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Welcome to the AbiWord TWiki

Starting Points

A wiki is usually not organized as a coherent web site, instead it grows dynamically (and often haphazardly) as people recognize the need to add to it. So, how do you find things? There are a few recognized starting points—for the AbiWord wiki, the following places may be a good place to start:

• AbiWordFAQ, which contains a lot of Frequently Asked Questions.
• AbiWordDevelopment, for information on AbiWords development.
• UserInterface, UI related notes
• GoogleSummerOfCode2006, Projects from 2006 Abiword
• GoogleSummerOfCode2007, for USD$4500.00 grant from Google to work on Abiword
  • [[[AbiAnnotations|AbiAnnotations]] Annotations] This page is the starting point for Ernesto Riveras Google Summer of Code project.
  • LibAbiwordDiet Rob is going to improve the libabiword build system and API.
  • OpenXMLImport Philippe Milot will create an import filter for the Open XML ".docx" file format (ECMA standard).
• AbiWordSDK - As of AbiWord 2.5.0, AbiWord can be compiled to create a stand alone library. Within this library is AbiWidget which can be embedded in other applications and TableCreator which is a useful GtkWidget used to interactively create tables.
• AbiWidget - A rich text canvas with all the power of the AbiWord layout and editting engines in addition to the import/export filters.
• PyAbiWord - Python wrapper around the AbiWidget and TableCreator which can be easily used in any PyGtk application. It forms the basis of AbiWord OLPC writing activity.
• AbiCollab - A new feature that allows immediate communication between different documents. This allows users to collaborate on document creation by enabling different users to immediately see changes in a shared document in real time.
• KeyBindings - The most recent versions of AbiWord and libAbiWord allow programmers to change the keybindings via a an ascii description.

The complete list of available items can be found in the WebIndex.

Brief Notes on TWiki

TWiki is a wiki, but slightly different than some other wikis. One difference is that the content can be divided into separate "webs" to better organize it. _Think "folders" or "directories", but dont use those words in front of a TWiki geek._ ;-)

On the AbiWord TWiki, AbiWord related content is in the Abiword web — *this* page is the (Web)Home page of the Abiword web.

Other webs on this site include the following, but you can pretty much ignore them:

• [Main.WebHome Main]: if you register (which you must do in order to edit or add pages on this TWiki), your registration will create a "home" page in the Main web (mine is Main.RandyKramer). You can set some preferences on that page which may be helpful as you edit or view wiki pages, like set the size of the text box for editing. _(More) options re viewing pages exist in more recent versions of TWiki, although I do not recommend that abisource upgrade at the moment, especially without careful consideration—among other things I understand (some?) newer versions are slower._
• [TWiki.WebHome TWiki] is where the TWiki documentation resides
• [Test.WebHome Test] is a sandbox, a place you can play if you want to try out your ability to edit TWiki pages.