Re: AbiWord crashes on exporting HTML


Subject: Re: AbiWord crashes on exporting HTML
From: Nils Barth (nils_barth@post.harvard.edu)
Date: Fri Jul 20 2001 - 15:22:28 CDT


On 2001-07-20-13:25, Dom Lachowicz wrote:
> Quoting Pierre Abbat <phma@oltronics.net>:
>
> > I downloaded AbiWord from CVS yesterday, just compiled it, and attempted
> > to
> > export my resumé to HTML for someone who doesn't have Abi. (I'm applying
> > for
> > Unix sysadmin jobs, and they want the resumé in Microsoft Word. Go
> > figure.) I
> > got part of an HTML file, and then it crashed. I can successfully export
> > RTF
> > and plain text. Exporting to LaTeX from the GUI works, but exporting
> > using "-to
> > latex" on the command line hangs, and I need to test that, since I
> > noticed some
> > changes to the exporter when I last updated.
>
> I can't reproduce the crash (XHTML file attached) but I can reproduce the hang.
> The output LaTeX file is pretty good looking, though.

AFAICT, everytime you use the `-to' switch, AbiWord doesn't exit, and
one must use Ctrl-C to stop it (preferably after waiting for the
conversion to occur ;-).
I was meaning to file this as a bug...

-- 
  -pookie



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