abiword for Debian
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AbiWord on Debian FAQ

Q: Well, I could install abiword-gtk and abiword-gnome simultaneously,
   but how can I change the default binary?
   
A: You should use update-alternatives.  Try the following:

   # update-alternatives --config AbiWord_d
   
   There are 2 programs which provide AbiWord_d'.
   
   Selection    Command
   -----------------------------------------------
    +    1        /usr/bin/AbiWord_d.gnome
   *     2        /usr/bin/AbiWord_d.gtk
      
   Enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 

   Then you can choose your favorite one.

Q: I'm merely a normal user, and my sysadmin won't change his/her default
   choice!

A: You can set an environment variable "ABIWORD_BINARY" to change your
   default.  Yes, this is a debian-only dirty hack, but it works.

   Set it to:

     ABIWORD_BINARY=AbiWord_d.gtk - for GTK version
     ABIWORD_BINARY=AbiWord_d.gnome - for GNOME version

Q: I want to run AbiWord on a remote X server.  How can I do that?

A: Follow the steps below:

   0) Install xfs on your remote server.
   1) Add "/usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts" at the end of /etc/X11/fs/config on your
      remote server.
   2) Remove or comment out "no-listen = tcp" from the same file.
   3) Add "tcp:<the name of remote server>:7100" into the FontPath
      section of your local /etc/XF86Config-4
   4) Restart X.

   But opening TCP port can be a big security risk, so you should know what
   you are doing.

Q: Would you tell me which configure options you set?

A: For GTK build: 
     --disable-gnome --disable-debug --with-pspell 
     --with-libjpeg --with-expat --enable-scripting --enable-bidi
     --enable-extra-optimization

   For GNOME build:
     --enable-gnome --disable-debug --with-pspell 
     --with-libjpeg --with-expat --enable-scripting --enable-bidi
     --enable-extra-optimization 

   Debianized gnome-print uses libxml1, so if we link AbiWord with libxml2,
   all kind of weird things show up(e.g. freeze, segv, etc.). That's why I
   explictly use expat for now.

Q: Man, AbiWord can't handle HTML file!

A: Install abiword-plugins.  Make sure "HTML Importer" plugin is enabled.
   (UPDATE: For some reason, now HTML plugin is disabled at build time, so you
   can't import HTML for the time being).

 -- Masayuki Hatta <mhatta@debian.org>, Wed, 13 Mar 2002 13:39:04 +0900