Re: AbiWord crashes

From: Scott Courtney (courtney@4th.com)
Date: Sun Jul 14 2002 - 10:35:25 EDT

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    On Sunday 14 July 2002 05:46 am, F J Franklin wrote:
    > > AbiWord looks great, and I'm really impressed that it can export DocBook
    > > format, which I need to do when this document is finished. If I can get
    > > the reliability to improve, this will be a winning app for me.
    >
    > Someone's playing with docbook at the moment, and there are at least three
    > other AbiWord developers who haven't quite got round to it yet (and may
    > never), and we could do with some expert support/development.

    I'm not a docbook wizard, just learning it. I'm in the process of writing a
    HOWTO document on something that is entirely unrelated to this thread, and
    since that's the preferred format, that's what I'm learning to use. It seems
    to be a decent standard, and I like the way I can generate other formats from
    docbook.

    I'm pushing really hard on a big software project of my own, with a hard
    deadline of July 31 for release, so I don't have a lot of time to offer to
    other projects right now. After I get this other project out the door, though,
    I'd be glad to help with testing and refining AbiWord. I've just started using
    it, but I'm very impressed with its potential so far.

    Unfortunately, I'm not a C++ wizard, so I'd have a big learning curve to get
    to where I could actually code for the AbiWord project. I'm not averse to
    the idea of learning C++ better, and in fact would like to do so. There are
    just so many other time demands. <sigh> If nothing else, though, perhaps I
    can contribute user documentation since I do have some skill as a writer
    and editor.

    Kind regards,

    Scott 

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