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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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[f1442439] | 11 | "http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/&AbiWord-version;/source/abiword-&AbiWord-version;.tar.gz">
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[ff6ec19d] | 12 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-ftp " ">
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[18b304df] | 13 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-md5sum "04e31887049a8c72297881bc153b77c4">
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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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[18b304df] | 17 | "http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/&AbiWord-docs-version;/source/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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[18b304df] | 21 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-buildsize "605 MB, with docs (76 MB installed)">
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| 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 | <sect1info>
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| 29 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 30 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 31 | </sect1info>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <title>AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;</title>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <indexterm zone="abiword">
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| 36 | <primary sortas="a-AbiWord">AbiWord</primary>
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| 37 | </indexterm>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 40 | <title>Introduction to AbiWord</title>
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| 41 |
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[c577a33] | 42 | <para>
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[f1442439] | 43 | <application>AbiWord</application> is a word processor which is useful for
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[c577a33] | 44 | writing reports, letters and other formatted documents.
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| 45 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 46 |
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[f659d57] | 47 | <!-- https://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13791. Fixed upstream
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[273653c] | 48 | <note>
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| 49 | <para>
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| 50 | It has been reported that, depending on the desktop enviroment and on
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| 51 | the theme settings, the window where <application>Abiword</application>
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| 52 | is running may flicker. This is known uptream, but no fix seems to be
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| 53 | available yet.
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| 54 | </para>
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| 55 | </note>
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[f659d57] | 56 | -->
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[7bea03e0] | 57 | &lfs91_checked;
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[4b97925] | 58 |
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[ab49f6cb] | 59 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 60 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 61 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 62 | <para>
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| 63 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&AbiWord-download-http;"/>
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| 64 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 67 | <para>
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| 68 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&AbiWord-download-ftp;"/>
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| 69 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 72 | <para>
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| 73 | Download MD5 sum: &AbiWord-md5sum;
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| 74 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 75 | </listitem>
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| 76 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 77 | <para>
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| 78 | Download size: &AbiWord-size;
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| 79 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 80 | </listitem>
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| 81 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 82 | <para>
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| 83 | Estimated disk space required: &AbiWord-buildsize;
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| 84 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 85 | </listitem>
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| 86 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 87 | <para>
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| 88 | Estimated build time: &AbiWord-time;
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| 89 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 90 | </listitem>
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| 91 | </itemizedlist>
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| 92 |
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[15114f7] | 93 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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[f1442439] | 94 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[15114f7] | 95 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 96 | <para>
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[f1442439] | 97 | AbiWord Docs: <ulink url="&AbiWordDocs-download-http;"/>
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| 98 | </para>
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| 99 | </listitem>
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| 100 | <listitem>
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| 101 | <para>
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| 102 | AbiWord Docs MD5 sum: &AbiWordDocs-md5sum;
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| 103 | </para>
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| 104 | </listitem>
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| 105 | <listitem>
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| 106 | <para>
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| 107 | AbiWord Docs size: &AbiWordDocs-size;
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[c577a33] | 108 | </para>
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[15114f7] | 109 | </listitem>
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| 110 | </itemizedlist>
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| 111 |
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[ab49f6cb] | 112 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">AbiWord Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[c577a33] | 115 | <para role="required">
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[d19e2c6] | 116 | <xref linkend="boost"/>,
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[c577a33] | 117 | <xref linkend="fribidi"/>,
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[2c230a6] | 118 | <xref linkend="goffice010"/>, and
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[c577a33] | 119 | <xref linkend="wv"/>
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| 120 | </para>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 123 | <para role="recommended">
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[74fe55c] | 124 | <xref linkend="enchant"/>
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[c577a33] | 125 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 126 |
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| 127 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[15114f7] | 128 | <para role="optional">
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[f1442439] | 129 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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[1d23596] | 130 | <xref linkend="evolution-data-server"/>,
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[f1442439] | 131 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
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[1d23596] | 132 | <xref linkend="libchamplain"/>,
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[f1442439] | 133 | <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
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| 134 | <xref linkend="libical"/>,
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| 135 | <xref linkend="libsoup"/>,
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[649cb3b] | 136 | <xref linkend="redland"/>,
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[1d23596] | 137 | <xref linkend="telepathy-glib"/>,
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[649cb3b] | 138 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>.
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| 139 | <ulink url="http://aiksaurus.sourceforge.net/">Aiksaurus</ulink>,
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| 140 | <ulink url="http://helm.cs.unibo.it/mml-widget/">GtkMathView</ulink>,
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[c577a33] | 141 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware">libwmf</ulink>,
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[f1442439] | 142 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libwpd/">libwpd</ulink>,
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| 143 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libwpg/">libwpg</ulink>,
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| 144 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libwps/">libwps</ulink>,
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[665ac79f] | 145 | <ulink url="http://www.abisource.com/projects/link-grammar/">
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| 146 | Link Grammar Parser</ulink>,
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[f1442439] | 147 | <ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/loudmouth">Loudmouth</ulink>,
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[6de1ecc] | 148 | <ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/otslibrary/">OTS</ulink>, and
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[649cb3b] | 149 | <ulink url="http://software.frodo.looijaard.name/psiconv/">Psiconv</ulink>
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[c577a33] | 150 | </para>
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| 151 |
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[f1442439] | 152 | <note>
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| 153 | <para>
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| 154 | To enable many of the optional dependencies, review the information
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| 155 | from <command>./configure --help</command> for the necessary switches
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| 156 | you must pass to the <command>configure</command> script.
