Re: Re: Selection or Deletion

From: Stephen Viles (sviles_abi@iinet.net.au)
Date: Sun Oct 12 2003 - 22:07:00 EDT

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    Hello Ina,

    AbiWord version 1.0.2+cvs, dated 2002.06.05, is a very old version. Version
    2.0.0 was released on 2003.09.15. Bets to get your Linux guru to update Abi.

    Cheers - Stephen.

    ----- Original Email -----
    From: Ina Minerva Ish <iish@earthlink.net>
    To: Stephen Viles <sviles_abi@iinet.net.au>
    Date: 13-Oct-2003 06:45
    Subject: Re: Selection or Deletion

    > Thanks Stephen,
    > Am running Gnome and my Linux guru has me on testing- that 2.4.18 number
    > is what the system info gives me! I found thru Storm Package Mgr that I
    > am running an older version of AbiWord- yet Debian distribution keeps
    > telling me I do have the latest version..1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1
    > T'is frustrating indeed. AbiWord has not done this as badly in the
    > past, but I simply can't find a work around for this problem.
    >
    > Thanks for responding.
    >
    > Ina
    >
    > Stephen Viles wrote:
    >
    > >Hi Ina,
    > >
    > >Which version of AbiWord are you using? Best to upgrade to 2.0.0
    > >if you are using an earlier version.
    > >
    > >Which desktop environment are you using? KDE, GNOME, another?
    > >
    > >Which Linux distribution are you using? RedHat, SuSE, Debian,
    > >another? The version number 2.4.18 is presumably the kernel
    > >version, but it helps to know roughly what other software is
    > >present.
    > >
    > >Cheers - Stephen.
    > >
    > >13/10/03 7:05:18 AM, Ina Minerva Ish <iish@earthlink.net> wrote:
    > >
    > >
    > >>Hi all,
    > >>I am having a problem with my Abiword application. I run under Gnu
    > >>/Linux testing 2.4.18 release.
    > >>
    > >>What I have been experiencing : when composing a document using Normal,
    > >>or Plain Text styles - if I catch an error and go back, select the
    > >>character I want to change ( or the word for that matter) delete or
    > >>backspace the error- what the program does is delete the word or
    > >>characters directly to the right of the selected and deleted error. I
    > >>have tried all I know to stop this- turned off spell check, tried to
    > >>make the application as 'manual' as I can but the problem persists. Has
    > >>anybody run into this and if so has anybody got a 'fix' for it?
    > >>
    > >>Thank you,
    > >>
    > >>Ina

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