[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: suggestion
From:       Cristian Tibirna <tibirna () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-06-28 2:13:51
[Download RAW message or body]


NOTE for the KDE developers:
I forward these to some of the KDE development mailing lists, as I think the 
ideas are interesting. (Adding a userland font directory and fixing the use 
of the previously attempted xset fp config at startup could help a lot, if 
combined with a nice font installing dialog in KControl; putting an envelope 
template in KWord should be kid's play)

Hello John

Both issues you come up with here are weaknesses we are aware of.

While the lack of fonts is really an affair of how good is the distribution 
you use, installing new fonts remains a thing that has to be done by the 
administrator on the system right now (as opposed to the daily user) and 
requires a bit of deep knowledge of the XWindow system that performs the 
graphical display in Linux. For the moment, KDE itself can do very little 
about.

When it comes to the envelope templates, KWord, the KDE word processor, is 
still very young but it's rapidly evolving. I know that right now there is no 
envelope template, but there will be more work on this aspect of the KWord 
useability once the application's development will enter a stable phase.

Thanks a lot for your suggestions.

-- 
Cristian Tibirna .. tibirna@sympatico.ca
PhD Student .. ctibirna@giref.ulaval.ca .. www.giref.ulaval.ca/~ctibirna
KDE contact - Canada .. tibirna@kde.org .. www.kde.org

On Tuesday 26 June 2001 04:04, John Seago wrote:
> I have had just had cause touse the bug report feature, and noticed that
> suggestions are also sought. It is less than 48 hours since I installed the
> Linux Red Hat 7.1 'Seawolf', and I am still feeling my way about, but I did
> and do have one problem. As I use the Word Proccessor on Windows for my
> every day correspondece the first thing I found wasthat were very few fonts
> installed and I still have to research how to install more. I also had some
> difficulty with printing Envelopes, as, unlike Window there is, or I
> have'nt found it yet, no templates for Envelopes.
>
> As my abilities extend only to using the keyboard and the on/off switch Iam
> afraid that Ican only suggest new possibilities for applications and not
> help to develop them.
>
> JOHN SEAGO

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]