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| 157 | </para>
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| 158 | </note>
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| 159 |
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[38e4f06] | 160 |
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[c577a33] | 161 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 162 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/abiword"/>
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| 163 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 164 | </sect2>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 167 | <title>Installation of AbiWord</title>
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| 168 |
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[c577a33] | 169 | <para>
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| 170 | Install <application>AbiWord</application> by running the following
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| 171 | commands:
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| 172 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 173 |
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[18b304df] | 174 | <screen><userinput>sed -e "s/free_suggestions/free_string_list/" \
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[010bb600] | 175 | -e "s/_to_personal//" \
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| 176 | -e "s/in_session/added/" \
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| 177 | -i src/af/xap/xp/enchant_checker.cpp &&
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| 178 |
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[18b304df] | 179 | ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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[15114f7] | 180 | make</userinput></screen>
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[10ef3836] | 181 |
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[c577a33] | 182 | <para>
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[d19e2c6] | 183 | This program does not come with a functional test suite.
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[15114f7] | 184 | </para>
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[5bb9ec2] | 185 |
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[c577a33] | 186 | <para>
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| 187 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 188 | </para>
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[5bb9ec2] | 189 |
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[15114f7] | 190 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[9f37e34] | 191 |
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[97cf7e0] | 192 | <note>
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| 193 | <para>
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| 194 | In order to install the local help files,
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| 195 | a graphics session is recommended.
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| 196 | </para>
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| 197 | </note>
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| 198 |
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[c577a33] | 199 | <para>
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[97cf7e0] | 200 | If you wish to install the local help files, untar and build them first:
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[c577a33] | 201 | </para>
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[e7fc5cf] | 202 |
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[18b304df] | 203 | <note><para>The current version of the docs expands to abiword-docs-3.0.1
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| 204 | and not the expected abiword-docs-3.0.2.</para></note>
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| 205 |
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[6de1ecc] | 206 | <!-- I had to hardcode the docs version here, as it doesn't decompress to
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| 207 | abiword-docs-3.0.2. -->
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[47f7e50] | 208 | <screen><userinput>tar -xf ../abiword-docs-&AbiWord-docs-version;.tar.gz &&
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[6de1ecc] | 209 | cd abiword-docs-3.0.1 &&
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[66fb2d8] | 210 | ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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[e7fc5cf] | 211 | make</userinput></screen>
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[9f37e34] | 212 |
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[c577a33] | 213 | <para>
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| 214 | and then, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 215 | </para>
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[10ef3836] | 216 |
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[15114f7] | 217 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[f1442439] | 218 |
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[ab49f6cb] | 219 | </sect2>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 222 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 223 |
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[010bb600] | 224 | <para>
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[18b304df] | 225 | <command>sed ...</command>: This command corrects the source for
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| 226 | changes in the dependency <xref linkend="enchant"/>.
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[010bb600] | 227 | </para>
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[18b304df] | 228 | <!--
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[f1442439] | 229 | <para>
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[18b304df] | 230 | <parameter>- -without-evolution-data-server</parameter>: This switch
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[d54c3b8] | 231 | disables <application>AbiWord</application>
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[f1442439] | 232 | <application>Evolution Data Server</application> support which is known
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| 233 | to fail when using recent versions of
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[665ac79f] | 234 | <application>Evolution Data Server</application>.
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[c577a33] | 235 | </para>
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[18b304df] | 236 | -->
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[c577a33] | 237 | <para>
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| 238 | <option>--enable-plugins="collab openxml goffice grammar"</option>: Build
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[15af7e6] | 239 | some or all plugins. The openxml plugin enables
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[d19e2c6] | 240 | <application>Abiword</application> to open some .docx files.
