AbiWord

plugin installation incomprehensible

Bug #61902 reported by Jim Tarvid
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Bug Description

Dapper AbiWord 2.4.4 i386

install abiword, then abiword-plugins
choose tools, plugins, Install new plugin
Open file dialog appears with an arbitrary location

A typical user would have no idea what to do nor where to look.

less /var/lib/dpkg/info/abiword-plugins.list

provides the clue that plugins are installed at /usr/lib/AbiWord-2.4

Note the inconsistency in capitalization frustrates the use of

locate abiword | grep plugin

Could we have a have a functional deafault location?

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Robert Nasiadek (robzon) wrote :

I can confirm this on Edgy.
I'd even say there should be some kind of a browser for detected plugins (AbiWord can load all plugins at startup, why not just make a list of available plugins to choose from?)
There's also another related problem - AbiWord doesn't remember which plugins were loaded last time.

Changed in abiword:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Hubert Figuiere (hub) wrote :

installing the plugin package is all you need to do...

file free to file a bug upstream

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Jim Tarvid (tarvid) wrote : Re: [Bug 61902] Re: plugin installation incomprehensible

The add plugin dialog could have a default directory and filter that
would facilitate plugin selection.
On 9/23/06, Hubert Figuiere <email address hidden> wrote:
> installing the plugin package is all you need to do...
>
>
> file free to file a bug upstream
>
> --
> plugin installation incomprehensible
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/61902
>

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Hubert Figuiere (hub) wrote :

http://bugzilla.abisource.com/ to report bugs to AbiWord that are not specific tu Ubuntu

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R Pavlik (abiryan) wrote :

To clarify this:

If you want to install plugins, apt-get install abiword-plugins
The "Install Plugins" button in AbiWord is only for running plugins that are not in the "expected locations" (that is, if there were third party plugins, development stuff, etc) and does NOT need to be used by the average person. You can pretend that plugin dialog doesn't even exist and you'll be able to use your plugins just fine.

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Jérôme Guelfucci (jerome-guelfucci-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Is this still an issue with gutsy ?

Changed in abiword:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Jim Tarvid (tarvid) wrote :

Tools, Plugins, Install new plugin

error accessing 'file:///home/tarvid/.AbiSuite/AbiWord-2.4/plugins':
File not found

I think

root@venus:/etc/apt# apt-get install abiword-plugins

installed them to

/usr/lib/AbiWord-2.4/plugins/

and they were activated automatically.

I may have a machine to do a clean install later today and will take a look.

There are many usability issues with AbiWord which belong upstream. It
appears the packaging installs and activates globally which is fine.

On 11/18/07, Jérôme Guelfucci <email address hidden> wrote:
> Is this still an issue with gutsy ?
>
> ** Changed in: abiword (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> ** Changed in: abiword (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
>
> --
> plugin installation incomprehensible
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61902
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

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Jérôme Guelfucci (jerome-guelfucci-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

The bug about "file not found" is reported as another issue, I'm closing this thank you.

Changed in abiword:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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