RE: INTRO

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-abiword-dev@abisource.com
[mailto:owner-abiword-dev@abisource.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Pavlik
Sent: February 15, 2006 1:07 PM
To: Peter Harvey
Cc: abiword-dev@abisource.com
Subject: Re: INTRO

Peter Harvey wrote:

>Hi folks!
>
>My name is Peter Harvey and I am about to spend some time to make
>AbiWord work on our ARM9/embedded-linux/MatchBox device. One of the
>concerns is the small screen we have. Its 480x234 and that makes it too
>small for the dialogs we are getting. Other issues include; the
>footprint and the speed of the app. All we need is the basic functionality
of AbiWord.
>
>I gather that some folks did a Nokia 770 port and perhaps I can build
>on that?
>
>Would my work be of interest to the general community or should I just
>hack the code for our specific purposes?
>
>Peter
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Generally, any contribution is appreciated. If there are specific issues
you are working on, using Bugzilla to track their progress, then to post a
patch, would probably be the recommended method of integrating with the
project (as opposed to an all-encompassing patchset once you're done). Just
a note - you probalby want to be developing against CVS-HEAD then
backporting to 2.4, but this may vary depending on what you're doing.
However, this is the recommended practice for the optimal contribution to
the project.

Best of luck!

Ryan;

Well I doubt the issues we are to address are bugs or are otherwise listed
in there - we simply want to make AbiWord work in the smaller device. While
doing this I will make changes which are optional and patchs which can be
safely applied to the main source.

I will start by looking at the 770 port and then go from there.

My first patch should be in about 4 days and I expect to submit another
patch 7 days later.

I look forward to working with you folks - thanks!

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Ryan Pavlik
AbiWord Win32 Platform Maintainer
www.abisource.com
"Optimism is the father that leads to achievement." - Helen Keller