[Bug 348071] Re: No way to change default "Save As ... " format in AbiWord

2009-05-12 Thread Dominic Lachowicz
That's quite correct - we can't currently guarantee 100% formatting or semantic integrity with any other file format, though we of course strive to make our file filters as complete as is possible. If and when our RTF or ODF filters are good enough to round-trip documents with no dataloss, we'll ha

[Bug 348071] Re: No way to change default "Save As ... " format in AbiWord

2009-05-12 Thread Charlie Kravetz
Thank you for taking the time to make Ubuntu better. Since what you submitted is not really a bug, or a problem, but rather an idea to improve Ubuntu, you are invited to post your idea in Ubuntu Brainstorm at http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ where it can be discussed, voted by the community and review

[Bug 348071] Re: No way to change default "Save As ... " format in AbiWord

2009-05-12 Thread Murrquan
N, I believe the response that I saw in the Abisource bug-tracking tools was that they could not guarantee 100% formatting integrity with any other file format. And so, rather than putting a note in to remind people of this, they decided to not even give the option of changing the file format. I

[Bug 348071] Re: No way to change default "Save As ... " format in AbiWord

2009-05-11 Thread N
Hubert, Nothing personal, but as a rule, whenever I use something other than Word, I expect the native format to be RTF. And so, I thank you very much for the line to the wiki for the ability to change the default save to something other than what probably is a very nice open source Abi Word "ONLY

[Bug 348071] Re: No way to change default "Save As ... " format in AbiWord

2009-03-24 Thread Hubert Figuiere
It is WONTFIX upstream anyway. You can still do that by editing the config files as explained here: http://www.abisource.com/wiki/FAQ/Always_save_as_Word However it is strongly discouraged. -- No way to change default "Save As ... " format in AbiWord https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/348071 You r

[Bug 348071] Re: No way to change default "Save As ... " format in AbiWord

2009-03-24 Thread Charlie Kravetz
Wrong bug ** Changed in: abiword Importance: Unknown => Undecided Bugwatch: AbiSource bug tracker #12021 => None Status: Unknown => New ** Changed in: abiword Status: New => Invalid -- No way to change default "Save As ... " format in AbiWord https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Bug 348071] Re: No way to change default "Save As ... " format in AbiWord

2009-03-24 Thread Charlie Kravetz
Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12021 ** Bug watch added: AbiSource bug tracker #12021 http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12021 ** Also a