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»Q« <boxcars <at> gmx.net> writes: |
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> tl;dr: Is an update to the myspell-en Oxford spelling dictionary really |
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> wanted by anyone? |
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Oxford is known as the 'the reference' for unabridged dictionaries in |
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English (at least this is what some psychotic professors tortured us |
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with, in English 101/102 some decades ago; leather helmets, dinosaurs |
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etc)...... ymmv. |
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> If you don't know or don't care, you can safely ignore all the rest. |
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Well, english is my only language and I still struggle with it.... |
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But way too often the crappy english/brithish/globish dictionaries |
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leave much to be desired; so yes I would emerge such a beast, particulary |
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if it is unabridged or something close. |
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> app-dicts/myspell-en-20081002 works, but newer, better |
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> dictionaries are available. It's maintainer-wanted, so I'm taking |
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> a crack at an update. |
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Ok, good news... |
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> My constraints are that I must leverage myspell-r2 and must use |
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> dictionaries that have been rolled up into LO/AOO extensions (OXTs). |
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> That path is extremely clear and easy, whereas all other paths are |
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> polished cliffs to this newbie. |
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> The issue is that I can only find one one OXT which provides Oxford |
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> spelling.⃰ I can install it, but it makes hunspell throw errors which |
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> make me think there's something inherently wrong with the files. |
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> So, is an update to the Oxford spelling dictionary really wanted by |
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> anyone? |
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YES I hope it is available system wide for a variety of apps? |
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> If so, I will try to get a dev to help me accommodate you. If not, you |
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> can just keep using the 2008 dictionary and I can rest. |
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Strangely, folks that hack around with fonts are often knowledgeable about |
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literal_centric apps, ymmv. I find the current dictionaries often inadequate. |
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http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/projectrelease/english-dictionary-based-oxford-english-dictionary-103 |
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James |
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