glfs/xsoft/office/abiword.xml

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  <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/abiword/abiword-&AbiWord-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY AbiWord-md5sum        "814d9169a46fdeaa40565bc2b567ef42">
  <!ENTITY AbiWord-size          "23.4 MB">
  <!ENTITY AbiWord-buildsize     "193 MB">
  <!ENTITY AbiWord-time          "1.97 SBU">
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<sect1 id="abiword" xreflabel="AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="AbiWord.html" ?>
<title>AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="abiword">
<primary sortas="a-AbiWord">AbiWord</primary></indexterm>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>AbiWord</application></title>

<para>The <application>AbiWord</application> package contains a word 
processing application. This is useful for writing reports, letters and 
other formatted documents.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&AbiWord-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&AbiWord-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &AbiWord-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &AbiWord-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&AbiWord-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&AbiWord-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>AbiWord</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="popt"/>, 
<xref linkend="libglade"/> and 
<ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/Software/FriBidi">FriBidi</ulink></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Recommended</title>
<para><xref linkend="libjpeg"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="libgnomeprintui"/>, 
<xref linkend="nautilus"/>, 
<xref linkend="gucharmap"/>, 
<xref linkend="imagemagick"/>, 
<ulink url="http://www.abisource.com/enchant/">Enchant</ulink> 
(uses <xref linkend="aspell"/>) and 
<ulink url="http://wvware.sourceforge.net/">wv</ulink></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>AbiWord</application></title>

<para>Install <application>AbiWord</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cd abi &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
cd ../abiword-docs &amp;&amp;
./make-html.sh</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>cd ../abi &amp;&amp;
make install &amp;&amp;
cd ../abiword-docs &amp;&amp;
cp -rf docs /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.2/AbiWord &amp;&amp;
install -m644 man/abiword.1 /usr/share/man/man1 &amp;&amp;
install -m644 Manual/en/Abiword_Manual.abw \
    /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.2/AbiWord/docs &amp;&amp;
cp -rf help /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.2/AbiWord/help &amp;&amp;
find /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.2/AbiWord/help \
    -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;</command></userinput></screen>

<para>To integrate <application>AbiWord</application> into your 
<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym>-2</application> environment, run the 
following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cd .. &amp;&amp;
install -m644 abidistfiles/GNOME_AbiWord_Control_2_2.server \
    $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/bonobo/servers &amp;&amp;
install -m644 abi/abiword.desktop $GNOME_PREFIX/share/applications</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><command>./make-html.sh</command>: This command creates the 
<acronym>HTML</acronym> files used by <application>AbiWord</application> when 
help is requested from the main menu.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>abiword, AbiWord-2.2, ttfdmin.sh and ttftool</seg>
<seg>/usr/share/AbiSuite-2.2</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>

<varlistentry id="abiword-prog">
<term><command>abiword</command></term>
<listitem><para>is a symbolic link to the main <command>AbiWord-2.2</command> 
executable.</para>
<indexterm zone="abiword abiword-prog">
<primary sortas="g-abiword">abiword</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="AbiWord-2.2">
<term><command>AbiWord-2.2</command></term>
<listitem><para>is the word-processing program executable.</para>
<indexterm zone="abiword AbiWord-2.2">
<primary sortas="b-AbiWord-2.2">AbiWord-2.2</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="ttfadmin.sh">
<term><command>ttfadmin.sh</command></term>
<listitem><para>generates support files required by 
<application>AbiWord</application> for each TrueType font in a
given directory.</para>
<indexterm zone="abiword ttfadmin.sh">
<primary sortas="b-ttfadmin.sh">ttfadmin.sh</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="ttftool">
<term><command>ttftool</command></term>
<listitem><para>is a utility for processing TrueType fonts.</para>
<indexterm zone="abiword ttftool">
<primary sortas="b-ttftool">ttftool</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

</sect1>