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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[613c524f] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[6e18d243] | 7 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-minor-version "3.0">
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[18b304df] | 8 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-docs-version "3.0.2">
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[f1442439] | 9 |
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[c577a33] | 10 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-http
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[41cf4614] | 11 | "&sources-anduin-http;/abiword/abiword-&AbiWord-version;.tar.gz">
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[ff6ec19d] | 12 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-ftp " ">
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[e713e66c] | 13 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-md5sum "a8f218b711450e4ccae43a0522e0e806">
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[15af7e6] | 14 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-size "11 MB">
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[f1442439] | 15 |
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[c577a33] | 16 | <!ENTITY AbiWordDocs-download-http
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[41cf4614] | 17 | "&sources-anduin-http;/abiword/abiword-docs-&AbiWord-docs-version;.tar.gz">
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[6de1ecc] | 18 | <!ENTITY AbiWordDocs-md5sum "c92c0e1e2081db20757231a53d80c338">
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| 19 | <!ENTITY AbiWordDocs-size "1.5 MB">
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[f1442439] | 20 |
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[e713e66c] | 21 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-buildsize "690 MB, with docs (76 MB installed)">
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[18b304df] | 22 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-time "2.4 SBU (Using parallelism=4, with docs)">
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[613c524f] | 23 | ]>
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| 24 |
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[0b5a693] | 25 | <sect1 id="abiword" xreflabel="AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;">
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[ab49f6cb] | 26 | <?dbhtml filename="AbiWord.html" ?>
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| 27 |
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <title>AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;</title>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <indexterm zone="abiword">
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| 32 | <primary sortas="a-AbiWord">AbiWord</primary>
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| 33 | </indexterm>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 36 | <title>Introduction to AbiWord</title>
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| 37 |
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[c577a33] | 38 | <para>
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[f1442439] | 39 | <application>AbiWord</application> is a word processor which is useful for
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[c577a33] | 40 | writing reports, letters and other formatted documents.
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| 41 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 42 |
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[0d715637] | 43 | &lfs122_checked;
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[4b97925] | 44 |
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[ab49f6cb] | 45 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 46 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 47 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 48 | <para>
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| 49 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&AbiWord-download-http;"/>
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| 50 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 53 | <para>
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| 54 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&AbiWord-download-ftp;"/>
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| 55 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 58 | <para>
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| 59 | Download MD5 sum: &AbiWord-md5sum;
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| 60 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 63 | <para>
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| 64 | Download size: &AbiWord-size;
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| 65 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 68 | <para>
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| 69 | Estimated disk space required: &AbiWord-buildsize;
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| 70 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 71 | </listitem>
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| 72 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 73 | <para>
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| 74 | Estimated build time: &AbiWord-time;
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| 75 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 76 | </listitem>
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| 77 | </itemizedlist>
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| 78 |
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[15114f7] | 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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[f1442439] | 80 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[15114f7] | 81 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 82 | <para>
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[f1442439] | 83 | AbiWord Docs: <ulink url="&AbiWordDocs-download-http;"/>
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| 84 | </para>
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| 85 | </listitem>
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| 86 | <listitem>
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| 87 | <para>
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| 88 | AbiWord Docs MD5 sum: &AbiWordDocs-md5sum;
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| 89 | </para>
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| 90 | </listitem>
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| 91 | <listitem>
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| 92 | <para>
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| 93 | AbiWord Docs size: &AbiWordDocs-size;
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[c577a33] | 94 | </para>
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[15114f7] | 95 | </listitem>
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[e713e66c] | 96 | <!--
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[af988bf0] | 97 | <listitem>
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| 98 | <para>
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| 99 | Required patch:
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| 100 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/abiword-&AbiWord-version;-gcc11_fixes-1.patch"/>
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| 101 | </para>
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| 102 | </listitem>
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[e713e66c] | 103 | -->
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[15114f7] | 104 | </itemizedlist>
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| 105 |
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[e713e66c] | 106 |
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[ab49f6cb] | 107 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">AbiWord Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[c577a33] | 110 | <para role="required">
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[d19e2c6] | 111 | <xref linkend="boost"/>,
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[54c5c16] | 112 | <xref linkend="curl"/>,
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[c577a33] | 113 | <xref linkend="fribidi"/>,
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[2c230a6] | 114 | <xref linkend="goffice010"/>, and
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[c577a33] | 115 | <xref linkend="wv"/>
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| 116 | </para>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 119 | <para role="recommended">
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[74fe55c] | 120 | <xref linkend="enchant"/>
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[c577a33] | 121 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 122 |
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| 123 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[15114f7] | 124 | <para role="optional">
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[f1442439] | 125 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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[8558044] | 126 | <xref linkend="evolution-data-server"/>,
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[c0bc0a9] | 127 | &gobject-introspection;,
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[f1442439] | 128 | <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
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| 129 | <xref linkend="libical"/>,
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| 130 | <xref linkend="libsoup"/>,
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[649cb3b] | 131 | <xref linkend="redland"/>,
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| 132 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>.
