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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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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-http "http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/&AbiWord-version;/source/abiword-&AbiWord-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-md5sum "f883b0a7f26229a9c66fd6a1a94381aa">
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10 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-size "9 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-buildsize "684 MB (without collab or plugins except OpenDocument, additional 8 MB to install local HTML docs)">
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12 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-time "6.6 SBU">
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13 | <!ENTITY AbiWordDocs-download-http "http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/&AbiWord-version;/source/abiword-docs-&AbiWord-version;.tar.gz">
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14 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-minor-version "2.8">
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15 | <!--<!ENTITY AbiWord-under-version "2_4">-->
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16 | ]>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1 id="abiword" xreflabel="AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;">
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19 | <?dbhtml filename="AbiWord.html" ?>
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20 |
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21 | <sect1info>
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22 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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23 | <date>$Date$</date>
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24 | </sect1info>
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25 |
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26 | <title>AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;</title>
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27 |
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28 | <indexterm zone="abiword">
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29 | <primary sortas="a-AbiWord">AbiWord</primary>
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30 | </indexterm>
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31 |
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32 | <sect2 role="package">
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33 | <title>Introduction to AbiWord</title>
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34 |
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35 | <para>The <application>AbiWord</application> package contains a word
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36 | processing application. This is useful for writing reports, letters and
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37 | other formatted documents.</para>
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38 |
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39 | &lfs70_checked;
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40 |
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41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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43 | <listitem>
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44 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&AbiWord-download-http;"/></para>
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45 | </listitem>
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46 | <listitem>
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47 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&AbiWord-download-ftp;"/></para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &AbiWord-md5sum;</para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>Download size: &AbiWord-size;</para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &AbiWord-buildsize;</para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | <listitem>
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59 | <para>Estimated build time: &AbiWord-time;</para>
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60 | </listitem>
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61 | </itemizedlist>
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62 |
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63 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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64 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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65 | <listitem>
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66 | <para>Optional Documentation: If running on a gnome desktop, the help
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67 | menu will open <application>epiphany</application> at <ulink
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68 | url="http://www.abisource.com/help/en-US/index.html"/>. If you wish
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69 | to install a copy of the en-US, fr-FR and pl-PL HTML documentation on
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70 | your machine, download <ulink url="&AbiWordDocs-download-http;"/>
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71 | (size 1.4MB md5sum 197df94c1d9ed287903cb5aa0b60bbc1). The local files
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72 | will not be automatically referenced if you do not have a fairly
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73 | complete gnome desktop (epiphany and yelp on their own are not enough),
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74 | but you can still open them in your browser of choice.</para>
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75 | </listitem>
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76 | </itemizedlist>
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77 |
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78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">AbiWord Dependencies</bridgehead>
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79 |
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80 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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81 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="fribidi"/>,
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82 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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83 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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84 | <xref linkend="librsvg"/> and
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85 | <xref linkend="wv"/></para>
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86 |
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87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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88 | <para role="optional">
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89 | <ulink url="http://aiksaurus.sourceforge.net/">Aiksaurus</ulink>,
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90 | <xref linkend="boost"/> (required for collab),
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91 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/> (for the collab sugar backend),
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92 | <xref linkend="enchant"/>,
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93 | <xref linkend="goffice"/>),
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94 | <ulink url="http://helm.cs.unibo.it/mml-widget/">GtkMathView</ulink> (requires
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95 | <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/">libgnomedb version <1.3.0</ulink>*
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96 | which requires
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97 | <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/">libgda version <1.3.0</ulink>),
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98 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/mission-control/files/">libmissioncontrol</ulink>,
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99 | <xref linkend="empathy"/> and
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100 | <xref linkend="telepathy-glib"/> (for the collab telepathy backend),
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101 | <ulink url="http://ftp.imendio.com/pub/imendio/loudmouth/src/">loudmouth</ulink>
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102 | (for the collab xmpp backend),
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103 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/> and
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104 | <xref linkend="libsoup"/> (for the collab service),
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105 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware">libwmf</ulink>,
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106 | <ulink url="http://helm.cs.unibo.it/mml-widget/">GtkMathView</ulink> (requires
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107 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gmetadom/">Gnome DOM Bindings</ulink> which requires
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108 | <ulink url="http://gdome2.cs.unibo.it/">gdome2</ulink>),
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109 | <ulink url="http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/">libwpd</ulink>,
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110 | <ulink url="http://libots.sourceforge.net/">OTS</ulink>, and
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111 | <ulink url="http://software.frodo.looijaard.name/psiconv/">Psiconv</ulink>
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112 | Some of these are not automatically detected and need to be specified to the
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113 | configure script.</para>
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114 |
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115 | <para>* The
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116 | <application>libgda</application>/<application>libgnomedb</application>
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117 | stack required for <application>AbiWord</application> database
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118 | access may conflict with the versions used by the
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119 | <xref linkend="gnumeric"/> database plugin. Though the libraries
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120 | themselves pose no conflict, the executables and support files may
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121 | overwrite one another. Note that the current (version 4.1.x) stack does not
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122 | pose a conflict with any of the previous versions (but does not support
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123 | <application>AbiWord</application> database access.
