Re: Re: AbiWord 2.6 Plans / new functions

On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 23:14 +0100, marco.hoedtke@gmx.de wrote:

>
> - First I imported an AbiWord file to the eXist database (eXist 1.0
> snapshot 20051203). The URL of the file was
> http://localhost:8080/exist/webdav/db/data/test.abw
>
> - Since the AbiWord open-dialog does not have a text field to put an URL,
> I put the URL (without the file name at the end) into the appropriate
> field of konqueror. Konqueror opened the collection of the database (after
> displaying a login dialog) and showed the URL.
>
> - After klicking on the file, the "open-with dialog" appeared. I chose
> AbiWord and the content of the file was displayed correctly in Abiword.
> The filename had some numeral prefixes, I guess it was stored temporarily
> in some kind of cache/temp-folder.
>
> - I did some editing and saved the changes. When I closed AbiWord, I was
> asked whether I wanted to upload the changes. I confirmed and after that
> reopened the file. The changes really had been saved.
>
> That's quite good, I didn't know it was possible.
>
> The way to get there I found somewhat awkward, though, for the following
> reason: It is not possible to put the URL directly into the open or save
> dialog. This would be the most straightforward approach. A good example of
> this is the open source editor "jedit" with a webdav plugin. There, it is
> possible to give a local path or an http-address directly into the
> open/save dialog.
>

The libgsf work is meant to enable this.

> With WebDAV it is possible, that several persons work on the same
> document. Only the element that is currently being worked on is locked.
> This, of course, only seems possible with real online access. If the
> document is stored in a local temp-folder, edited, and later on it is
> uploaded again, there might be problems because of concurrent changes.
>

AbiCollab is a better and way cooler solution. Look at:

http://gnomejournal.org/article/31/gocollab----peer-to-peer-document-collaboration

Cheers

Martin

> > Detailed specifications are always a good idea.
>
> I'll try to work on it.
>
> Best regards
>
> Marco
>
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> Alan Horkan <horkana@maths.tcd.ie>
> 03.12.2005 16:54
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> An: marco.hoedtke@gmx.de
> Kopie: abiword-dev@abisource.com
> Thema: Re: AbiWord 2.6 Plans / new functions
>
>
>
> I see from your email headers you are running Lotus Notes, so I expect it
> is unlikely you are using anything but the Windows version of abiword
> (although in the bug report OS was set to All).
>
> On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 marco.hoedtke@gmx.de wrote:
>
> > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 23:28:14 +0100
> > From: marco.hoedtke@gmx.de
> > To: abiword-dev@abisource.com
> > Subject: AbiWord 2.6 Plans / new functions
> >
> > By reading "http://www.abisource.com/twiki/bin/view/Abiword/AbiWord26Plans" I got the impression, that the plans for the next stable release are
> > still being worked on. So, I would like to suggest a new functionality
> for
> > AbiWord. Ok, I know the correct place is Bugzilla and I already have
> > posted it there some time ago (# 9530). Since I did't receive any
> feedback
> > so far, let me give it another try.
>
> http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9530
>
> > I have tried out Abiword with eXist open source xml-db
> (www.exist-db.org,
> > xmldb-compliant, runs on a variety of OS). AbiWord .abw files can be
> > imported into the xml-db without problem. Since eXist can act as a
> webdav
> > server, it is possible to open .abw files directly on the server in
> > read-only mode via the internet explorer. They cannot be stored directly
> > to the server, though, because AbiWord lacks webdav client
> functionality.
>
> > How about implementing a webdav client into AbiWord?
>
> The Gnome version of Abiword (for Linux and other Unix like platforms)
> includes support for gnome-vfs and at least in theory gnome-vfs supports
> WebDAV (it probably works but your mileage may vary).
>
> In the long term gnome-vfs might become available for windows but helping
> find a more portable library to do WebDAV might be a better bet in the
> short term.
>
> > Unfortunetally, I only have very basic experience as a C++ programmer.
> But
> > I could do some work on specification and documentation.
>
> Detailed specifications are always a good idea.
>
> Sincerely
>
> Alan Horkan
>
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Received on Mon Dec 5 01:25:17 2005