From: Alan Horkan (horkana@maths.tcd.ie)
Date: Mon May 26 2003 - 06:55:54 EDT
On Mon, 26 May 2003, [iso-8859-1] Andrew Dunbar wrote:
> Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 05:53:42 +0100 (BST)
> From: "[iso-8859-1] Andrew Dunbar" <hippietrail@yahoo.com>
> To: AbiWord Developers <abiword-dev@abisource.com>
> Subject: Re: Commit: Localized normal.awt files
>
> --- Dom Lachowicz <domlachowicz@yahoo.com> wrote: >
> This should go a long way toward addressing a lot of
> > bugs. I'll find and close the specific ones shortly.
> >
> > Basically, I removed the PageSize and DocumentLocale
> > settings from the System.Profile files. I'm not sure
> > if the LTR/RTL preference can get scrapped too,
> > since
> > it's included in the "Normal" style and the <abiword
> > props=""> sections of the normal.awt. Tomas will
> > know
> > the answer to this.
> >
> > So, this solves a lot of bugs. "Spelling resets to
> > English", the ability to set different fonts for
> > different locales (eg: David for Hebrew, MS Mincho
> > for
> > Japanese, ...), page sizes, ...
> >
> > I'll be able to scrap the ruler units preference
> > shortly, based on the document's units, thus
> > scrapping
> > another needless pref and point of failure.
> >
> > PLATFORM MAINTAINERS: you'll have to remove a few
> > controls from your Options dialog. When I scrap the
> > units pref, there will be one more to remove too.
> > This
> > is a good thing (tm). Sorry for the temporary
> > breakage, but I'm hoping it will be minor and the
> > benefit far outweighs the cost.
>
> Hi Dom. Looks good.
> I'm wondering if we can ultimately just scrap the
> profiles in favour of normal.awt at some point?
I am pretty sure you cant and that it doesn't make sense. It might take
me a while but I am sure I can find a some screw cases.
I dont think it makes sense to store toolbar settings and menu layout on a
per document basis*, which is what I think would happen if you were trying
to store everthing in Normal.awt.
[* although I would quite like to be able to use a different profile for
Plaintext documents, where I dont need most of the formatting toolbar,
but that is a whole other story]
It would suck to have to ship a Normal.awt for every locale.
Can Normal.awt be generated at runtime based on current locale?
> If not, what is the dividing line about what belongs
> in one place or the other?
> Also are our docs going to sufficient trouble to
> educate users about normal.awt, how to make best use
> of it, and what it can and cannot do?
>
> I've never used normal.dot under Word so I don't know
Normal.dot, yet another place to store fun viruses and infect every new
document you create!
My biggest memory of Normal.dot was that if it was read only I would get a
whole lot of annoying warnings telling me I was not allowed to change it.
Later
Alan
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