source: xsoft/office/abiword.xml@ 38e4f06

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  <!ENTITY AbiWord-md5sum        "935f1218eab7ff96b7a23cfeba4e76d1">
  <!ENTITY AbiWord-size          "24.1 MB">
  <!ENTITY AbiWord-buildsize     "209 MB">
  <!ENTITY AbiWord-time          "3.6 SBU (to build and install the program, docs and all plugins)">
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<sect1 id="abiword" xreflabel="AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="AbiWord.html" ?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
    <keywordset>
      <keyword role="package">abiword-&AbiWord-version;.tar</keyword>
      <keyword role="ftpdir">abiword</keyword>
    </keywordset>
  </sect1info>

  <title>AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="abiword">
    <primary sortas="a-AbiWord">AbiWord</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to AbiWord</title>

    <para>The <application>AbiWord</application> package contains a word
    processing application. This is useful for writing reports, letters and
    other formatted documents.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&AbiWord-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&AbiWord-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &AbiWord-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &AbiWord-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &AbiWord-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &AbiWord-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">AbiWord Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="fribidi"/> and
    <xref linkend="libgnomeprintui"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
    <ulink url="http://www.abisource.com/enchant/">Enchant</ulink>
    (uses <xref linkend="aspell"/>), <xref linkend="gucharmap"/>,
    <xref linkend="imagemagick"/> and
    <ulink url="http://wvware.sourceforge.net/">wv</ulink> (with
    <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware">libwmf</ulink>
    installed first)</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for Plugins</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libgsf"/>
    (needed to build the OpenDocument/OpenOffice plugin),
    <xref linkend="poppler"/> (for the pdf plugin),
    <xref linkend="librsvg"/>,
    <xref linkend="gnome-utils"/>,
    <xref linkend="goffice"/>,
    <ulink url="http://aiksaurus.sourceforge.net/">Aiksaurus</ulink>,
    <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/">libgda</ulink>,
    <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/">libgnomedb</ulink>,
    <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware">libwmf</ulink>,
    <ulink url="http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/">libwpd</ulink>,
    <ulink url="http://libots.sourceforge.net/">OTS</ulink> and
    <ulink url="http://software.frodo.looijaard.name/psiconv/">Psiconv</ulink></para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/abiword"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of AbiWord</title>

    <para>Install <application>AbiWord</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>cd abiword-plugins &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr --without-inter7eps &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
cd ../abi &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
cp -v -R docs /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord &amp;&amp;
cd ../abiword-plugins &amp;&amp;
make install</userinput></screen>

    <para>If you have a <application>GNOME-2</application> installation, issue
    the following command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
    user to install the <application>AbiWord</application> Bonobo component
    description file:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>cd .. &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 abidistfiles/GNOME_AbiWord_Control_2_4.server \
    $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/bonobo/servers</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Install The Help Documentation</title>

    <para>Build the help files by issuing the following commands as an
    unprivileged user:</para>

<screen><userinput>cd abiword-docs &amp;&amp;
sed -i 's@AbiWord-2.0@abiword@' make-gnome-html.sh &amp;&amp;
./make-gnome-html.sh &amp;&amp;
./make-html.sh</userinput></screen>

    <para>Then, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
    install the help files:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 man/abiword.1 /usr/share/man/man1 &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 Manual/en/Abiword_Manual.abw \
    /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/docs  &amp;&amp;
cp -v -R help /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord &amp;&amp;
find /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/help \
    -type d -exec chmod -v 755 {} \;</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><parameter>--without-inter7eps</parameter>: Some of the headers from
    the <application>EPS</application> package are not compatible with
    <application>GCC</application>-&gcc-version;. This parameter prevents
    linking to the package and incurring a build failure.</para>

    <para><command>sed -i 's@AbiWord-2.0@abiword@' make-gnome-html.sh</command>:
    This command alters the <command>make-gnome-html.sh</command> script to
    look for the current version of <command>abiword</command>.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring AbiWord</title>

    <sect3 id="abiword-config">
      <title>Config File</title>

      <para><filename>~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</filename></para>

      <indexterm zone="abiword abiword-config">
        <primary sortas="e-AA.AbiSuite-templates-normal">~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</primary>
      </indexterm>

    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>Choose the right template for your language and locale from the
      list produced by the following command:</para>

<screen><userinput>ls /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/templates</userinput></screen>

      <para>Create the folder
      <filename class='directory'>~/.AbiSuite/templates</filename> then copy the
      <filename>normal.awt</filename> you want into it:</para>

<screen><userinput>mkdir -p -v ~/.AbiSuite/templates &amp;&amp;
cp -v /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/templates/normal.awt-<replaceable>&lt;lang&gt;</replaceable> \
      ~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</userinput></screen>

      <para>Obviously, change <replaceable>&lt;lang&gt;</replaceable> in the above
      command to fit the name of the file you want.</para>

      <para><application>AbiWord</application> uses Times New Roman as its
      default font. If you'd like it to default to a different font, edit
      <filename>~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</filename> and change the font
      to the one you want. To find out the exact string
      <application>AbiWord</application> uses for the font, open
      <application>AbiWord</application>, change the font to the one you want to
      use, type one letter, then save the document in your home folder as
      <filename>test.abw</filename>. Now:</para>

<screen><userinput>grep '"font-family' ~/test.abw | cut -d \" -f6</userinput></screen>

      <para>You can edit <filename>~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</filename>
      with a simple text editor like <application>Vim</application> or
      <application>Gedit</application>, or you can alter it with a
      <command>sed</command>. For example, if you want to use Bitstream Vera
      Sans:</para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i 's@Times New Roman@Bitstream Vera Sans@g' \
      ~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</userinput></screen>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>abiword, AbiWord-2.4, ttfadmin.sh, and ttftool</seg>
        <seg>Numerous plugin library support modules</seg>
        <seg>/usr/lib/AbiWord-2.4 and
        /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="abiword-prog">
        <term><command>abiword</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a symbolic link to the main
          <command>AbiWord-2.4</command>
          executable.</para>
          <indexterm zone="abiword abiword-prog">
            <primary sortas="g-abiword">abiword</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="AbiWord-2.4">
        <term><command>AbiWord-2.4</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is the word-processing program executable.</para>
          <indexterm zone="abiword AbiWord-2.4">
            <primary sortas="b-AbiWord-2.4">AbiWord-2.4</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="ttfadmin.sh">
        <term><command>ttfadmin.sh</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>generates support files required by
          <application>AbiWord</application> for each TrueType font in a
          given directory.</para>
          <indexterm zone="abiword ttfadmin.sh">
            <primary sortas="b-ttfadmin.sh">ttfadmin.sh</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="ttftool">
        <term><command>ttftool</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a utility for processing TrueType fonts.</para>
          <indexterm zone="abiword ttftool">
            <primary sortas="b-ttftool">ttftool</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>