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[17aa21c] | 133 | <ulink url="https://aiksaurus.sourceforge.net/">Aiksaurus</ulink>,
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[75b1a338] | 134 | <ulink url="https://github.com/AbiWord/gtkmathview">GtkMathView</ulink>,
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[a6039f2] | 135 | <ulink url="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libchamplain/">libchamplain</ulink>,
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[c6b192c] | 136 | <ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware">libwmf</ulink>,
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| 137 | <ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/libwpd/">libwpd</ulink>,
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| 138 | <ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/libwpg/">libwpg</ulink>,
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| 139 | <ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/libwps/">libwps</ulink>,
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[497d485] | 140 | <ulink url="https://github.com/opencog/link-grammar">
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[665ac79f] | 141 | Link Grammar Parser</ulink>,
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[f1442439] | 142 | <ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/loudmouth">Loudmouth</ulink>,
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[75fc431] | 143 | <ulink url="https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/libots-dev">OTS</ulink>,
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| 144 | <ulink url="https://software.frodo.looijaard.name/psiconv/">Psiconv</ulink>, and
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| 145 | <ulink url="https://telepathy.freedesktop.org/">telepathy-glib</ulink>
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[c577a33] | 146 | </para>
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| 147 |
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[f1442439] | 148 | <note>
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| 149 | <para>
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| 150 | To enable many of the optional dependencies, review the information
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| 151 | from <command>./configure --help</command> for the necessary switches
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| 152 | you must pass to the <command>configure</command> script.
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| 153 | </para>
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| 154 | </note>
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| 155 |
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[38e4f06] | 156 |
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[c577a33] | 157 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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[42ddc30] | 158 | Editor Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/abiword"/>
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[c577a33] | 159 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 160 | </sect2>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 163 | <title>Installation of AbiWord</title>
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| 164 |
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[af988bf0] | 165 | <para>
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[c4829ee] | 166 | First, fix a build failure when using libxml-2.12.x:
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[af988bf0] | 167 | </para>
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| 168 |
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[c4829ee] | 169 | <screen><userinput>sed -e '/libxml/a #include <libxml/xmlmemory.h>' \
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| 170 | -i src/af/util/xp/ut_stringbuf.cpp</userinput></screen>
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[af988bf0] | 171 |
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[c577a33] | 172 | <para>
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| 173 | Install <application>AbiWord</application> by running the following
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| 174 | commands:
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| 175 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 176 |
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[18b304df] | 177 | <screen><userinput>sed -e "s/free_suggestions/free_string_list/" \
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[010bb600] | 178 | -e "s/_to_personal//" \
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| 179 | -e "s/in_session/added/" \
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| 180 | -i src/af/xap/xp/enchant_checker.cpp &&
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| 181 |
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[18b304df] | 182 | ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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[15114f7] | 183 | make</userinput></screen>
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[10ef3836] | 184 |
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[c577a33] | 185 | <para>
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[d19e2c6] | 186 | This program does not come with a functional test suite.
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[15114f7] | 187 | </para>
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[5bb9ec2] | 188 |
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[c577a33] | 189 | <para>
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| 190 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 191 | </para>
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[5bb9ec2] | 192 |
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[15114f7] | 193 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[9f37e34] | 194 |
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[97cf7e0] | 195 | <note>
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| 196 | <para>
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| 197 | In order to install the local help files,
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| 198 | a graphics session is recommended.
