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From: "Philip Wittamore" <philip.wittam...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:03:00 -0000
Subject: APPLIXWARE ON UBUNTU 5.10 HOWTO
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HOWTO INSTALL APPLIXWARE 6.0
on
UBUNTU 5.10 "BREEZY BADGER" X86 32bit
Version 1.6
-------------------------------------------

###############################
Install Applixware
###############################

Download Applixware 6.0 x86 Linux from http://www.vistasource.com

As root, Install Applixware under the /opt directory,
for example in /opt/applixware

sudo mkdir /opt/applixware

sudo cp applixware-6-x86-linux.tar.gz /opt/applixware

cd /opt/applixware

sudo tar -xvzf applixware-6-x86-linux.tar.gz

Make sure the "universe" repositories are enabled
in /etc/apt/sources.list so that you can install
the necessary libstdc libraries:

sudo apt-get install libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2

** please note **
you must use 32bit Ubuntu on a 64bit machine.
this will not work with the 64bit version of Ubuntu.

###############################
Run Applixware from the command
line.
###############################

/opt/applixware/applix

Note: if the demo license supplied on the CD does not
work correctly, please request an evaluation license
from Vistasource by email to l...@vistasource.com
This evaluation license license uses the license manager.

###############################
Running Applixware with license
manager
###############################

cd /opt/applixware
./axdata/axnlmgrd  -c ./axlocal/axlicensedat -l /tmp/applixware.log &
./applix

NOTE - license manager needs to only be started once after each reboot.
A boot script can be used to automatically have the license manager
start at boot time. See the License_HowTo.txt for more information on
using the License Manager

###############################
Adapt the background colors
to the default Ubuntu color scheme,
###############################

go to the menu * -> Applixware preferences -> color

click on the button "Applixware display colors"

set the Control Panel Colors Background to 239,239,239

###############################
Obtain an icon for your
desktop link to Applixware
###############################

http://www.vistasource.com/vs2/images/applixware_button.png

###############################
Correct locale display issues:
###############################
If you notice that foreign characters are not displayed,
you will need to correct the Ubuntu Locale problems.
Taken from the Ubuntu French Howto at:
http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=6446

sudo apt-get install language-env

sudo gedit /etc/environment

replace the contents with this:
LANGUAGE="fr_FR:fr"
LANG=fr_FR

sudo gedit /etc/locale.gen

replace the contents with this
fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8
fr_FR ISO-8859-1
fr_FR@euro ISO-8859-15

sudo locale-gen

sudo apt-get install manpages-fr

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

remove any option "iocharset=utf8"

Reboot

###############################
Add Microsoft Core fonts to the
Applixware font list.
###############################

sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts
sudo mkfontdir

Edit /opt/applixware/axdata/fontmetrics/gallium/fs/config

modify this line:
catalogue  = $AXGFSDIR/fs/aplxfont

to

catalogue  = $AXGFSDIR/fs/aplxfont,
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts

restart Applixware

###############################
EURO
###############################

** Please Note !
** a patch is under developement for
** XK_Eurosign integration
** This section will soon be obsolete

WORDS:

insert -> special characters -> Dutch -> euro

or, write the following macros with the macro editor

----------------------------------------------
macro define_euro

' DEFINE KEY ( name, value)
' the keysym is "XK_Eurosign"
' the keysym value is 0x20ac, or 8364

DEFINE_KEY@("XK_Eurosign", 8364)

endmacro
----------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------
macro wp_euro

    WP_ENTER_CHARS_FACE@("€","Dutch")

endmacro
----------------------------------------------

run the startup macro define_euro

Open Words
go to star menu -> Customize menu bar -> Insert
click the button Insert: Macro
click item New_Macro in the menu list
change the name to "Euro"
change the macro to "wp_euro"
select the acceleator "XK_Eurosign"
click "OK"

verify that the key sequence alt gr + e now enters the euro symbol in
words.

SPREADSHEETS:
no solution, insert special characters only shows Courier & Symbol
fonts, so the euro is not available.

MAIL:
no solution yet

MACRO EDITOR:
insert -> special characters -> Dutch -> euro
or use macro method for words

GRAPHICS:
insert -> special characters -> Dutch -> euro
or use macro method for words

###############################
WINDOW POSITIONING
###############################

correct default window sizes
(Words too high, Spreadsheets too thin)

Close Applixware
edit ~/axhome/ax_prof4
add these lines:

ssWindowPosSize:0,0,10000,5000
wpWindowPosSize:0,0,9000,5000

Restart Applixware

Words and Spreadsheets now open with the
correct window sizes.

###############################
PRINTING
###############################

Ubuntu uses CUPS, which maintains a printcap
file in /var/run/cups/printcap, but Applixware
looks for it in /etc, so we create a symbolic link.

sudo ln -s /var/run/cups/printcap printcap

###############################
PDF
###############################

In Applixware, print to file, then convert
the generated postscript file to PDF with ps2pdf

or

"Print to PDF" solution using CUPS

sudo apt-get install cups-pdf

edit as root etc/cups/cupsd.conf, and modify this line so:

RunAsUser Yes

Select "System"->"Administration"->"Users and Groups"
from the main menu on your desktop.

Select "Show all users" and/or "Show all groups".
Add the user "cupsys" to the group "shadow" in the "groups"
tab.

Restart cupsys by issuing the command:
$sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart

browse to localhost:631 and add a PDF virtual printer

Cups will add this printer to the printcap file,
making it available to Applixware


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