Re: AbiWord version 2.41 on Windows 2000 equation editor question

On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 12:05 -0600, Ryan Pavlik wrote:
> I am not sure if this is a known bug. I am forwarding this back to the
> list to see if anyone knows - it's probably a good idea to file a bug
> report on http://bugzilla.abisource.com/
>
> Thanks for using AbiWord!
>
> Ryan
>
> Vern T Takebayashi wrote:
>
> >Ryan,
> >
> >Thanks for the the tip on installing AbiWord on Linux. I did use the
> >Autopackage and it does install AbiWord with the equation editor. The
> >only thing is that some part of the equation don't get rendered. I tried
> >entering the quadratic equation using
> >
> >x = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a}
> >
> >but the square-root symbol didn't show up correctly and the 4ac showed up
> >as a red block. I am guessing that this could be a font problem. I did
> >install the texcm-ttf fonts in /usr/share/fonts but I must be missing some
> >detail. I will look into this further, but I have to go and grade my
> >final exams so it may be a few days.
> >

This does sound like a font problem. Please let us know the the results
of your studies.

Cheers

Martin

> >Thanks again,
> >
> >Vern
> >
> >Vern Takebayashi vern@hcc.hawaii.edu
> >Honolulu Community College
> >ICS/Engineering
> >
> >On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Ryan Pavlik wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Ubuntu 5.10 includes AbiWord 2.4.1 in Synaptic for optional install.
> >>However, the version available there does not include the equation
> >>editor. Instead of installing AbiWord with Synaptic (or other apt-get
> >>frontend), try our Autopackage, available at abisource.com.
> >>
> >>Hope this helps!
> >>
> >>Vern T Takebayashi wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Oops,
> >>>
> >>>Sorry about this. I just reinstalled the plugins
> >>>abiword-plugins-tools-2.4.1.exe and realized that you have to check the
> >>>Equation Editor box. I missed this the first time I installed.
> >>>
> >>>By the way, do the same plugins exist for Linux? I would like to install
> >>>AbiWord on my Ubuntu 5.10 Linux box as well.
> >>>
> >>>Vern
> >>>
> >>>Vern Takebayashi vern@hcc.hawaii.edu
> >>>Honolulu Community College
> >>>ICS/Engineering
> >>>
> >>>On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Vern T Takebayashi wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>>I have just installed AbiWord 2.41 on a Windows 2000 machine. I have read
> >>>>the User's Manual and the FAQ, but I have not been able to find out how to
> >>>>start the equation editor. I have tried googling "AbiWord equation editor
> >>>>example", but I have not had luck in finding out how to do this. Some of
> >>>>the sites suggest something like Insert=>Equation Editor=>LaTeX, but I
> >>>>don't see this on the Insert menu. I also see some references to
> >>>>AbiMathViewer, but I cannot seem to locate this either.
> >>>>
> >>>>I used the Typical installation on the installer executable that I
> >>>>downloaded from http://www.abisource.com/download. That is,
> >>>>"abiword-setup-2.4.1.exe". Am I missing a plugin?
> >>>>
> >>>>I would appreciate being pointed in the right direction. Thanks for your
> >>>>attention to this matter.
> >>>>
> >>>>Vern
> >>>>
> >>>>Vern Takebayashi vern@hcc.hawaii.edu
> >>>>Honolulu Community College
> >>>>ICS/Engineering
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>--
> >>Ryan Pavlik
> >>AbiWord Win32 Platform Maintainer
> >>www.abisource.com
> >>
> >>"Optimism is the father that leads to achievement." - Helen Keller
> >>
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Received on Fri Dec 16 02:11:34 2005