AbiWord UI details

This matrix describes the current extent of platform-specific support for various UI features in AbiWord. It’s divided into 4 categories:

Unlike most applications, AbiWord was designed from the beginning to be part of a cross-platform suite consisting of multiple applications. Thus, each port of AbiWord combines together a mix of the following four kinds of code:

Any application-specific UI features which are entirely handled in XP code (such as keybindings, menu and toolbar layouts, string translations, etc.) are outside the scope of this document, and thus not listed here.

An explanation of the column headings is available at the bottom of the document.


Legend

yes This feature is done/working.
later This feature is not planned for 1.0. If you send us code, you will change our minds.
partially This feature is partially done, but needs work.
buggy This feature is done, but is too bug-ridden to be usable.
no This feature is not implemented.
unknown The status of this feature is unknown.
n/a Not applicable.

Framework

Framework code needs to be ported once for each GUI, and can then be used in multiple applications.

Utilities (abi/src/af/util)

  XP Win Unix Gnome BeOS QNX Mac
Assert yes yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
Debug yes yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
String yes yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
Timer yes yes yes n/a unknown unknown no

2D Graphics (abi/src/af/gr)

  XP Win Unix Gnome BeOS QNX Mac
Graphics yes yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
Fonts 1212 yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
Images 1213 yes yes n/a unknown unknown no

Events (abi/src/af/ev)

  XP Win Unix Gnome BeOS QNX Mac
Menu yes yes yes n/a 483 unknown no
Mouse yes yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
Keyboard yes yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
Toolbar yes yes yes n/a unknown unknown no

Application-neutral framework (abi/src/af/xap)

  XP Win Unix Gnome BeOS QNX Mac
App yes yes yes unknown unknown unknown no
Frame yes yes yes unknown unknown unknown no
Clipboard yes yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
DialogFactory yes yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
TBControlFactory yes yes yes n/a unknown unknown no

Application

The “other half” of getting the framework ported is to turn on the application-specific logic for AbiWord.

Main (abi/src/wp/main)

  XP Win Unix Gnome BeOS QNX Mac
Main yes yes yes yes 1214 yes yes

Application-specific logic (abi/src/wp/ap)

  XP Win Unix Gnome BeOS QNX Mac
App yes yes yes unknown unknown unknown no
Frame yes yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
Clipboard yes yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
DialogFactory yes yes yes unknown unknown unknown no
TBControlFactory yes yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
LeftRuler 1215 yes 694, 766 n/a unknown unknown no
TopRuler 879 yes 384, 694 n/a unknown unknown no
Prefs yes yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
StatusBar yes yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
TB_FontCombo 1215 yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
TB_SizeCombo 1215 yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
TB_StyleCombo 1215 yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
TB_ZoomCombo 1215 yes yes n/a unknown unknown no

Dialogs (XAP)

Some dialogs can be used across multiple applications.

  XP Win Unix Gnome BeOS QNX Mac
MessageBox yes yes yes n/a unknown unknown no
File / Open, SaveAs yes yes yes n/a unknown no no
File / Print yes yes yes n/a unknown no no
View / Zoom yes yes yes unknown unknown no no
Format / Font yes yes 584 n/a unknown no no
Window / More yes yes yes n/a no no no
Help / About yes yes yes n/a unknown no no

Dialogs (AP)

Most of the AbiWord dialogs are application-specific.

  XP Win Unix Gnome BeOS QNX Mac
File / PageSetup no yes no no no no no
Edit / Find unknown yes unknown unknown unknown unknown no
Edit / Replace yes yes yes unknown unknown no no
Edit / Goto POW yes no no no no no
Insert / Break yes yes yes unknown unknown no no
Insert / PageNumber no yes no no no no no
Insert / DateTime 1219 1219 no no no no no
Insert / Field yes yes unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown
Insert / Symbol no 1237 no no no no no
Format / Paragraph 1220, 594, 607, 624 yes 911 unknown no no no
Format / Bullets no no no no no no no
Format / Columns no yes no no no no no
Format / Tabs yes yes yes no no no no
Format / Change Case unknown 1231 unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown
Format / Style no no no no no no no
Tools / Spelling / Spelling 1217 yes yes unknown unknown no no
Tools / Language / Language unknown 1232 unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown
Tools / WordCount POW yes unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown
Tools / Preferences 1218 yes 1218 no no no no

Column explanation

XP
Cross-platform.
Win
Windows version.
Unix
Unix version.
Gnome
Gnome version.
BeOS
BeOS version.
QNX
QNX version.
Mac
MacIntosh version.

Last updated: 2001-03-19