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| 241 | The grammar plugin requires
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[c577a33] | 242 | <ulink url="http://www.abisource.com/projects/link-grammar/">Link Grammar
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| 243 | Parser</ulink>
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| 244 | </para>
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[f1442439] | 245 |
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[77b7e4fe] | 246 | </sect2>
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| 247 |
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| 248 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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[60d0f22] | 249 | <title>Configuring AbiWord</title>
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[77b7e4fe] | 250 |
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| 251 | <sect3 id="abiword-config">
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| 252 | <title>Config File</title>
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| 253 |
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[c577a33] | 254 | <para>
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| 255 | <filename>~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</filename>
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| 256 | </para>
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[77b7e4fe] | 257 |
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[60d0f22] | 258 | <indexterm zone="abiword abiword-config">
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| 259 | <primary sortas="e-AA.AbiSuite-templates-normal">~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</primary>
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| 260 | </indexterm>
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[77b7e4fe] | 261 | </sect3>
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <sect3>
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| 264 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 265 |
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[c577a33] | 266 | <para>
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| 267 | Choose the right template for your language and locale from the list
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| 268 | produced by the following command:
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| 269 | </para>
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[77b7e4fe] | 270 |
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[15114f7] | 271 | <screen><userinput>ls /usr/share/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;/templates</userinput></screen>
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[77b7e4fe] | 272 |
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[c577a33] | 273 | <para>
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| 274 | Create the folder
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| 275 | <filename class='directory'>~/.AbiSuite/templates</filename> then copy
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| 276 | the <filename>normal.awt</filename> you want into it:
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| 277 | </para>
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[77b7e4fe] | 278 |
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[10ef3836] | 279 | <screen><userinput>install -v -m750 -d ~/.AbiSuite/templates &&
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[15114f7] | 280 | install -v -m640 /usr/share/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;/templates/normal.awt-<replaceable><lang></replaceable> \
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[10ef3836] | 281 | ~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</userinput></screen>
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[77b7e4fe] | 282 |
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[c577a33] | 283 | <para>
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| 284 | Change <replaceable><lang></replaceable> by the above command to
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| 285 | fit the name of the file you want.
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| 286 | </para>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | <para>
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| 289 | If you are using multiple languages, you may need to edit the template
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| 290 | to use a font with greater coverage (e.g. one of the
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[e180a646] | 291 | <xref linkend="dejavu-fonts"/>,
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| 292 | <!--
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| 293 | <ulink url="http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/">DejaVu fonts</ulink>), -->
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[c577a33] | 294 | because <application>Abiword</application> does not use
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| 295 | <application>fontconfig</application> and can only display glyphs that
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| 296 | are provided in the chosen font.
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| 297 | </para>
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| 298 |
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| 299 | <para>
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| 300 | If you have <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/> installed, you should
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| 301 | run the <command>update-desktop-database</command> command to update the
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| 302 | mimeinfo cache and allow the Help system to work.
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| 303 | </para>
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[f1442439] | 304 |
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[7b1027d] | 305 | <para>
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| 306 | If you have <xref linkend="xdg-utils"/> installed, you should
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| 307 | run the <command>xdg-icon-resource forceupdate --theme hicolor</command>
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[8a00a2c5] | 308 | command, for the installed icon to be displayed in the menu item.
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[7b1027d] | 309 | </para>
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| 310 |
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[77b7e4fe] | 311 | </sect3>
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[f1442439] | 312 |
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[ab49f6cb] | 313 | </sect2>
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| 314 |
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| 315 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 316 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 317 |
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| 318 | <segmentedlist>
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[f1442439] | 319 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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| 320 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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[24ffa4b5] | 321 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[ab49f6cb] | 322 |
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| 323 | <seglistitem>
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[f1442439] | 324 | <seg>
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| 325 | abiword
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| 326 | </seg>
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| 327 | <seg>
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| 328 | libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;.so
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| 329 | </seg>
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| 330 | <seg>
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| 331 | /usr/include/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;,
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[2c230a6] | 332 | /usr/lib/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;, and
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[f1442439] | 333 | /usr/share/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;
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| 334 | </seg>
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[ab49f6cb] | 335 | </seglistitem>
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| 336 | </segmentedlist>
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| 337 |
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| 338 | <variablelist>
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| 339 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 340 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 341 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 342 |
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| 343 | <varlistentry id="abiword-prog">
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| 344 | <term><command>abiword</command></term>
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| 345 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 346 | <para>
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| 347 | is the word processor, a wrapper for the functions in
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| 348 | libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version; - it can also be used on the
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| 349 | command line, see <command>man 1 abiword</command>.
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| 350 | </para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 351 | <indexterm zone="abiword abiword-prog">
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[15114f7] | 352 | <primary sortas="b-abiword">abiword</primary>
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[ab49f6cb] | 353 | </indexterm>
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| 354 | </listitem>
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| 355 | </varlistentry>
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| 356 |
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[15114f7] | 357 | <varlistentry id="libabiword">
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[f1442439] | 358 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;.so</filename></term>
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[ab49f6cb] | 359 | <listitem>
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[c577a33] | 360 | <para>
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| 361 | provides functions to access MS Word documents.
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| 362 | </para>
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[15114f7] | 363 | <indexterm zone="abiword libabiword">
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[c577a33] | 364 | <primary sortas="c-libabiword">libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;.so</primary>
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[ab49f6cb] | 365 | </indexterm>
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| 366 | </listitem>
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| 367 | </varlistentry>
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[f1442439] | 368 |
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[ab49f6cb] | 369 | </variablelist>
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[f1442439] | 370 |
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[ab49f6cb] | 371 | </sect2>
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[f1442439] | 372 |
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[f45b1953] | 373 | </sect1>
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