Notices

They should all be in the /home/user/.AbiSuite directory. You can probably just delete the directory and it will be recreated when AbiWord is next run. (That's how it works on other platforms at least; I assume it's the same here.)

Andy

Oh oh, I have to admit my lack of knowledge here....
Originally Posted by Nitesky View Post

Where does one find these preference files?

Posted by akorvemaker
"They should all be in the /home/user/.AbiSuite directory. You can probably just delete the directory "
Where do I find the /home/user/directory of anything (I am looking for one for FBReader. How do I get into this home/user directory? I can't get FBReader to work for me at all and maybe this may be my solution?? Sorry if I am hijacking this posting, but it does tie in with the home/user topic

You can use the terminal, or an alternative file manager.

If you're not familiar with linux, after loading X Terminal, type "rm -rf ./.AbiSuite" (without the quotes) and that should (in theory) delete all the AbiWord saved preferences.

Thank You sooo much This is just the information that I have been looking for!

thanks for the help, i was able to install gnumeric with no problems but when i tried abiword an error message came up saying that some application packges were missing. any idea how do i fix that?

ps i did enable extras under maemo Extras

G's Tablet,

You probably don't have some of the dependencies that it requires. My recommended fix is to uninstalling Abiword in the Application Manager.

Then in the Application Manager go to Tools... Application catalog and either add the "Maemo Extra Developer" catalog or enabled it if it's greyed out (Edit... uncheck disabled).
The Catalog details for Maemo Extra Developer (MED for short & is not the same as Maemo Extra Catalog) Catalog are
Web Address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel
Distribution: diablo ; this assumes your running OS2008
Components: free

Once MED catalog is enabled, go back to the main view in application manager and "Browse installable applications". You should be able to install the latest Abiword (2.7.5.0hub1 as of a week ago) from the list that shows up & it will install all the dependencies that are required.

I (and most people on this forum) would recommend you disable the MED catalog after you finish installing Abiword, as you may get presented with updates for other packages installed that may not be ready for mainstream use.

This is how I installed Abiword and it works very well.

I'm having a very strange problem. For some unknown reason, I began to have multiple Abiword items in my menu. Even stranger, after launching Abiword, sometimes an additional iteration would be created. I ended up uninstalling through app manager. All the menu items disappeared. I also deleted the Abiword preferences for good measure. Rebooted. Then reinstalled, and there were TWO Abiword menu items (all in Extras), and once again, propagating into even more items with subsequent launches. I've looked at various places in the directory using Emelfm2, but can't figure out where the multiple items are being picked up, or how they are being created. Any seen this before or have any ideas?

I have also seen the multiple menu items behaviour. Weird!

Were you able to debug and solve it?