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| 199 | </para>
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| 200 | </note>
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| 201 |
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[c577a33] | 202 | <para>
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[97cf7e0] | 203 | If you wish to install the local help files, untar and build them first:
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[c577a33] | 204 | </para>
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[e7fc5cf] | 205 |
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[622c1021] | 206 | <note>
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[dcee7a56] | 207 | <para>
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| 208 | The current version of the docs expands to abiword-docs-3.0.1
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| 209 | and not the expected abiword-docs-3.0.2.
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[622c1021] | 210 | </para>
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| 211 | </note>
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[18b304df] | 212 |
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[6de1ecc] | 213 | <!-- I had to hardcode the docs version here, as it doesn't decompress to
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| 214 | abiword-docs-3.0.2. -->
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[47f7e50] | 215 | <screen><userinput>tar -xf ../abiword-docs-&AbiWord-docs-version;.tar.gz &&
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[6de1ecc] | 216 | cd abiword-docs-3.0.1 &&
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[66fb2d8] | 217 | ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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[e7fc5cf] | 218 | make</userinput></screen>
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[9f37e34] | 219 |
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[c577a33] | 220 | <para>
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| 221 | and then, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 222 | </para>
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[10ef3836] | 223 |
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[15114f7] | 224 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[f1442439] | 225 |
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[ab49f6cb] | 226 | </sect2>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 229 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 230 |
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[010bb600] | 231 | <para>
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[18b304df] | 232 | <command>sed ...</command>: This command corrects the source for
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| 233 | changes in the dependency <xref linkend="enchant"/>.
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[010bb600] | 234 | </para>
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[18b304df] | 235 | <!--
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[f1442439] | 236 | <para>
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[18b304df] | 237 | <parameter>- -without-evolution-data-server</parameter>: This switch
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[d54c3b8] | 238 | disables <application>AbiWord</application>
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[f1442439] | 239 | <application>Evolution Data Server</application> support which is known
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| 240 | to fail when using recent versions of
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[665ac79f] | 241 | <application>Evolution Data Server</application>.
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[c577a33] | 242 | </para>
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[18b304df] | 243 | -->
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[c577a33] | 244 | <para>
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| 245 | <option>--enable-plugins="collab openxml goffice grammar"</option>: Build
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[15af7e6] | 246 | some or all plugins. The openxml plugin enables
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[d19e2c6] | 247 | <application>Abiword</application> to open some .docx files.
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| 248 | The grammar plugin requires
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[497d485] | 249 | <ulink url="https://github.com/opencog/link-grammar">Link Grammar
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[c577a33] | 250 | Parser</ulink>
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| 251 | </para>
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[f1442439] | 252 |
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[77b7e4fe] | 253 | </sect2>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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[60d0f22] | 256 | <title>Configuring AbiWord</title>
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[77b7e4fe] | 257 |
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| 258 | <sect3 id="abiword-config">
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| 259 | <title>Config File</title>
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| 260 |
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[c577a33] | 261 | <para>
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| 262 | <filename>~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</filename>
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| 263 | </para>
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[77b7e4fe] | 264 |
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[60d0f22] | 265 | <indexterm zone="abiword abiword-config">
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| 266 | <primary sortas="e-AA.AbiSuite-templates-normal">~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</primary>
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| 267 | </indexterm>
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[77b7e4fe] | 268 | </sect3>
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| 269 |
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| 270 | <sect3>
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| 271 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 272 |
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[c577a33] | 273 | <para>
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| 274 | Choose the right template for your language and locale from the list
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| 275 | produced by the following command:
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| 276 | </para>
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[77b7e4fe] | 277 |
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[15114f7] | 278 | <screen><userinput>ls /usr/share/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;/templates</userinput></screen>
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[77b7e4fe] | 279 |
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[c577a33] | 280 | <para>
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| 281 | Create the folder
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| 282 | <filename class='directory'>~/.AbiSuite/templates</filename> then copy
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| 283 | the <filename>normal.awt</filename> you want into it:
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| 284 | </para>
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[77b7e4fe] | 285 |
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[10ef3836] | 286 | <screen><userinput>install -v -m750 -d ~/.AbiSuite/templates &&
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[15114f7] | 287 | install -v -m640 /usr/share/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;/templates/normal.awt-<replaceable><lang></replaceable> \
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[10ef3836] | 288 | ~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</userinput></screen>
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[77b7e4fe] | 289 |
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[c577a33] | 290 | <para>
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| 291 | Change <replaceable><lang></replaceable> by the above command to
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| 292 | fit the name of the file you want.
