[613c524f] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/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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[ff6ec19d] | 7 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-http "http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/2.4.2/source/abiword-&AbiWord-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-md5sum "935f1218eab7ff96b7a23cfeba4e76d1">
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[77b7e4fe] | 10 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-size "24.1 MB">
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[ff6ec19d] | 11 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-buildsize "209 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-time "3.6 SBU (to build and install the program, docs and all plugins)">
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[613c524f] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[0b5a693] | 15 | <sect1 id="abiword" xreflabel="AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;">
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[ab49f6cb] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="AbiWord.html" ?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[d1f23e0] | 21 | <keywordset>
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| 22 | <keyword role="package">abiword-&AbiWord-version;.tar</keyword>
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[b4647e21] | 23 | <keyword role="ftpdir">abiword</keyword>
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[d1f23e0] | 24 | </keywordset>
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[ab49f6cb] | 25 | </sect1info>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <title>AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;</title>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <indexterm zone="abiword">
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| 30 | <primary sortas="a-AbiWord">AbiWord</primary>
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| 31 | </indexterm>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 34 | <title>Introduction to AbiWord</title>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <para>The <application>AbiWord</application> package contains a word
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| 37 | processing application. This is useful for writing reports, letters and
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| 38 | other formatted documents.</para>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 41 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&AbiWord-download-http;"/></para>
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| 44 | </listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&AbiWord-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &AbiWord-md5sum;</para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Download size: &AbiWord-size;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &AbiWord-buildsize;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Estimated build time: &AbiWord-time;</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | </itemizedlist>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">AbiWord Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[f9f783d0] | 65 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="fribidi"/> and
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[77b7e4fe] | 66 | <xref linkend="libgnomeprintui"/></para>
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[ab49f6cb] | 67 |
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| 68 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[77b7e4fe] | 69 | <para role="optional">
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[362a788] | 70 | <ulink url="http://www.abisource.com/enchant/">Enchant</ulink>
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[77b7e4fe] | 71 | (uses <xref linkend="aspell"/>), <xref linkend="gucharmap"/>,
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| 72 | <xref linkend="imagemagick"/> and
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[bccbdaea] | 73 | <ulink url="http://wvware.sourceforge.net/">wv</ulink> (with
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[24ffa4b5] | 74 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware">libwmf</ulink>
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| 75 | installed first)</para>
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[362a788] | 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for Plugins</bridgehead>
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[77b7e4fe] | 78 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libgsf"/>
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| 79 | (needed to build the OpenDocument/OpenOffice plugin),
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| 80 | <xref linkend="poppler"/> (for the pdf plugin),
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| 81 | <xref linkend="librsvg"/>,
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[e882b845] | 82 | <xref linkend="gnome-utils"/>,
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[706a1d38] | 83 | <xref linkend="goffice"/>,
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[24ffa4b5] | 84 | <ulink url="http://aiksaurus.sourceforge.net/">Aiksaurus</ulink>,
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[ccffb18f] | 85 | <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/">libgda</ulink>,
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[24ffa4b5] | 86 | <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/">libgnomedb</ulink>,
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| 87 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware">libwmf</ulink>,
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| 88 | <ulink url="http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/">libwpd</ulink>,
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| 89 | <ulink url="http://libots.sourceforge.net/">OTS</ulink> and
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[77b7e4fe] | 90 | <ulink url="http://software.frodo.looijaard.name/psiconv/">Psiconv</ulink></para>
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[24ffa4b5] | 91 |
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[38e4f06] | 92 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 93 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/abiword"/></para>
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| 94 |
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[ab49f6cb] | 95 | </sect2>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 98 | <title>Installation of AbiWord</title>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <para>Install <application>AbiWord</application> by running the following
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| 101 | commands:</para>
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| 102 |
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[77b7e4fe] | 103 | <screen><userinput>cd abiword-plugins &&
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[ff6ec19d] | 104 | ./configure --prefix=/usr --without-inter7eps &&
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[24ffa4b5] | 105 | make &&
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[77b7e4fe] | 106 | cd ../abi &&
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| 107 | ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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| 108 | make</userinput></screen>
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[24ffa4b5] | 109 |
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| 110 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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[5bb9ec2] | 111 |
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[ab49f6cb] | 112 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[5bb9ec2] | 113 |
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[24ffa4b5] | 114 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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[62677481] | 115 | cp -v -R docs /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord &&
