From: Alan Horkan (horkana@tcd.ie)
Date: Wed Aug 14 2002 - 14:58:21 EDT
i was thinking about submitting abiword to more shareware/freeware sites
specifically this one (somehow vaguely connected to Walnut Creek by
Google) http://simtel.net
I kinda thought Jordi the windows maintainer could do it in a more
official way than i could but it was more hassle than it appeared at first
so i started to do it myself. it asked me to set up a PAD file (some sort
of XML program description) and i am finding it all quite annoying and
tiresome and i have other things to do and other places to be.
included as an attachment is the PAD file i made using the PADGen
software, this should be helpful when submitting abiword to
shareware/freeware sites
included below is a message i was going to send to Jordi but decided to
send here instead
while im writing i may as well mention i was pondering what it would take
to get abiword packaged with cygwin (another random braindump).
Abiword should have cheerleaders. Preferably real life all dancing women
cheerleaders with pom-poms and short skirts but failing that it would be
good if the users could be convinced to help get Abiword get added to any
and every freeware website out there.
Later
Alan
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The form
http://www.simtel.net/upload.php
here are the values you will need to fill in on the form, all of the form
field:
value
on seperate lines for easy cut and paste
Have you uploaded to Simtel.Net in the past?
no (.)
[that is the default no need to change it]
Name of software:
Abiword
Platform
Win95/98/Me (.)
[this is the default value, but it may have detected my browser. Choosing
WinXP, or WinNT should also be fine]
Brief description:
AbiWord is a free easy to use word processing program similar to Microsoft
Word. It is suitable for typing papers, letters, reports, memos, and so
forth. Abiword supports a wide variety of file formats including
Microsoft Word Documents. Abiword is available in a variety of different
languages, and also includes support for languages with Right to Left text
(known as BiDirectional Text). Please try Abiword out for yourself and
checkout our website at http://abisource.com for more information.
Status of this software:
(.) Freeware
The full name of the person who will be uploading:
Jordi Mas
Company name (if any)
[i would leave this blank]
The "official" e-mail address (preferably company):
webmaster@abisource.com
[i will make sure any relevant messages get forwarded to you if you are
not already on the webmaster list. you can use your own address if you
want of course.]
The "official" home page URL on the web (if any):
http://abisource.com
Thats it,
Thanks
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