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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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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.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-md5sum "69dd69179b861a41613291afd10af9ab">
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10 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-size "23.5 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-buildsize "217 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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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="abiword" xreflabel="AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;">
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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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21 | <keywordset>
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22 | <keyword role="package">abiword-&AbiWord-version;.tar</keyword>
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23 | <keyword role="ftpdir">abiword</keyword>
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24 | </keywordset>
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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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65 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="fribidi"/> and
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66 | <xref linkend="libgnomeprintui"/></para>
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67 |
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68 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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69 | <para role="optional">
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70 | <ulink url="http://www.abisource.com/enchant/">Enchant</ulink>
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71 | (uses <xref linkend="aspell"/>), <xref linkend="gucharmap"/>,
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72 | <xref linkend="imagemagick"/> and
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73 | <ulink url="http://wvware.sourceforge.net/">wv</ulink> (with
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74 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware">libwmf</ulink>
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75 | installed first)</para>
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76 |
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77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for Plugins</bridgehead>
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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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82 | <xref linkend="gnome-utils"/>,
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83 | <xref linkend="goffice"/>,
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84 | <ulink url="http://aiksaurus.sourceforge.net/">Aiksaurus</ulink>,
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85 | <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/">libgda</ulink>,
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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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90 | <ulink url="http://software.frodo.looijaard.name/psiconv/">Psiconv</ulink></para>
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91 |
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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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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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103 | <screen><userinput>cd abiword-plugins &&
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104 | ./configure --prefix=/usr --without-inter7eps &&
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105 | make &&
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106 | cd ../abi &&
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107 | ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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108 | make</userinput></screen>
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109 |
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110 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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111 |
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112 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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113 |
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114 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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115 | cp -v -R docs /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord &&
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116 | cd ../abiword-plugins &&
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117 | make install</userinput></screen>
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118 |
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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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125 | install -v -m644 abidistfiles/GNOME_AbiWord_Control_2_4.server \
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126 | $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/bonobo/servers</userinput></screen>
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127 |
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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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133 | <para>Build the help files by issuing the following commands as an
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134 | unprivileged user:</para>
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135 |
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136 | <screen><userinput>cd abiword-docs &&
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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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139 | ./make-html.sh</userinput></screen>
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140 |
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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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143 |
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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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146 | /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/docs &&
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147 | cp -v -R help /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord &&
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148 | find /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/help \
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149 | -type d -exec chmod -v 755 {} \;</userinput></screen>
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150 |
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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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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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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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160 |
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161 | <para><command>sed -i 's@AbiWord-2.0@abiword@' make-gnome-html.sh</command>:
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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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164 |
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165 | </sect2>
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166 |
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167 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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168 | <title>Configuring AbiWord</title>
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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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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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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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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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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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194 | cp -v /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/templates/normal.awt-<replaceable><lang></replaceable> \
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195 | ~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</userinput></screen>
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196 |
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197 | <para>Change <replaceable><lang></replaceable> in the above
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198 | command to fit the name of the file you want.</para>
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199 |
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200 | </sect3>
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201 |
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202 | </sect2>
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203 |
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204 | <sect2 role="content">
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205 | <title>Contents</title>
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206 |
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207 | <segmentedlist>
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208 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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209 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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210 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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211 |
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212 | <seglistitem>
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213 | <seg>abiword, AbiWord-2.4, ttfadmin.sh, and ttftool</seg>
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214 | <seg>Numerous plugin library support modules</seg>
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215 | <seg>/usr/lib/AbiWord-2.4 and
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216 | /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4</seg>
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217 | </seglistitem>
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218 | </segmentedlist>
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219 |
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220 | <variablelist>
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221 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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222 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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223 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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224 |
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225 | <varlistentry id="abiword-prog">
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226 | <term><command>abiword</command></term>
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227 | <listitem>
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228 | <para>is a symbolic link to the main
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229 | <command>AbiWord-2.4</command>
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230 | executable.</para>
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231 | <indexterm zone="abiword abiword-prog">
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232 | <primary sortas="g-abiword">abiword</primary>
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233 | </indexterm>
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234 | </listitem>
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235 | </varlistentry>
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236 |
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237 | <varlistentry id="AbiWord-2.4">
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238 | <term><command>AbiWord-2.4</command></term>
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239 | <listitem>
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240 | <para>is the word-processing program executable.</para>
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241 | <indexterm zone="abiword AbiWord-2.4">
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242 | <primary sortas="b-AbiWord-2.4">AbiWord-2.4</primary>
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243 | </indexterm>
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244 | </listitem>
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245 | </varlistentry>
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246 |
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247 | <varlistentry id="ttfadmin.sh">
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248 | <term><command>ttfadmin.sh</command></term>
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249 | <listitem>
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250 | <para>generates support files required by
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251 | <application>AbiWord</application> for each TrueType font in a
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252 | given directory.</para>
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253 | <indexterm zone="abiword ttfadmin.sh">
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254 | <primary sortas="b-ttfadmin.sh">ttfadmin.sh</primary>
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255 | </indexterm>
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256 | </listitem>
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257 | </varlistentry>
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258 |
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259 | <varlistentry id="ttftool">
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260 | <term><command>ttftool</command></term>
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261 | <listitem>
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262 | <para>is a utility for processing TrueType fonts.</para>
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263 | <indexterm zone="abiword ttftool">
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264 | <primary sortas="b-ttftool">ttftool</primary>
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265 | </indexterm>
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266 | </listitem>
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267 | </varlistentry>
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268 |
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269 | </variablelist>
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270 |
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271 | </sect2>
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272 |
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273 | </sect1>
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