Subject: Re: Loss of enthusiasim for AbiWord
From: F J Franklin (F.J.Franklin@sheffield.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Feb 08 2002 - 08:08:55 CST
On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> For well over a year a serious issue caused by AbiWord has been known.
> The lack of interest in addressing this issue has just about deflated
> my interest in AbiWord.
Bryce, we're just as frustrated, because there is no easy solution. Simple
hacks may alleviate some symptoms for some people, but what's really
needed is a major rewrite, and that simply won't happen by 1.0. Sorry.
It is, however, top priority post 1.0.
> While other major changes are going into
> Abi (like multithreaded loading), and other minor changes (e.g.
> named colors like "lightblue")
While I can't comment on multithreaded loading, adding "lightblue" and
over a hundred other color names took approximately twenty minutes and is
an essential part of HTML import, another hugely popular RFE.
Regards, Frank
Francis James Franklin
F.J.Franklin@shef.ac.uk
It's getting them wrong that is living, getting them wrong and wrong and
wrong and then, on careful reconsideration, getting them wrong again.
That's how we know we're alive: we're wrong.
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