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[9f37e34] | 116 | cd ../abiword-plugins &&
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| 117 | make install</userinput></screen>
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| 118 |
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[60d0f22] | 119 | <para>If you have a <application>GNOME-2</application> installation, issue
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| 120 | the following command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 121 | user to install the <application>AbiWord</application> Bonobo component
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| 122 | description file:</para>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cd .. &&
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[62677481] | 125 | install -v -m644 abidistfiles/GNOME_AbiWord_Control_2_4.server \
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[60d0f22] | 126 | $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/bonobo/servers</userinput></screen>
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| 127 |
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[77b7e4fe] | 128 | </sect2>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 131 | <title>Install The Help Documentation</title>
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| 132 |
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[24ffa4b5] | 133 | <para>Build the help files by issuing the following commands as an
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[e615d9b] | 134 | unprivileged user:</para>
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[9f37e34] | 135 |
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[60d0f22] | 136 | <screen><userinput>cd abiword-docs &&
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[77b7e4fe] | 137 | sed -i 's@AbiWord-2.0@abiword@' make-gnome-html.sh &&
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| 138 | ./make-gnome-html.sh &&
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[9f37e34] | 139 | ./make-html.sh</userinput></screen>
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| 140 |
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[24ffa4b5] | 141 | <para>Then, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
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| 142 | install the help files:</para>
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[9f37e34] | 143 |
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[62677481] | 144 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 man/abiword.1 /usr/share/man/man1 &&
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| 145 | install -v -m644 Manual/en/Abiword_Manual.abw \
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[77b7e4fe] | 146 | /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/docs &&
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[62677481] | 147 | cp -v -R help /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord &&
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[77b7e4fe] | 148 | find /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/help \
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[ab49f6cb] | 149 | -type d -exec chmod -v 755 {} \;</userinput></screen>
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[802e40b9] | 150 |
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[ab49f6cb] | 151 | </sect2>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 154 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 155 |
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[24ffa4b5] | 156 | <para><parameter>--without-inter7eps</parameter>: Some of the headers from
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| 157 | the <application>EPS</application> package are not compatible with
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[60d0f22] | 158 | <application>GCC</application>-&gcc-version;. This parameter prevents
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| 159 | linking to the package and incurring a build failure.</para>
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[bccbdaea] | 160 |
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[77b7e4fe] | 161 | <para><command>sed -i 's@AbiWord-2.0@abiword@' make-gnome-html.sh</command>:
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[60d0f22] | 162 | This command alters the <command>make-gnome-html.sh</command> script to
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| 163 | look for the current version of <command>abiword</command>.</para>
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[77b7e4fe] | 164 |
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| 165 | </sect2>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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[60d0f22] | 168 | <title>Configuring AbiWord</title>
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[77b7e4fe] | 169 |
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| 170 | <sect3 id="abiword-config">
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| 171 | <title>Config File</title>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <para><filename>~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</filename></para>
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| 174 |
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[60d0f22] | 175 | <indexterm zone="abiword abiword-config">
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| 176 | <primary sortas="e-AA.AbiSuite-templates-normal">~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</primary>
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| 177 | </indexterm>
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| 178 |
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[77b7e4fe] | 179 | </sect3>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <sect3>
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| 182 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 183 |
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[60d0f22] | 184 | <para>Choose the right template for your language and locale from the
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| 185 | list produced by the following command:</para>
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[77b7e4fe] | 186 |
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| 187 | <screen><userinput>ls /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/templates</userinput></screen>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <para>Create the folder
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| 190 | <filename class='directory'>~/.AbiSuite/templates</filename> then copy the
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| 191 | <filename>normal.awt</filename> you want into it:</para>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <screen><userinput>mkdir -p -v ~/.AbiSuite/templates &&
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[38e4f06] | 194 | cp -v /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/templates/normal.awt-<replaceable><lang></replaceable> \
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[77b7e4fe] | 195 | ~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</userinput></screen>
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| 196 |
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[38e4f06] | 197 | <para>Obviously, change <replaceable><lang></replaceable> in the above
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[60d0f22] | 198 | command to fit the name of the file you want.</para>
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[77b7e4fe] | 199 |
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[ff6ec19d] | 200 | <para><application>AbiWord</application> uses Times New Roman as its
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| 201 | default font. If you'd like it to default to a different font, edit
