Re: Interface font

From: Ryan Pavlik <abiryan_at_ryand.net>
Date: Tue Jul 11 2006 - 19:04:57 CEST

Robert Staudinger wrote:
>
> John R. Culleton wrote:
>> Gnome seems to be fading a bit. I use Slackware and the entire
>> Gnome suite has been deleted. This means that whatever version I
>> now have of Abiword is probably the one I will use in perpetuity.
>
> What about asking the slackware folks to package a recent gtk-only
> version of AbiWord?
>
> What about using third party slackware packages (as others have
> suggested)?
>
> What about helping AbiWord getting rid of gnome dependencies? It's
> mostly a matter of using more recent gtk widgets instead of deprecated
> gnome stuff?
>
> Finally, what about porting AbiWord to QT or OpenStep and become a
> hero among Slackware AbiWord users?
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
>
Just to be clear - while there is a GNOME build, there is also a GTK+
only build that does not require GNOME.

Contributions of patches are gladly accepted.

Ryan

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