Subject: Re: Editing problems
From: sam th (sam@uchicago.edu)
Date: Sun Jul 16 2000 - 19:05:02 CDT
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On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Two problems with the current AbiWord release, when running on kernel
> 2.4.0-test4 on a Slackware 7.0-based system:
>
> 1. If you select a block of text and make a format change, making the
> format change clears the selection. So, if you want to select a paragraph
> of (for example) 12-point Courier plain, and make it Times Roman 18-point
> bold italic, you have to either go through the Format Font... dialog, or:
>
> - select the paragraph
> - change the font to Times Roman
> - select the paragraph again
> - change the size to 18
> - select the paragraph *again*
> - set the Bold attribute
> - select the paragraph *AGAIN*
> - set the Italic attribute
>
> This behavior is b0rken. Changing an attribute of a selection should not
> clear the selection.
>
This behavior would be badly broken. However, it's not what Abi does for
me right now. Try downloading a nightly build (from my homepage) and see
what you think.
sam th
sam@uchicago.edu
http://www.abisource.com/~sam/
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