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mergen3107 · 07-26-2026, 01:23 PM

@kaspar

Thank you for the new version and sources! Continuing my testing on KS1, this time with Abiword 1.1.
1) Brightness/Warmth controls work!
2) I didn't try Symbols menu last times, but now I can see some issues with it:
- Starting up, Symbols menu takes surprising amount of refreshes. Other windows open without this many screen refreshes
- The window is still very small, and I don't think it much useful without the pen, hard to select symbols. Focus doesn't shift to the symbols box even after manually tapping a symbol, so user needs to input symbols by touching them by hand. See screenshot.
- It defaults to "Symbols" which I think then falls back to Bookerly, which in turn doesn't have all the symbols (they show up as a generic missing box). Maybe Abiword should be bundled with a full Unicode font and have Symbols menu default to it?
3) Refreshes while typing is improved! Thank you. Although I really think that Backspace shouldn't have refresh on each input. I think only newline (Enter) deserves, if at all. The ghosting I observe isn't too bad while typing up a paragraph, so it is not a huge deal after all.
4) There is still issue with missing scrolling. For example, when choosing fonts. There a strange with rectangle hovering on the right hand side when such menu is open, and scrolling doesn't work. For now I resorted to a workaround where I select the topmost font I can select in current view, so the next time I open the list it scrolls up a bit.
5) I finally got my Russian layout working with my BT keyboard! Now my next questions is can other spell check dictionaries be added? For example, Russian, Kazakh. I presume yes, but wanted to confirm with you first (in case in needs code changes). I can see kindle_abiword/dicts/ folder has two files en_US.aff and en_US.dic , but I don't know which format is this.

I think after the Find/Replace typing is fixed and PDF output generation creates searchable text this setup (KS1 + Abiword + BT Keyboard) will become my typewriter beast machine!

Thank you very much for your hard work!!

07-26-2026, 01:23 PM	#63
mergen3107 Wizard Posts: 1,660 Karma: 5000564 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cape Canaveral Device: Kindle Scribe	@kaspar Thank you for the new version and sources! Continuing my testing on KS1, this time with Abiword 1.1. 1) Brightness/Warmth controls work! 2) I didn't try Symbols menu last times, but now I can see some issues with it: - Starting up, Symbols menu takes surprising amount of refreshes. Other windows open without this many screen refreshes - The window is still very small, and I don't think it much useful without the pen, hard to select symbols. Focus doesn't shift to the symbols box even after manually tapping a symbol, so user needs to input symbols by touching them by hand. See screenshot. - It defaults to "Symbols" which I think then falls back to Bookerly, which in turn doesn't have all the symbols (they show up as a generic missing box). Maybe Abiword should be bundled with a full Unicode font and have Symbols menu default to it? 3) Refreshes while typing is improved! Thank you. Although I really think that Backspace shouldn't have refresh on each input. I think only newline (Enter) deserves, if at all. The ghosting I observe isn't too bad while typing up a paragraph, so it is not a huge deal after all. 4) There is still issue with missing scrolling. For example, when choosing fonts. There a strange with rectangle hovering on the right hand side when such menu is open, and scrolling doesn't work. For now I resorted to a workaround where I select the topmost font I can select in current view, so the next time I open the list it scrolls up a bit. 5) I finally got my Russian layout working with my BT keyboard! Now my next questions is can other spell check dictionaries be added? For example, Russian, Kazakh. I presume yes, but wanted to confirm with you first (in case in needs code changes). I can see kindle_abiword/dicts/ folder has two files en_US.aff and en_US.dic , but I don't know which format is this. I think after the Find/Replace typing is fixed and PDF output generation creates searchable text this setup (KS1 + Abiword + BT Keyboard) will become my typewriter beast machine! Thank you very much for your hard work!! Attached Thumbnails