[xubuntu-users] Abiword & Libreoffice writer -- "jitters"

[Robert Crawford]

On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 3:45 PM, James Freer <jessejazza3.uk at gmail.com>wrote:

> > DOSbox is a good idea and wordstar is still available for free (i
> > actually preferred that to WP although i've used both in the past).
> >
> > I've tried the other video card and keyboards and 'jitters' still seem
> > to be there. I was surprised to learn that xubuntu 12.04 has Abiword
> > 2.9.2 development version not the stable one. But i don't think that's
> > the problem.
> >
> > The fact that i had the same thing with LO-office suggests to me what
> > i thought in the first place... a bug somewhere but i'm not technical
> > enough to analyse the source. I installed another distro on another
> > machine and no problems. Regret to say that when i've done appropriate
> > backups and reorganised i'll install that distro on this main machine.
> > But i'm beginning to think now that i won't be used xubuntu in future.
> >
> > james
>
> Thanks all who replied. I've been in touch with the abiword mailing
> list and there were a few bugs in ver 2.9.2. I am a bit surprised that
> no one else had any problems on the 'jitters' side somehow it's
> xubuntu problem as i suspected.
>
> As for wordstar use - emacs can be customised with WS keybindings
> which was welcome discovery.
>
> james
>
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I have Xubuntu 12.04 with Abiword 2.9.2 and have no issues. This is on a
old Toshiba laptop with 256mg memory and integrated video.

Robert
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