[ros-general] Abiword status ?

[Filip Navara]

Kenneth J. Davis wrote:

>Then AbiWord never even started.  Do other NSIS v2 based
>installers work?  The AbiWord installer uses several NSIS
>plugins, such as to check internet connection, etc. and
>has been reported to fail on Windows 95 without IE.
>  
>
Yes, other NSIS v2 based installers work and even the AbiWord one worked 
before. I'm not sure if it works now or not.

>If you want to test AbiWord, try running just the executable,
>http://abiword.pchasm.org/builds/nightly/win32/AbiWord.exe
>or for latest Stable build
>http://abiword.pchasm.org/builds/nightly/win32/ABI-2-0-0-STABLE/VC6SP5/AbiWord.exe
>
>If it makes it easier and you want the extra files (help, etc)
>I can probably add a zip install method for AbiWord.
>
>As for the timer issue, for testing purposes, a simple fix
>of ignoring the timer callback if abi's timer object is disabled
>may suffice for a more graceful failure.  I will see about
>adding a zip build of AbiWord with a timer workaround tommorrow
>to http://abiword.pchasm.org/builds/periodic/ if anyone with
>ROS installed wants to try it.
>  
>
Attached is a patch for my modified AbiWord version that has this check 
and one more HACK on other place. With this patch I was able to load 
AbiWord on ReactOS...

>(I generally provide the Win32 builds of AbiWord)
>
>Jeremy Davis
>jeremyd at computer.org
>  
>
Thanks much for interest and help.

- Filip
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