Abiword with Registry Installer

[mct]

Adam, thanks for everything! I wouldn't buy a iLiad without you!

[davethetemp]

I just wanted to write and thank Adam and all the others here who have been such great resources on this site. I had problems loading Abiword like those described above. After loading Abiword, it said to restart and after many tries, .doc files still showed Xs. I tried uninstall too but Abiword wouldn't unistall either. Finally, I went through my cf card (where I had installed) deleting all Abiword files (including those in _local) manually. When I reloaded it again, it worked as promised. Hope this bit of knowledge helps others.

Dave

[-Thomas-]

The problem occurred to me too while trying to install Abiword. I extracted the ZIP file to /usr/local/Programs/abiword/. This is a problem because the installer tries to install the Abiword shortcut into the same directory. After removing the old installer directory and extracting the ipkg by hand, it finally works.

[rai]

When you say that you "removed the old installer directory and extracted the ipkg by hand", what does that mean in "step-by-step for dummies" way? I have the same problem, but I don't know what to do cause whenever I try deleting something, everything stops working. So I'm guessing I'm not doing it right.

Thanks!

[-Thomas-]

The best is not to extract the ZIP file to a folder "abiword" on your CF card, but to name the folder something like "abiword-installer". This way you shouldn't have a problem with the installer.

[Gogolo]

I finally got Abiword working. But I dont see all the menues. After the middle of Documents the screen ends. Is this normal?

Sorry my english... look the image, my screen looks like this.

Edit: When I try to open menu edit/properties Abiword crashes.

Maybe I dont see the whole window because the menu is in german... "Datei/Bearbeiten etc." uses more characters. Can I change it to english?
Thanks
Gogolo

[liwicki]

Could you provide a new installer for the 2.12 Firmware? Simply removing the version check did not help.
Thank you - you are doing a good job.

[Redfox]

Bump!

Can I second the request for a 2.12 installer? Vi is OK for basic tasks, but a simple word processor would be v cool

[b0n3]

Interesting. The version check change worked for me. Although I did have to re-install it after making the change.

I really appreciate all the support to be found here. Thanks!

[Dabon]

Dear Adam,
Would you be kind as to let us know if you are working on a new version for Firmware 2.12 or not.
I have tried to install this version several times unsuccessfully, and I was each time getting the message that there was a mismatch between the application required firmware 2.11 and mine 2.12. I even made the change in the firmware script... still no luck.....


Thank you

D.

[Mambo]

I am also looking for a simple word processor that allows some formatting on text and able to edit rtf files.

Are there any options other than Abiword? Would somebody please update Abiword to 2.12?
Thanks.

[Adam B.]

Open the file Firmware_Script in Notepad. Change 2.11 to 2.12 and it will install without a problem.

[Mambo]

Thanks Adam. Really appreciated your help.
Originally, I didn't change the version number, instead I tried to remove the conditions from the installation script, but probably I removed too much stuff. Now I did what you suggested + also changing the name of the directory was needed (as somebody pointed out earlier) to abiword_inst (or something else).

So this is great and I really like the tool, only minor points, if I could comment, is that when I try to go to page setup or zoom menu the application quits. I guess it is related to opening a child window (like page setup or zoom settings).

I would be more than happy if someone could sort out these minor things because otherwise I think the word processor is just great and works perfectly. It would be a shame if this great software would not be made fully operational on iLiad.

[Dabon]

Thank you Adam! I was finally able to install this software successfully. Great addition to the iliad indeed!

D.

[ignaz]

Hi, I did install abiword, seems to work, but when opening a .doc-file 90% of letters become "?"s. Converting the same file in .odt-file makes it completely unreadable. Anyone can help me out?