Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

They should all be in the /home/user/.AbiSuite directory. You can probably just delete the directory and it will be recreated when AbiWord is next run. (That's how it works on other platforms at least; I assume it's the same here.)

Andy

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

Oh oh, I have to admit my lack of knowledge here....
Originally Posted by Nitesky View Post

Where does one find these preference files?

Posted by akorvemaker
"They should all be in the /home/user/.AbiSuite directory. You can probably just delete the directory "
Where do I find the /home/user/directory of anything (I am looking for one for FBReader. How do I get into this home/user directory? I can't get FBReader to work for me at all and maybe this may be my solution?? Sorry if I am hijacking this posting, but it does tie in with the home/user topic:(

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

You can use the terminal, or an alternative file manager.

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

If you're not familiar with linux, after loading X Terminal, type "rm -rf ./.AbiSuite" (without the quotes) and that should (in theory) delete all the AbiWord saved preferences.

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

Thank You sooo much :D This is just the information that I have been looking for!

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

thanks for the help, i was able to install gnumeric with no problems but when i tried abiword an error message came up saying that some application packges were missing. any idea how do i fix that?

ps i did enable extras under maemo Extras

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

G's Tablet,

You probably don't have some of the dependencies that it requires. My recommended fix is to uninstalling Abiword in the Application Manager.

Then in the Application Manager go to Tools... Application catalog and either add the "Maemo Extra Developer" catalog or enabled it if it's greyed out (Edit... uncheck disabled).
The Catalog details for Maemo Extra Developer (MED for short & is not the same as Maemo Extra Catalog) Catalog are
Web Address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel
Distribution: diablo ; this assumes your running OS2008
Components: free

Once MED catalog is enabled, go back to the main view in application manager and "Browse installable applications". You should be able to install the latest Abiword (2.7.5.0hub1 as of a week ago) from the list that shows up & it will install all the dependencies that are required.

I (and most people on this forum) would recommend you disable the MED catalog after you finish installing Abiword, as you may get presented with updates for other packages installed that may not be ready for mainstream use.

This is how I installed Abiword and it works very well.

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

I'm having a very strange problem. For some unknown reason, I began to have multiple Abiword items in my menu. Even stranger, after launching Abiword, sometimes an additional iteration would be created. I ended up uninstalling through app manager. All the menu items disappeared. I also deleted the Abiword preferences for good measure. Rebooted. Then reinstalled, and there were TWO Abiword menu items (all in Extras), and once again, propagating into even more items with subsequent launches. I've looked at various places in the directory using Emelfm2, but can't figure out where the multiple items are being picked up, or how they are being created. Any seen this before or have any ideas?

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

I have also seen the multiple menu items behaviour. Weird!

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

Were you able to debug and solve it?

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

Nope. I almost never look in the Extras menu anyway.

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

Ahh. Sort of like fixing a dashboard idiot light by covering it with some electrical tape?

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

Yes! Just like this.

"I find it pretty and somewhat hypnotic..."

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

I just checked my Extra... I confirm the presence of multiple Abiword icons, probably waiting to be enough to take over my N800... creepy... :D

It seems that every time the device is restarted a couple of new icons appear...

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

To stop the invasion just edit and erase all istances of except one (leafpad is your friend).

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EDIT: the following step seems unnecessary: do it only if at this point your abiword clones haven't disappeared yet.
As root, do
.
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And this zaps them dead.


Mutant abi icons could show again, though, since there might be some evil abi-replicating code into that binary :)

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

Good advice debernardis (minchia siculo sei? non ci feci mai caso :D), not that replicated icons is a big deal, the real problem is the "self-replicating process" :D

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

Just for future clarification, applications.menu is in
Unexpectedly, that not only took care of the multiple Abiword menu items, it also zapped my entire menu dead. It was totally empty. Happily, ranasing, suggested to run:

cp /etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu /home/user/.osso/menus/applications.menu

This seems to rebuilt my menu. All the additional apps now show up in extras, but this is easily re-categorized. Interestingly all the icons are now BIG rather than some being small. So now more easily seen. (debernardis, since you're here, thanks for the trick of saving .doc files as .pdf in Abiword, and then using lpr to send to the printer. It works great in a pinch).

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

Lol, all it is is that there are two desktop files. :p

One is /usr/share/applications/abiword.desktop and the other is /usr/share/applications/hildon/abiword.desktop

I just deleted /usr/share/applications/abiword.desktop and all was well.

