Subject: Re: support for Tables
From: Vlad Harchev (hvv@hippo.ru)
Date: Fri Oct 13 2000 - 12:43:05 CDT
On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vlad Harchev" <hvv@hippo.ru>
> To: <abiword-dev@abisource.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 1:46 PM
> Subject: support for Tables
>
>
> > Just curious, how much code is already present in AW to support tables?
>
> Nothing, I think.
>
> > Is support for tables planned in the not-so-distant future?
>
> After v1.0.
Nice to hear that it's planned :)
> > Seems this is the only major feature AW lacks compared to other word
> > processors.
>
> Yup.
>
> But this is *not* something that should be rushed. It should be planned,
> discussed, discussed and then discussed again. Tables are very useful, and it
> would be great if AbiWord had a better tables implementation than all other WPs!
> :)
Agreed.
> We'll need to look at what's good and what's bad in other WPs.
I want to point out LyX - seems we can borrow algorithms and code from there
when time comes.
Also, when I was browsing gnome cvs a week ago, I found equation editor
component - called geqnedit. It's unstable and unfinished yet, but we should
keep it in mind too.
> --
> Karl Ove Hufthammer
>
Best regards,
-Vlad
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