Subject: Re: Doomed efforts.
To: Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 05/17/2000 22:30:10
	It would be _wonderful_ if you could come up a with a pkgsrc
	entry for this...? :)

		David/absolute
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On Wed, 10 May 2000, Peter Seebach wrote:

> In message <200005110159.SAA02578@grosse.manhattan.fugue.com>, Ted Lemon writes
> :
> >I don't think AbiWord groks change bars yet, so it's probably a moot
> >point for you.   AbiWord uses libwv to interpret Word documents.   I
> >don't know if libwv groks change bars, but it might.   AbiWord doesn't
> >yet do them native, AFAIK.
> 
> Well, Applix is a pain to install, but I got it.
> 
> 1.  I had to install several RPM's in /, then move the libraries elsewhere,
> because they were tagged as non-relocatable.
> 2.  Several packages had install scripts which assumed that /bin/sh was
> bash, but they weren't running in emulation, so they didn't get
> /emul/linux/bin/sh.  If you don't run these scripts, the programs are
> unusable.
> 3.  I still get:
> /usr/pkg/applix/axdata/fontmetrics/gallium/fs/axfontfs: error in loading shared libraries: /usr/pkg/applix/axdata/fontmetrics/gallium/fs/axfontfs: undefined symbol: gfs_main
> 
> But... IT WORKS!  It even *SHOWS REVISIONS IN DOC FILES THE WAY IT IS PROBABLY
> SUPPOSED TO*.
> 
> I am in awe.  I'm a little worried about the export "as RTF", but...
> 
> Overall, about as easy to install as WP8, and looks to be a little better
> integrated.  Not as cool-looking as StarOffice, but more powerful...
> 
> -s
>