Re: AbiWord version 2.41 on Windows 2000 equation editor question

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.
>
>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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