Subject: Re:[2] trivial patch for bz2abw plugin
From: Kenneth J.Davis (jeremyd@computer.org)
Date: Sat Feb 02 2002 - 18:12:33 CST
Alan Horkan <horkana@tcd.ie> wrote on 2/2/2002 6:31:48 PM:
>
>> This patch merely switches the order the extensions are listed in the export object.
>> This makes the import and export list them in the same order, and defaults to the
>> single extension (.bzabw instead of .abw.bz2) for saving which I think works better with
>
>sorry to nitpick but maybe a three letter extension might be better? (i
>dunno, maybe .bza). Its probably not inherently any better but i still
>try and keep to 8.3 filenames out of habit.
>(I assume the more descriptive option to name files .abw.bz2 is still also
>available)
I'm a biased DOS user [where 8.3 is a requirement], but I do think .bzabw is
nicer and corresponds with .zabw & .abw better. I just stuck with the two already
defined extensions, but it should be trivial to add .bza support or whatever as well.
Yes, the .abw.bz2 one should still be available, but AbiWord will save using
bzabw by default (now).
>
>> Could someone tell me how to get the installer for plugins (like the ImageMagick plugin
>> that used to be at http://www.niksbiks.dk/Abi has) or at least direct me to
>> where the explaination is. I think I have all the plugins available on Windows
>> compiled, but I would like to make them available with the installer instead of
>> (maybe along with) just as DLLs.
>
>Abiword installer on Windows is the Nullsoft installer
>http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis/
>(NSIS = Nullsoft Scriptable Installer System)
>if you have a copy of abiword CVS search for files with the extension .nsi
>
>they are somewhere like ~=
>wp/pkg/ win/setup/Abiword.nsi
>
>there is a .nsi for the actual Abiword installer and im fairly sure there
>are several other ones for each plugins which are more or less the same as
>each other except for the plugin name.
>
>hope that helps
>sincerely
>Alan
I saw the ones in abi\src\pkg\win\setup, but it just has AbiWord itself
and the dictionaries, so I wasn't sure if the one[s] for the plugin[s] is[are]
in a different location or not. I guess the one used for ImageMagick
isn't available? oh well, I will just make one up from the existing ones
(if I get around to doing it, I really need to work on my FreeDOS stuff).
But if I do, is the correct content type for .bzabw the same as .zabw?
specifically would these lines be the correct ones for the installer to add:
WriteRegStr HKCR ".bzabw" "" "AbiSuite.AbiWord"
WriteRegStr HKCR ".bzabw" "Content Type" "application/abiword-compressed"
[I really like the plugins, they are cool! All the ones I've compiled
so far I've placed at www.darklogic.org/abiword/ if any other Windows
users haven't/can't compile them and want them. I didn't see any other
places to download them from (not counting the Image Magick one on sourceforge),
so if anyone knows of such a place please let me know or if I shouldn't
be making them more easily available for some reason. Thanks.]
Thank you for your reply,
Jeremy Davis
jeremyd@computer.org
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