Re: Multi Language Support

From: M.W. (debug@dk2net.dk)
Date: Mon Jul 01 2002 - 20:07:23 EDT

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    The information below the horizontal line is from the latest help file. It
    references download locations for spell checker dictionaries that are
    useless for many users - especially Windows users.

    I am also very confused by the information that "Pspell dictionaries can be
    found at..." and "currently, AbiWord ships Ispell dictionaries " both
    within the same paragraph. Does the program use the pspell or ispell?

    But, thanks to people on this mailing list I finally found that these are
    apparently the correct locations to find dictionary files:

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/abiword

    choose Abispell and (Download) this creates a list....

    or

    http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/abiword/

    Windows users should use the .exe installer versions.

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    1.3 How do I get the spell checker to work in my language?
    Your AbiWord distribution contains a file called american.hash. This is a
    dictionary of English words. By replacing this dictionary with one from
    your language of choice, spell check will then mark only those words
    misspelled for the language you choose. There is an abispell package that
    contains 22 ready to use hash files. It is available on SourceForge.
    Otherwise, a comprehensive list of available dictionaries is at
    http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/ispell-dictionaries.html. Once the
    dictionaries are downloaded, you can follow the directions at
    http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/ispell-winnt.html to build the hash file.

    and

    Of course, you can only spell-check words if you have the dictionary for
    that particular language installed. Pspell dictionaries can be found at
    pspell.sourceforge.net. Currently, AbiWord ships Ispell dictionaries
    (commonly referred to as `hash filesī) that are known to work with the
    AbiWord product.

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/abiword

    choose Abispell Download) this creates a list....

    or

    http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/abiword/

    kind regards,

    Mark Winthrop of Copenhagen, Denmark

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