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124 | <application>AbiWord</application> requires versions
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125 | <1.3.0.</para>
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126 |
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127 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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128 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/abiword"/></para>
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129 |
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130 | </sect2>
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131 |
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132 | <sect2 role="installation">
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133 | <title>Installation of AbiWord</title>
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134 |
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135 | <para>Install <application>AbiWord</application> by running the following
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136 | commands:</para>
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137 |
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138 | <screen><userinput>sed -i 's/ptr->jmpbuf/jmpbuf(png_ptr)/' src/af/util/xp/ut_png.cpp &&
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139 | sed -i 's/\(m_pPNG\)->\(jmpbuf\)/png_\2(\1)/' \
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140 | src/wp/impexp/gtk/ie_impGraphic_GdkPixbuf.cpp &&
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141 | sed -i 's/--no-undefined //' src/Makefile* &&
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142 | ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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143 | make</userinput></screen>
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144 |
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145 | <para>If you wish to run the tests, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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146 | </para>
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147 |
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148 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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149 |
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150 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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151 |
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152 | <para>If you wish to install the local help files, untar them</para>
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153 | <screen><userinput>tar -xf ../abiword-docs-&AbiWord-version;.tar.gz &&
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154 | cd abiword-docs-&AbiWord-version;</userinput></screen>
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155 |
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156 | <para>and then, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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157 |
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158 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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159 |
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160 |
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161 | </sect2>
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162 |
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163 | <sect2 role="commands">
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164 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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165 |
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166 | <para><command>sed -i 's/ptr->jmpbuf...</command> and
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167 | <command>sed -i 's/\(m_pPNG\)...</command>: These seds fix compiling
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168 | Abiword with libpng-1.5.</para>
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169 |
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170 | <para><command>sed -i 's/--no-undefined...</command>: This sed fixes
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171 | compiling Abiword-2.8.6 with GCC-4.6.2.</para>
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172 |
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173 | <para><option>--without-inter7eps</option>: Some of the headers from
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174 | the <application>EPS</application> package are not compatible with
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175 | <application>GCC</application>-&gcc-version;. This parameter prevents
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176 | linking to the package and incurring a build failure.</para>
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177 |
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178 | <para><option>--disable-static</option>: This switch prevents the static
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179 | library being built. On x86_64 it also saves a large amount of build time.
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180 | </para>
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181 |
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182 | <para><option>--enable-plugins=collab</option>: Build some or all of the
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183 | collab plugins.</para>
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184 |
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185 | <!-- I don't see this sed on the page?
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186 | <para><command>sed -i '...' tools/ots/xp/AbiOts.cpp </command>:
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187 | This command is used to fix an incompatibility with
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188 | <application>GCC</application> and the
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189 | <application>libots</application> package.</para>
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190 | -->
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191 | </sect2>
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192 |
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193 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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194 | <title>Configuring AbiWord</title>
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195 |
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196 | <sect3 id="abiword-config">
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197 | <title>Config File</title>
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198 |
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199 | <para><filename>~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</filename></para>
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200 |
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201 | <indexterm zone="abiword abiword-config">
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202 | <primary sortas="e-AA.AbiSuite-templates-normal">~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</primary>
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203 | </indexterm>
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204 |
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205 | </sect3>
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206 |
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207 | <sect3>
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208 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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209 |
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210 | <para>Choose the right template for your language and locale from the
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211 | list produced by the following command:</para>
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212 |
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213 | <screen><userinput>ls /usr/share/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;/templates</userinput></screen>
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214 |
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215 | <para>Create the folder
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216 | <filename class='directory'>~/.AbiSuite/templates</filename> then copy the
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217 | <filename>normal.awt</filename> you want into it:</para>
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218 |
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219 | <screen><userinput>install -v -m750 -d ~/.AbiSuite/templates &&
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220 | install -v -m640 /usr/share/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;/templates/normal.awt-<replaceable><lang></replaceable> \
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221 | ~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</userinput></screen>
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222 |
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223 | <para>Change <replaceable><lang></replaceable> by the above
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224 | command to fit the name of the file you want.</para>
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225 |
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226 | <para>If you are using multiple languages, you may need to edit the template
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227 | to use a font with greater coverage (e.g. one of the
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228 | <ulink url="http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/">DejaVu fonts</ulink>),
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229 | because <application>Abiword</application> does not use
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230 | <application>fontconfig</application> and can only display glyphs that
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231 | are provided in the chosen font.</para>
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232 |
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233 | <para>If you have <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/> installed,
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234 | you should run the <command>update-desktop-database</command> command
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235 | to update the mimeinfo cache and allow the Help system to work.</para>
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236 |
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237 | </sect3>
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238 |
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239 | </sect2>
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240 |
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241 | <sect2 role="content">
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242 | <title>Contents</title>
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243 |
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244 | <segmentedlist>
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245 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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246 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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247 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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248 |
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249 | <seglistitem>
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250 | <seg>abiword</seg>
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251 | <seg>libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version; and one or more plugin library
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252 | support modules</seg>
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253 | <seg>/usr/lib/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version; and
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254 | /usr/share/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;</seg>
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255 | </seglistitem>
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256 | </segmentedlist>
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257 |
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258 | <variablelist>
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259 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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260 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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261 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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262 |
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263 | <varlistentry id="abiword-prog">
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264 | <term><command>abiword</command></term>
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265 | <listitem>
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266 | <para>is the word processor, a wrapper for the functions in
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267 | libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version; - it can also be used on the
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268 | command line, see <command>man 1 abiword</command>.</para>
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269 | <indexterm zone="abiword abiword-prog">
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270 | <primary sortas="b-abiword">abiword</primary>
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271 | </indexterm>
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272 | </listitem>
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273 | </varlistentry>
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274 |
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275 | <varlistentry id="libabiword">
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276 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;.{so,a}</filename></term>
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277 | <listitem>
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278 | <para>provides functions to access MS Word documents.</para>
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279 | <indexterm zone="abiword libabiword">
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280 | <primary sortas="c-libabiword">libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;.{so,a}</primary>
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281 | </indexterm>
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282 | </listitem>
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283 | </varlistentry>
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284 |
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285 | </variablelist>
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286 |
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287 | </sect2>
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288 |
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289 | </sect1>
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