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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
>
> > I tried Abiword in BL3 (don't have xset yet in BL2 to set it up
> > with) and it displays the file perfectly on screen but I don't have
> > BL3 set up to print ps files.  So I saved as html.  When I try to
> > view with lynx I get a lot of garbage.
>
> Why didn't you print it to a PS file? You don't need lpr to do that,
> just Abiword.

I tried to Save As. I have not used Abiword, just tested it briefly.  I 
will look at the Print feature some time, but plain wvware is a lot more 
efficient for just doing conversions.  I don't need a wordprocessor, I 
have one (DOS WP5.1, pure text, no mouse).

> > I am about to try DOS wvare next, and will then resign myself to
> > translating from the screen between two computers.  Nice to have
> > Abiword, which is supposedly based on wvware.  I wonder why it can
> > display images but not save them as images.  Maybe rtf?
>
> I tried inserting an image in a document, then I right-clicked on the
> image and chose Save Image As... Does it handle Word files differently?

I did not see Save Image As - I saw Save As in the File menu.  (I am in 
DOS right now and cannot check on this).  I can try Save Image As with a 
mouse some time.  I am not familiar with graphical wordprocessors.  I type 
text, not pictures or colors.

> > Abiword just stopped working as soon as I changed the file name to .rtf
> > (won't let me choose to save it as rtf) and now it refuses to load
> > from rxvt in X.  Or from the menu.  And when I try to exit X
> > (Ctl-Alt-Del) I get a blank blue screen with a few green stripes at
> > the top.  Fun with Xvesa again.

I also discovered that BL3 had put copies of most directories (not /usr) 
into e:\ complete with files, when it crashed.  They won't delete with DOS 
deltree.

The person who sent these says the other translators don't complain about 
.doc files - they are just WORD documents.  At least she scanned as Line 
Drawing.  She offered me jpegs instead.

> David
> --

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