Re: [AbiWord] Fwd: Removing extra codes

From: F J Franklin (F.J.Franklin@sheffield.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Nov 19 2002 - 05:20:01 EST

  • Next message: Martin Sevior: "Re: [AbiWord] Fwd: Removing extra codes"

    On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Martin Sevior wrote:

    > On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, F J Franklin wrote:
    >
    > > On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Hal Vaughan wrote:
    > > > I was just hoping there might be something that could be used to detect codes
    > > > that where just setting things to the way they were anyway.
    > >
    > > This is in fact our oldest out-standing bug...
    >
    > Hmm, well I guess it could be fixed on the abw exporter by just comparing
    > the indexAP of the current span to the previous span. If the index's are
    > identical don't write out character properties or close the previous span,
    >
    > Anyone care to take this on?

    I offered to do this recently - but it fixes the symptom, not the cause.
    The offer stands, however.

    Frank

    Francis James Franklin
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