Subject: Re: Problem with Fresh Install on win32 build of 0.9.3
From: Martin Sevior (msevior@mccubbin.ph.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Thu Sep 06 2001 - 21:49:08 CDT
On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Alan Keefer wrote:
> At 12:10 PM 9/7/2001 +1000, Martin Sevior wrote:
>
>
> >On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Randy Kramer wrote:
> >
> > > I've installed the test build three times (on Win95).
> > >
> > > All three times, the first time I've run it, AbiWord has crashed after
> > > doing the following:
> > >
> > > -start AbiWord
> > > -type "test" <return>
> > > -select "test", apply "Chapter Heading 1" style using the style combo
> > > box
> > > -select "Chapter Heading 1", apply "Numbered Heading 1" style using the
> > > style combo box
> > > -AbiWord crashes, I think the message is "This program has performed an
> > > illegal operation and will be shut down."
> > >
> > > Once I maximized the window before typing test, the other two times I
> > > let the window stay at its default initial size (not maximized).
> > >
> > > In all three cases, when I try it again after restarting AbiWord, the
> > > crash does not occur.
> > >
> >
> >Very strange. All this works fine on the gtk/gnome builds. No crashes
> >there.
> >
> >Martin
>
> I'm currently testing everything out on Windows 2000 (Tim's binary), and I
> get the same thing, though the crash happens every time, not just the first
> time, and it doesn't matter whether you use the combo-box or the styles
> dialog. Also, this only happens if you re-select the text; if you change
> the style to Chapter Heading 1 and then to Numbered Heading 1 right away
> without selecting any text again, it works fine. It also works fine if you
> don't have a return after "test."
I can't get my builds to crash this.
>
> On another note, my install crashes whenever I try to apply "Endnote
> Reference" from the combo box or the styles dialog.
I get this crash though.
Martin
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