AbiWord 2.1.3 "Sum1 To Watch Over Me" Release Notes

These release notes describe changes, system requirements, installation instructions, known issues, and feedback for AbiWord 2.1.3. These release notes are updated when we receive feedback, so feel free to check back for new information.

• What's New

  The highlight of this release is its fixes, and there are about 200 of them. For a list of these, albeit non-exhaustive, see the changelog.

  We would also like to draw attention to a large number of fixes regarding the BiDirectional text and glyph shaping engines (now featuring uniscribe on Windows).

• System Requirements
  • AbiWord is fast and lean, leaving a very small footprint despite its wonderful features. It does not take much to run this word processor.
  • Detailed system requirements are available at http://www.abisource.com/support/require/
• Installation
  • Installation varies from platform to platform, you probably know how to go about it for yours. If you have trouble, see the help pages.
  • There is also help in the source distribution if you choose to build from source. See abi/docs/build/BUILD.TXT.
  • Downloads may be found at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=15518&package_id=61108.
  • Additionally, many flavors of Unix or Unix-like environments carry AbiWord or have it in their ports collection or package repository.
• Known Issues
  • There is a performance issue on OSX described in bug 6881. Its effect is limited to OSX, and does not appear in 2.1.1, which is still available (see bug).
  • While many bug fixes have been made, many bugs remain (particularly with those features only recently developed), and therefore this release is not recommended for production environments. However, careful testing and extensive use of bugzilla.abisource.com are encouraged.
• Feedback
  • To request a feature or suggest an idea, see http://www.abisource.com/contribute/suggest/
  • For support, see http://www.abisource.com/support/
  • We cannot stress enough that while we want to find and fix bugs, duplicate reports only slow us down and divide resources. Please check for prior reports and add your comments there.
  • We love CONSTRUCTIVE feedback. Be friendly, appropriate, and patient. It always helps to counter pointing out a problem by pointing out something you like. Developers will be much more eager to help.
• How to Contribute
  • See http://www.abisource.com/contribute/
  • AbiWord is free and open source. The developers are volunteers, and resources are limited. Any help is appreciated.