Re: AbiWord Portable 2.6 on Hold Due to Bug 11501

From: J.M. Maurer <uwog_at_uwog.net>
Date: Tue Apr 01 2008 - 14:14:02 CEST

On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 14:12 +0200, J.M. Maurer wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 13:48 +0200, Martin Srebotnjak wrote:
> > I am not at home, where I use mac, I filed the bug from home, but here
> > is the screenshot, where e with acute should be replaced with c with
> > caron, like in the opened-menu title.
> >
> > I checked the other bug I mentioned - if using English interface, "Set
> > Language..." works, if using any other interface, i.e. English (UK),
> > Slovenian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, etc. interface, when
> > selecting that menu item, AbiWord aborts. I think this is a STOPPER!
> >
> > The sad thing is if something doesn't work for German or English (UK),
> > it is a problem, but if it doesn't work just for Slovenian or other EE
> > languages, then it cannot become a stopper. :(
>
> How can we stop something that is already released? We were not notified
> of any problem before the release. We make daily snapshots so people can
> help testing a bit, but apparently that's too much work.

To add: it's not that there won't be a 2.6.1, and a 2.6.2, and a 2.6.3,
and ...

Marc

>
> > Lp, m.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 11:55 AM, J.M. Maurer <uwog@uwog.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 09:43 +0200, Martin Srebotnjak wrote:
> > > > Just to let you know, John,
> > > >
> > > > AbiWord 2.6 on Windows has a bug in displaying e with caron (and maybe
> > > > some other eastern european characters) in the menus (it works
> > > > properly in the top menu title - File, ...., Help, but all other menu
> > > > choices under those titles have this problem. Instead e with grave (or
> > > > acute, I am not sure) is displayed, a character we do not have in our
> > > > alphabet. C with caron is properly displayed in the dialogs. It must
> > > > be a menu codepage issue of menu font issue.
> > > >
> > > > This isn't working for Slovenian, but probably other Eastern European
> > > > languages have the same probem, maybe even with other special
> > > > characters that Slovenian doesn't use - Croatian, Czech, Polish,
> > > > Slovak, Serbian, etc. Users from those languages should double check
> > > > the status of their menu items!
> > >
> > > Could you file a bugreport about this at bugzilla.abisource.com? A
> > > screenshot would be helpful to attach as well :)
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Marc
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > If needed I can attach a screenshot.
> > > >
> > > > Lp, m,.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 3:41 AM, John T. Haller <abiword@johnhaller.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Martin Sevior wrote:
> > > > > > Does this mean AbiWord-2.6 Portable is now available too?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > (We should give you plug in downloads section)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cheers!
> > > > >
> > > > > It's being packaged tonight. It's being updated to include language
> > > > > integration with the PortableApps.com Platform (pick German in the
> > > > > PortableApps.com Menu and AbiWord Portable comes up in German) and the
> > > > > ability to install it without the additional languages for English users
> > > > > (getting AbiWord Portable down to as little as 7.74MB). I'll make a
> > > > > post on-list when it's released with the details. :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > And a link from the AbiWord download page would be handy. Other apps we
> > > > > package like KeePass do that as well.
> > > > >
> > > > > Kind Regards,
> > > > > John
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
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