Re: abw file format compatibility between abiword 2.4, 2.6 and 2.8

Hi Myasar,
                There are no new features between abiword-2.4.6 and
abiword-2.6.8. Files created with abiword-2.6 will load into
abiword-2.4.

However I'd just note that the printing system in used by 2.4 and 2.6
is very buggy and unmaintained.

AbiWord-2.8 has a number of new features, Among them, annotations,
native jpeg images, svg images, that will mean files created by it may
not work or print correctly in either 2.4 or 2.6.

AbiWord 2.8 also uses a modern and well maintained print system and
literally hundreds of bug fixes and file format import/export
improvements over earlier releases.

Best regards,

Martin

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:22 PM, <myasar@free.fr> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>>The file is forward-compatible, but we don't guarantee
>>backwards-compatibility.
>
> OK, that's what I wanted to know.
>
>>Some files created by 2.6/2.8 would probably refuse to load in 2.4.
>
> How can I know exactly what would cause file incompatibility ?
>
> I have read Abiword 2.6 changelog and I can't find any new feature that would
> cause incompatibility.
> On the other hand, I have seen that Abiword 2.8 added SVG support, so I expect
> incompatibilities.
>
>>I don't know how your "print server" works, but AbiWord 2.8 (due out
>>in about 1-2 weeks) does a much better job printing than 2.4 did.
>
> I'm not planning to upgrade Abiword on the server (Ubuntu 6.06).
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Received on Tue Sep 8 15:44:32 2009