Re: Wordperfect

J.M. Maurer wrote:

>Op di, 30-11-2004 te 20:41 -0500, schreef sum1_lists@yahoo.com:
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>>James@Winterberry.biz wrote:
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>>>I am a new user of AbiWord. I wanted to try AbiWord because it would
>>>give me access to all my old WordPerfect files on both Windows and
>>>Linux. I downloaded AbiWord for Windows form the main site along
>>>with the conversion plugins. All was installed, but Abiword will not load
>>>the Worperfect plugin. (I get an error message) It will load some of the
>>>others. What am I doing wrong?
>>>
>>>thanks, Jim
>>>
>>>Windows XP, (linux Suse 9.1)
>>>Abiword most recent version
>>>
>>>
>>What's the exact error message you're receiving? Most wpd plugin
>>problems are due to glib not being present. Can you try reinstalling
>>the import/export plugins, choosing 'download glib' from the components
>>screen in the installer and seeing if the error message goes away? Thanks.
>>
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>imo, we should just force this, always. The 1.2 user who does not want
>to have this glib installed, is definately smart enough to remove it
>afterwards.
>
>Marc
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I'd be inclined to agree, but the additional download time makes me
hesitant. I have never installed the GLIB plugins, but if we started
bundling it, it might make the non-glib plugins less accessible for
dialup users. If the installer could be configured to require
installing glib any time a glib plugin is selected (dependency-type
thing), that would probably be better. I thought that this is how it
was done currently, but the problems that have arisen lead me to presume
it is not.

Ryan

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