AbiWord and Launch problems

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I installed AbiWord with Package Manager and it runs fine from Terminal with
the command “AbiWord” but I can’t get it to run from Launch in the taskbar.
AbiWord is there in Launch/Editors right next to Notepad (no icon though) but
when I click on it nothing happens.

I tried to add it to the Shelf as a plug-in instead. I create the button with
the command “AbiWord” but when I click the new button nothing happens.

Any ideas how to make the Launch/Editors/AbiWord work?

Any ideas how to make a plugin with AbiWord work in the Shelf?

Thanks


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In article <8scgsb$hbu$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, oldelvis@my-deja.com says…

I installed AbiWord with Package Manager and it runs fine from Terminal with
the command “AbiWord” but I can’t get it to run from Launch in the taskbar.
AbiWord is there in Launch/Editors right next to Notepad (no icon though) but
when I click on it nothing happens.

I tried to add it to the Shelf as a plug-in instead. I create the button with
the command “AbiWord” but when I click the new button nothing happens.

Any ideas how to make the Launch/Editors/AbiWord work?

Any ideas how to make a plugin with AbiWord work in the Shelf?

Enter not AbiWord (a shell script) … enter AbiWord_s, the executable, into the
Command field. I don’t know why a shell script isn’t applicable … a bug ??
However … include then ‘export ABISUITE_HOME=/usr/local/AbiSuite’ in your
…profile .

Armin

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Thanks Armin, that did the trick.

In article <8sdcb109g1@drn.newsguy.com>,
Armin Steinhoff <a-steinhoff@web_de> wrote:

In article <8scgsb$hbu$> 1@nnrp1.deja.com> >, > oldelvis@my-deja.com > says…

I installed AbiWord with Package Manager and it runs fine from Terminal with
the command “AbiWord” but I can’t get it to run from Launch in the taskbar.
AbiWord is there in Launch/Editors right next to Notepad (no icon though) but
when I click on it nothing happens.

I tried to add it to the Shelf as a plug-in instead. I create the button with
the command “AbiWord” but when I click the new button nothing happens.

Any ideas how to make the Launch/Editors/AbiWord work?

Any ideas how to make a plugin with AbiWord work in the Shelf?

Enter not AbiWord (a shell script) … enter AbiWord_s, the executable, into the
Command field. I don’t know why a shell script isn’t applicable … a bug ??
However … include then ‘export ABISUITE_HOME=/usr/local/AbiSuite’ in your
.profile .

Armin

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oldelvis@my-deja.com wrote:
: Thanks Armin, that did the trick.

Sorry about this guys … looks like something that used to work
with shelf (ie getting it to launch a shell script) doesn’t seem
to work now. Sigh! I’ll fix it in the next release of AbiWord
at the end of this month if all goes well.

Thanks,

Thomas

: In article <8sdcb109g1@drn.newsguy.com>,
: Armin Steinhoff <a-steinhoff@web_de> wrote:
:> In article <8scgsb$hbu$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, oldelvis@my-deja.com says…
:> >
:> >I installed AbiWord with Package Manager and it runs fine from Terminal with
:> >the command “AbiWord” but I can’t get it to run from Launch in the taskbar.
:> >AbiWord is there in Launch/Editors right next to Notepad (no icon though) but
:> >when I click on it nothing happens.
:> >
:> >I tried to add it to the Shelf as a plug-in instead. I create the button with
:> >the command “AbiWord” but when I click the new button nothing happens.
:> >
:> >Any ideas how to make the Launch/Editors/AbiWord work?
:> >
:> >Any ideas how to make a plugin with AbiWord work in the Shelf?
:>
:> Enter not AbiWord (a shell script) … enter AbiWord_s, the executable, into the
:> Command field. I don’t know why a shell script isn’t applicable … a bug ??
:> However … include then ‘export ABISUITE_HOME=/usr/local/AbiSuite’ in your
:> .profile .
:>
:> Armin
:>
:>


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