Native Abiword 2.8.6 for the Kindle Scribe (and possibly other Kindles) - Page 5

Frogm4n · Yesterday, 12:46 PM

Thanks for updating with a scriptlet. I've got a Scribe 2022 running 5.19.4, and Amazon broke KUAL and other things in this release so I hadn't be able to use that to launch AbiWord before. Now, however, it looks like it goes deeper. Trying to run it with the scriptlet just flashed the screen and I gave it several minutes to be sure it wasn't doing the cache refresh. I tried running the same commands via KTerm and saw that it fails quickly due to missing GLIBC. The usual screenshot function doesn't work in KTerm so here's a phone picture of the errors.

kbarni · Yesterday, 01:07 PM

I'm impressed every time a new version is released. This app is getting more and more usable. Almost everything works, even things like columns, tables, images, symbols, file format support...Kindle integration also works (orientation, backlight...)

Some bugs after a quick test:
- The menu bnar still doesn't like translations. My Kindle is set to French, and normally I don't see the menu items. As workaround I removed the share/abiword-2.8/strings folder to force it to the default English.
- Some dialogs don't work: Format/Bullets and numbering; Edit/Go to.
- Still can't get focus in the edit fields in the dialogs (e.g. I can't type in the Find dialog)

Couldn't test the USB-C keyboard (as I only got a PW5).

@Frogman: maybe try to remove /kindle-abiword/lib/libc.so.6 and libm.so.6 so it will use the more recent versions from the system.

Yesterday, 12:46 PM	#61
Frogm4n Guru Posts: 665 Karma: 4500001 Join Date: Jul 2023 Device: Scribe 2022, OA2, PRS-350	Thanks for updating with a scriptlet. I've got a Scribe 2022 running 5.19.4, and Amazon broke KUAL and other things in this release so I hadn't be able to use that to launch AbiWord before. Now, however, it looks like it goes deeper. Trying to run it with the scriptlet just flashed the screen and I gave it several minutes to be sure it wasn't doing the cache refresh. I tried running the same commands via KTerm and saw that it fails quickly due to missing GLIBC. The usual screenshot function doesn't work in KTerm so here's a phone picture of the errors. Attached Thumbnails

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Yesterday, 01:07 PM	#62
kbarni Zealot Posts: 124 Karma: 289266 Join Date: Feb 2025 Device: Kindle PW5	I'm impressed every time a new version is released. This app is getting more and more usable. Almost everything works, even things like columns, tables, images, symbols, file format support...Kindle integration also works (orientation, backlight...) Some bugs after a quick test: - The menu bnar still doesn't like translations. My Kindle is set to French, and normally I don't see the menu items. As workaround I removed the share/abiword-2.8/strings folder to force it to the default English. - Some dialogs don't work: Format/Bullets and numbering; Edit/Go to. - Still can't get focus in the edit fields in the dialogs (e.g. I can't type in the Find dialog) Couldn't test the USB-C keyboard (as I only got a PW5). @Frogman: maybe try to remove /kindle-abiword/lib/libc.so.6 and libm.so.6 so it will use the more recent versions from the system.

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