abiword misses pdf-output plugin

[Ramon de Ruiter]

The abiword-plugins package is available from ubuntu. Some plugins are missing
however.
see the README.Debian file.
The file says nothing useful about why pdf output is being left out.

http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1016: http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1016

[Uphaar Agrawalla (uphaar)]

I would like the pdf plugin too, this is something that makes me launch
OpenOffice often (which is painful on my 128MB RAM machine).

[Uphaar Agrawalla (uphaar)]

Ok, after looking at the abiword website, it seems the plugin is not supposed to
be sued afterall:

From http://www.abisource.com/twiki/bin/view/Abiword/FaqCreatingPDFs:
"Can I use the PDF plugin mentioned on the PluginMatrix page?

No, this plugin hasn't been maintained in many years and doesn't ship with newer
versions of AbiWord."

Guess that explains the ommision.

[Uphaar Agrawalla (uphaar)]

It seems they are working on a new one:
http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1016

Marking this as upstream.

[Rylie Pavlik (abiryan)]

To create a PDF from AbiWord, simply go into the Print dialog, and choose Create a PDF. AbiWord 2.4.x requires libgnomeprint across both the GTK and GNOME builds, bringing this feature along with. While I believe there is a new PDF output plugin, it simply adds a separate menu item for this same functionality.

[Corey Burger (corey.burger)]

You can create PDFs via the print dialog. Bug reporter, if you wish to have a button on the toolbar, please open a seperate bug for that.

[Corey Burger (corey.burger)]

You can create PDFs via the print dialog.

[Hubert Figuiere (hub)]

and if you file a bug for that, do it in upstream bug reporter:

http://bugzilla.abisource.com/

thanks