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| 293 | </para>
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| 294 |
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| 295 | <para>
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| 296 | If you are using multiple languages, you may need to edit the template
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| 297 | to use a font with greater coverage (e.g. one of the
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[e180a646] | 298 | <xref linkend="dejavu-fonts"/>,
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| 299 | <!--
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[17aa21c] | 300 | <ulink url="https://dejavu.sourceforge.net/">DejaVu fonts</ulink>), -->
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[c577a33] | 301 | because <application>Abiword</application> does not use
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| 302 | <application>fontconfig</application> and can only display glyphs that
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| 303 | are provided in the chosen font.
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| 304 | </para>
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| 305 |
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| 306 | <para>
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| 307 | If you have <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/> installed, you should
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| 308 | run the <command>update-desktop-database</command> command to update the
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| 309 | mimeinfo cache and allow the Help system to work.
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| 310 | </para>
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[f1442439] | 311 |
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[7b1027d] | 312 | <para>
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| 313 | If you have <xref linkend="xdg-utils"/> installed, you should
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| 314 | run the <command>xdg-icon-resource forceupdate --theme hicolor</command>
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[8a00a2c5] | 315 | command, for the installed icon to be displayed in the menu item.
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[7b1027d] | 316 | </para>
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| 317 |
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[77b7e4fe] | 318 | </sect3>
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[f1442439] | 319 |
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[ab49f6cb] | 320 | </sect2>
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| 321 |
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| 322 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 323 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 324 |
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| 325 | <segmentedlist>
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[f1442439] | 326 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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| 327 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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[24ffa4b5] | 328 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[ab49f6cb] | 329 |
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| 330 | <seglistitem>
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[f1442439] | 331 | <seg>
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| 332 | abiword
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| 333 | </seg>
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| 334 | <seg>
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| 335 | libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;.so
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| 336 | </seg>
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| 337 | <seg>
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| 338 | /usr/include/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;,
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[2c230a6] | 339 | /usr/lib/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;, and
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[f1442439] | 340 | /usr/share/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;
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| 341 | </seg>
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[ab49f6cb] | 342 | </seglistitem>
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| 343 | </segmentedlist>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | <variablelist>
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| 346 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 347 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 348 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 349 |
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| 350 | <varlistentry id="abiword-prog">
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| 351 | <term><command>abiword</command></term>
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| 352 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 353 | <para>
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| 354 | is the word processor, a wrapper for the functions in
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| 355 | libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version; - it can also be used on the
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[4c24eb0a] | 356 | command line, see <command>man 1 abiword</command>
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[c577a33] | 357 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 358 | <indexterm zone="abiword abiword-prog">
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[15114f7] | 359 | <primary sortas="b-abiword">abiword</primary>
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[ab49f6cb] | 360 | </indexterm>
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| 361 | </listitem>
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| 362 | </varlistentry>
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| 363 |
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[15114f7] | 364 | <varlistentry id="libabiword">
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[f1442439] | 365 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;.so</filename></term>
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[ab49f6cb] | 366 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 367 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 368 | provides functions to access MS Word documents
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[c577a33] | 369 | </para>
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[15114f7] | 370 | <indexterm zone="abiword libabiword">
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[c577a33] | 371 | <primary sortas="c-libabiword">libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;.so</primary>
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[ab49f6cb] | 372 | </indexterm>
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| 373 | </listitem>
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| 374 | </varlistentry>
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[f1442439] | 375 |
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[ab49f6cb] | 376 | </variablelist>
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[f1442439] | 377 |
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[ab49f6cb] | 378 | </sect2>
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[f1442439] | 379 |
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[f45b1953] | 380 | </sect1>
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