Dmitri Gabinski wrote: > Saluton! > >> No that dictionary.lst will be removed. > > Well, it's too late to cry over the spilled milk, but I find that new > extension mechanism way too quirky compared to dictionary.lst for the cases > when you need to frequently update a dictionary (especially one in process > of development). Now, I simply replace an older dictionary (or affix file, > or both) with a newer one and relaunch OOo. Later on, I'll have to build a > new extension and to use the Extension Manager over and over. > > I only wonder why they decided that way? I understand, it's for the sake of > usability, but the cure is definitely not better than the disease, because > it slows down dictionary development (if you've got a 1000+ developers it's > allright, but if you're the only one that matters).
The main reason for the new mechanism was that the old one was broken by design. And updating is quite easy for users now as extensions can be updated at any time you want and users can get automatic notifications about that. This will help distributing updated versions very quickly. I agree that for developers it was easier to handle it the old way - but I think first we want to make it easier for users (and less error-prone BTW), not first for developers. :-) And for development purposes there is a way to get back the old way. When an extension is installed it is unpacked into a sub directory of $(user)/uno_packages. Just search for it and replace the file in that folder if you want to check your updated dictionary. Perhaps we should publish this hint for developers somewhere. Any idea what might be the best place? Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