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

@HowHH sorry for the mistaken filepath - I'm going to edit that; I'm happy though that your menu resumed, maybe there was some problem in editing application.menu and the update-desktop-database command got screwed.

@qwerty12 I had two .desktop files too, but erasing one didn't do the trick - had to zap the multiple instances in applications.menu in order to get rid of the multiple icons.

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

Worked for me. hildon-desktop doesn't rescan /usr/share/desktop/applications/ until you reboot. It does, however, rescan /usr/share/desktop/applications/hildon/ w/out rebooting.

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

I prefer smashing the flashing light with the manual.

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

qwerty12: your paths are wrong. There's no "/desktop" in there.

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

I don't have that path either. Deleted the file from a similar location, but didn't change anything.

LOL. Now that I'm home I finally get the joke. I read post with the youtube link at work, but the link to youtube is blocked. There are ways around that, but better to stay below radar ;)

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

[QUOTE=debernardis;301049]To stop the invasion just edit and erase all istances of except one (leafpad is your friend); then, as root, do
. And this zaps them dead.

You siad to go in and delete the code things or whatever, but I was wondering, where do you find these, do you use the app manager or the file manager, or something else?

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

I believe the use of the terminal is implied in the process... ;)

On a side note, we have an update to 2.7.6 :D
Nothing wrong so far, seems to be fully functional and all the menus are just fine.
Heading toward the perfect wordprocessor for the tablets, can't wait it to arrive :D

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

Wow. The AbiWord packager is really hell bent on desktop files. 3 desktop files are shipped, and not 2 as I thought.

debernardis' solution seems the best if you've already rebooted after installing but if you haven't already rebooted after installing, deleting these desktop files should do the trick:

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

Hey, all, long time no forum - I tried one little change to the upstream abiword-ite debian packaging thing that should make there be no desktop file in the /etc path mentioned above. My hunch is that the package is somehow installing both the maemo-specific desktop file (on its own) as well as the standard desktop file (in the process of the regular compile-and-install sequence), which would imply we need to remove this latter one ( usr/share/applications/abiword.desktop) from the debian package build staging area.

Please do come visit with us upstream - it's much easier for someone (or several someones) to help figure out the problem in the source than try to come up with voodoo workarounds for the resulting package - this is one reason why open source is good!

http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12159

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

hey, I've installed the new 2.7.6 and seems that the evil-icons doesn't appear anymore!!! :):):):)

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

Can anyone else confirm this? If so I'll update the bug report at Abisource.

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

HI, I've to inform you that from the time I've installed the new version, it'a true that evil icons disappeared, but i've reported a conflict with mypaint that blocks abiword and less battery life....is it possible???

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

Testing a lot, and i've noticed that isn't simply mypaint, but if i installa any app after abiword, it stops to work....

Battery life was another problem, indipendent from word

any one using this program or I'm alone??? xDxD

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

i've installed the latest version of abiword from extras-devel. All was going good, but when i inserted some symbols and "copy/paste" them, abiword freeze and no more text, my homework gone to the trash. But the worst thing is that i cant open abiword anymore. Since the "copy/paste" symbol incident, abiword hasnt opened. It opens a window named abiword and stays blank. Ive waited like 2 hours and still the same, it doesnt open abiword.

Ive also tried uninstall and then re-install but still same problem :( . I was starting to reaaaally like abiword. Can someone help? or does somebody has the same problem?

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

sla_erick: Try rebooting, or opening a terminal and typing:

Then try opening Abiword again.

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

I've tried both and still same problem :( .

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

it does the same thing that do if i installa n app suddently after abiword!

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

I've read about that problem too. But abiword was the last thing that i installed. The problem came when i inserted some symbols and copy/paste them, then i had to exit abiword and since then i havent been able to open abiword, it stays at aq blank window but the process manager shows it is loading, waited enough time and nothing happens.

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

yay! ive solved my problem. I got help from Abiwords mIRC help. All i did was remove a folder in the terminal using this code

All back to normal, enjoying Abiword and waiting for 2.8 on september 15 :D

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

Aha. Of course, deleting the config folder. Thanks for posting your solution here when you got it!

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

thx!!!! It resolved also my problem!!! thankyou!!!

Re: abiword 2.7.3 in diablo extras-devel
 

It's september 20, no 2.8, still using 2.7.6 on Diablo extra-devel while Abiword testing has reached version 2.7.10... I'm not a version number fan, but is the maemo port being still worked on?