Hi all,
> > On the downside, including the explanations is going to significantly > > increse the amount of time it takes to create the rule sets. > > Esperanto can get by with around 50 rule sets. Adding an explanation, > > when one is violates is neither time consuming, nor difficult. > > English, OTOH, requires several thousand rule sets. Adding the > > explanation is going to be time consuming, and non-trivial, due to the > > numerous exceptions to the rules.) Looks to me as if retrieval of the explanation should be an option that the user can turn on and of. (Or maybe even set the detail level to 'short' or 'verbose'). Of course since not all grammar checker may provide such explanation. Therefore it might be useful if the grammar checker can state what it has in the box here. Thus it would be possible disable the respective UI elements if the grammar checker does not support his. >> >> Use full stops to determine sentence breaks, even though some of these will be wrong. > > > > If you want to limit the grammar checker to languages that use the > > Latin writing system, that will work. If you want it to use languages > > that use other writing systems, that won't work. [There is a similr > > issue in writing Yiddish, and Ladino, using OOo.] Well from my point of view the whole grammar checking interface would not be worth too much if it will not be able to handle Asian and CTL text (like Thai or Arabic). >> >>Check whole document against a single grammar checker in a single language. > > > > Have a setting so tht the user can tell OOo which grammr checkers to > > use with which languages. Then, when "check whole document" is > > requested, the approprite parts are handed off to the "correct" > > grammar checker. [I can easilly see somebody wanting the English to > > be checked using Graviax, and Language Tool, for German, with Au > > Gramadoir for Afrikaans, even though all three have rule sets for both > > German, and English.] Sure! That's the long term view. There should be similar entries for grammar checkers in the UI as there are already for spell checkers in "Tools/Options/Language Settings/Writing Aids" when you press the top-most "Edit" button. But I think it is acceptable for the start to assume that most users will only use one grammar checker and thus it would be a good starting approximation. Of course I want the full thing! ^^ But I also want to provide users with an integrated grammar checker within a few month. Even if that integration would currently be smooth only for a single implementation. Regards, Thomas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
