Subject: Re: Wierd space problem with abisuite-7.8 (rpm)
From: Owen Stenseth (owen@pdamd.com)
Date: Fri Feb 25 2000 - 12:01:09 CST
Robert Sievers wrote:
>
> At 09:42 AM 2/25/00 -0700, Owen Stenseth wrote:
> >I just upgraded to abisuite-7.8 from the RPM, I am running a RH6.0
> >system and had abiword working properly from the previous RPM.
> >
> >The problem now is that whenever I select a dropdown list (style, point
> >size, zoom fator) every time I hit space in the document the list drops
> >down. If a start a fresh document I can type properly but as soon as I
> >select a dropdown it keeps dropping down.
>
> This was the infamous bug #522 that came up in previous discussions. A
> variety of people had seen the bug, then had it disappear or reappear at
> various times. For me, the bug occurred whenever I had numlock selected.
Sure enough, I was running gnumeric and had numlock selected. Thanks!
> Shaw committed a fix for this a few weeks ago, but it has been after
> AbiWord 0.7.8 was released,
> http://www.abisource.com/bonsai/cvsview2.cgi?diff_mode=context&whitespace_mo
> de=show&root=/cvsroot&subdir=abi/src/af/xap/unix&command=DIFF_FRAMESET&root=
> /cvsroot&file=xap_UnixFrame.cpp&rev1=1.73&rev2=1.74
>
> >I cannot revert back because I do not have the previous RPM and I cannot
> >find it on the site. Should we not have the previous release availabe in
> >case people run into problems like this?
>
> There actually is a directory available, http://www.abisource.com/binaries/
> As one of the unofficial webmasters, I have been debating how prominently
> I should provide a link to these old binaries.
>
> Robert Sievers
> Open Source Evangelist
-- Owen Stenseth Lead Web/PDA Developer www.pdamd.com
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