Hi Leif,
>> The plan is that providers of dictionaries will be able to provide >> their dictionaries as an extension >> (<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Extension_Dictionaries>). >> The plan is to preinstall a defined set of those dictionaries as >> extension with a localized build >> (<http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=81365>). > I'm a little confused here regarding extensions vs. pre-installed. Will > pre-installed dictionaries be installed as pre-installed extensions ? > Will it be possible to make an upgrade of a specific pre-installed > dictionary using an extension ? Just forget about the pre-installed *flat* dictionaries. As stated in the very last sentence of the Wiki it is also possible to provide the pre-installed dictionaries as extensions. And meanwhile it was decided that using extensions even for the pre-installed dictionaries is the way to go because it has some unique advantages compared to flat-file-installation: a) versioning of dictionaries (you additionally need to add a description.xml file to the dictionary to have this working) b) the office can look up the repository and inform you of available updates for your dictionaries. Thus even though the part about pre-installed flat dictionaries is still correct I should probably remove it since it was decided meanwhile that we do not like to go along that path. > Do you plan to create an empty easy-to-use template for dictionary > extensions ? or should we use the one attached to the issue here > http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/51570/Dicts.oxt . Have a look at the other posting from Laurent. He said that he likes to work on a php script that does all the work to create the extension from the dictionaries. Thus I think we do not need a new template right now. Thomas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
