AbiWord

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: June 2001
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NAME

AbiWord - AbiWord Word Processor

SYNOPSIS

/usr/bin/abiword [ options ] [ file ]

DESCRIPTION

The AbiWord project began as a desire to create a stable, feature-savvy word processor unbound by a single platform or proprietary file formats. Today AbiWord compiles as a native application on a wide collection of computers and can handle an equally impressive number of file formats.

OPTIONS

-[to]

: Target format of file. For conversion AbiWord documents. [abw, zabw, rtf, txt, utf8, html, latex, etc]

-verbose

: Specify the amount required amount of detail of the message information.

-version

: Report the version of AbiWord.

-show

: Force the Graphical User Interface (GUI) to be shown, even if using the options -to or -help.

-geometry

: Set initial frame geometry.

-nosplash

: Do not show the AbiWord splash screen.

-lib

: Use the specified directory for application components.

BUGS

Some platforms do not yet support all features at the time of writing.

Submit bugs to the Bugzilla bug tracking system at the AbiSource.com website. Your contributions are appreciated. http://buzilla.abisource.com.

HISTORY

AbiWord was originally started by SourceGear. AbiWord is currently an Open Source Project run by volunteers.

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