Hi F,

On Monday, 2010-03-01 09:16:24 +0200, F Wolff wrote:

> > I'm working on a Hunspell dictionary for the Bafia language which is
> > situated in Central Cameroon. The ISO-Code is "ksf". The dictionary is
> > starting to work fine using Hunspell stand alone inside Ubuntu 9.10.
> > 
> > How can I incorporate the dictionary to Open Office 3.1 ? Currently it
> > seems not to know that this language exist?
> 
> You will need to create a locale for OpenOffice.org to have some basic
> information about the language.

That is not necessary to have only a functional dictionary. See
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Adding_a_new_language_or_locale
Of course having locale data available is nice.

> There is currently a project under way
> to do this for some African languages here:
> 
> http://www.it46.se/afrigen/

The general generator is available at http://www.it46.se/localegen/

See also
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/How_to_submit_new_Locale_Data

  Eike

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