glfs/xsoft/office/abiword.xml

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-http "http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/2.2.8/source/abiword-&AbiWord-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY AbiWord-md5sum        "f6f58e6ea4720ca635ede7b7f13cf156">
  <!ENTITY AbiWord-size          "23.4 MB">
  <!ENTITY AbiWord-buildsize     "208 MB">
  <!ENTITY AbiWord-time          "2.7 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="abiword" xreflabel="AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="AbiWord.html" ?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="abiword">
    <primary sortas="a-AbiWord">AbiWord</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to AbiWord</title>

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <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>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">AbiWord Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="popt"/>,
    <xref linkend="libglade"/> and
    <ulink url="http://fribidi.org/">FriBidi</ulink></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="libjpeg"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <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>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of AbiWord</title>

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

<screen><userinput>cd abi &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
cd ../abiword-plugins &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>cd ../abi &amp;&amp;
make install &amp;&amp;
cp -v -rf docs /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.2/AbiWord &amp;&amp;
cd ../abiword-plugins &amp;&amp;
make install</userinput></screen>

    <para>To build the help, as the normal user:</para>

<screen><userinput>cd ../abiword-docs &amp;&amp;
./make-html.sh</userinput></screen>

    <para>And, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

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

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

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

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

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

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>abiword, AbiWord-2.2, ttfdmin.sh, and ttftool</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/AbiSuite-2.2</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <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>