Subject: RE: Abiword 0.7.11 File Open
From: Uncle Meat (kcsmart@worldinter.net)
Date: Mon Sep 25 2000 - 15:24:44 CDT
On 25-Sep-2000 Colin Mattoon spoke something to the effect:
> Hi:
>
> Haven't been able to keep up with the mail lately, so perhaps this is
> "plowed ground."
>
> Clicking on "File," and then on "Open," in the drop down menu, causes the
> "File Open" screen to appear as it should. However, any attempt to select
> a subdirectory merely causes the "File Open" screen to disappear and a
> new
> Abiword screen to start. In other words, "File Open" doesn't distinguish
> between directories and files within directories.
>
> So, for example, if I have two subdirectories under my /home directory,
> ie: "/work_docs" and "/personal_docs," and I select the /work_docs
> directory, Abiword opens a new document called "work_docs" rather than
> displaying the documents within that directory.
>
> System: Slackware 7.0 with 2.2.14 kernel
> Abiword version: abisuite-Linux_0.7.11_i386.static tar.gz
> Downloaded: Sept 24
you might try downloading the source and compiling it yourself. That's what
I did (rpm d/l was bad at the time) and it works hunky-dorey here.
RH6.2, kernel 2.2.17
-- Intel: where Quality is job number 0.9998782345!
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