Subject: Re: Windows Weenie
From: Thomas Briggs (tom@sane.com)
Date: Fri Jul 21 2000 - 07:57:31 CDT
One day you will realize how important the Windows version of AbiWord is
to the overall success of AbiWord. Until then I will continue to bitch,
moan and complain at every opportunity. :)
Speaking of opportunities to bitch... where did the Win32 build in
tinderbox go? Sheesh! I don't try to keep the Windows build up to date
just so I can watch it compile every morning, I wanna see some green in
tinderbox, for crying out loud!
Just for the record, I'm *not* a huge Windows fan. But until there's a
word processor that everyone in the company can use that provides
compatibility between platforms, I can't switch to Linux. Thus, if I help
make AbiWord useable on Windows, I get one step closer to getting away from
Windows. I guess sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.
-T
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Lehmann" <aaronl@vitelus.com>
To: "Thomas Briggs" <tom@sane.com>
Cc: "abi dev" <abiword-dev@abisource.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: commit -- *please read* switch hash files from zip to gzip
> The Windows Weenie ( ;-) ) complained, so I took out compression of the
> dictionaries. He is right, by the way, as compressing hash files is as
silly as
> compressing each individual .cpp file in the abi distribution.
> CVS:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> CVS: Enter Log. Lines beginning with `CVS:' are removed automatically
> CVS:
> CVS: Committing in .
> CVS:
> CVS: Modified Files:
> CVS: abi/src/Makefile
> CVS: Added Files:
> CVS: abidistfiles/dictionary/BigEndian32.american.hash
> CVS: abidistfiles/dictionary/LittleEndian32.american.hash
> CVS: Removed Files:
> CVS: abidistfiles/dictionary/BigEndian32.american.hash.gz
> CVS: abidistfiles/dictionary/LittleEndian32.american.hash.gz
> CVS:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Aaron Lehmann wrote:
>
> > OK, since the distribution is compressed anyway, I'll just make these
> > regular files. Thanks for letting me know that it broke the windows
build
> > ( ;-) ).
> >
> > On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Thomas Briggs wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > > free tools. I have converted the zip files to the popular GZip
format.
> > >
> > > Other than the minor problems that there's 1) no tool included with
> > > Windows that will decompress gzipped files and 2) for some reason the
copy
> > > of gzip included in cygwin won't decompress the files either, I think
this
> > > is a great idea!!!
> > >
> > > 'Course if we had a working Win32 build in tinderbox you would know
that.
> > >
> > > -Tom
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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