell dictionary [try `locate "*.hash"` or
> >`locate ispell`], edit your AbiWord profile to use it instead
> >of our american one. again, change "_builtin_" to "custom"
> >and then change SpellCheckWordList to "french.hash". and put
> >a copy of this file in the AbiSuite dictionary directory (or
> >change SpellCheckDirectory to "/usr/ispell/..." or whatever).
> >
> >i'll have a preferences dialog available shortly, so in the
> >future, you won't have to do all of this the hard way....
> >
> >hope this helps,
> >jeff
> >
> >PS. the following link has notes on getting the UI locale to work:
> >http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-user/99/September/0048.html
>
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