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| 202 | <filename>~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</filename> and change the font
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| 203 | to the one you want. To find out the exact string
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| 204 | <application>AbiWord</application> uses for the font, open
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| 205 | <application>AbiWord</application>, change the font to the one you want to
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| 206 | use, type one letter, then save the document in your home folder as
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| 207 | <filename>test.abw</filename>. Now:</para>
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[b515d91d] | 208 |
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[c96da0f] | 209 | <screen><userinput>grep '"font-family' ~/test.abw | cut -d \" -f6</userinput></screen>
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[b515d91d] | 210 |
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[ff6ec19d] | 211 | <para>You can edit <filename>~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</filename>
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| 212 | with a simple text editor like <application>Vim</application> or
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[b515d91d] | 213 | <application>Gedit</application>, or you can alter it with a
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[ff6ec19d] | 214 | <command>sed</command>. For example, if you want to use Bitstream Vera
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| 215 | Sans:</para>
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[77b7e4fe] | 216 |
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| 217 | <screen><userinput>sed -i 's@Times New Roman@Bitstream Vera Sans@g' \
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| 218 | ~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</userinput></screen>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | </sect3>
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[ab49f6cb] | 221 |
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| 222 | </sect2>
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| 223 |
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| 224 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 225 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 226 |
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| 227 | <segmentedlist>
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| 228 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 229 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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[24ffa4b5] | 230 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[ab49f6cb] | 231 |
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| 232 | <seglistitem>
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[77b7e4fe] | 233 | <seg>abiword, AbiWord-2.4, ttfadmin.sh, and ttftool</seg>
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[24ffa4b5] | 234 | <seg>Numerous plugin library support modules</seg>
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[77b7e4fe] | 235 | <seg>/usr/lib/AbiWord-2.4 and
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| 236 | /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4</seg>
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[ab49f6cb] | 237 | </seglistitem>
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| 238 | </segmentedlist>
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| 239 |
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| 240 | <variablelist>
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| 241 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 242 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 243 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <varlistentry id="abiword-prog">
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| 246 | <term><command>abiword</command></term>
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| 247 | <listitem>
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[77b7e4fe] | 248 | <para>is a symbolic link to the main
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| 249 | <command>AbiWord-2.4</command>
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[ab49f6cb] | 250 | executable.</para>
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| 251 | <indexterm zone="abiword abiword-prog">
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| 252 | <primary sortas="g-abiword">abiword</primary>
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| 253 | </indexterm>
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| 254 | </listitem>
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| 255 | </varlistentry>
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| 256 |
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[77b7e4fe] | 257 | <varlistentry id="AbiWord-2.4">
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| 258 | <term><command>AbiWord-2.4</command></term>
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[ab49f6cb] | 259 | <listitem>
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| 260 | <para>is the word-processing program executable.</para>
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[77b7e4fe] | 261 | <indexterm zone="abiword AbiWord-2.4">
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| 262 | <primary sortas="b-AbiWord-2.4">AbiWord-2.4</primary>
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[ab49f6cb] | 263 | </indexterm>
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| 264 | </listitem>
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| 265 | </varlistentry>
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| 266 |
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| 267 | <varlistentry id="ttfadmin.sh">
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| 268 | <term><command>ttfadmin.sh</command></term>
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| 269 | <listitem>
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| 270 | <para>generates support files required by
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| 271 | <application>AbiWord</application> for each TrueType font in a
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| 272 | given directory.</para>
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| 273 | <indexterm zone="abiword ttfadmin.sh">
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| 274 | <primary sortas="b-ttfadmin.sh">ttfadmin.sh</primary>
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| 275 | </indexterm>
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| 276 | </listitem>
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| 277 | </varlistentry>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | <varlistentry id="ttftool">
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| 280 | <term><command>ttftool</command></term>
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| 281 | <listitem>
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| 282 | <para>is a utility for processing TrueType fonts.</para>
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| 283 | <indexterm zone="abiword ttftool">
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| 284 | <primary sortas="b-ttftool">ttftool</primary>
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| 285 | </indexterm>
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| 286 | </listitem>
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| 287 | </varlistentry>
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| 288 |
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| 289 | </variablelist>
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| 290 |
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| 291 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 292 |
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| 293 | </sect1>
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