Re: opening ascii files

From: Alan Horkan (horkana_at_maths.tcd.ie)
Date: Thu Mar 11 2004 - 18:50:38 EST

  • Next message: Mark Richardson: "Re: opening ascii files"

    On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Mark Richardson wrote:

    > Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:41:28 -0800
    > From: Mark Richardson <mrichard_at_usc.edu>
    > To: "abiword-user_at_abisource.com" <abiword-user_at_abisource.com>
    > Subject: Re: opening ascii files
    >
    > On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 23:07:48 +0100, Marc Maurer
    > <j.m.maurer_at_student.utwente.nl> wrote:
    >
    > > Do you happen to have the WordPerfect plugin installed? I just found out
    > > it claims it can open normal ascii files, when in fact it can not. If
    > > so, try unloading the WP plugin first (extra -> plugins), and then
    > > opening your ascii document.
    > >
    > > Marc
    >
    > I've installed only the default plug-ins, which do not include the WP
    > importer. Is not Abiword able normally to open ascii files? In fact, it
    > opens them fine--the problem is only when they contain ascii symbols
    > inserted from a table of additional characters. Sorry if I'm explaining
    > this badly.

    What exactly are those extra charaters?

    Those characters might not be ASCII anymore and they may be exposing a
    problem in detecting exactly what kind of 'plain text' is being imported.
    Funny thing about 'plain text' is that it isn't all that plain.

    Please attach a sample file to a report in bugzilla so that we can try and
    more accurately identify the problem. http://bugizlla.abisource.com

    Sincerely

    Alan Horkan
    http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/
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