»Q« boxcars at gmx.net writes:
tl;dr: Is an update to the myspell-en Oxford spelling dictionary really
wanted by anyone?
Oxford is known as the 'the reference' for unabridged dictionaries in
English (at least this is what some psychotic professors tortured us
with, in English 101/102 some decades ago; leather helmets, dinosaurs
etc).. ymmv.
If you don't know or don't care, you can safely ignore all the rest.
Well, english is my only language and I still struggle with it
But way too often the crappy english/brithish/globish dictionaries
leave much to be desired; so yes I would emerge such a beast, particulary
if it is unabridged or something close.
app-dicts/myspell-en-20081002 works, but newer, better
dictionaries are available. It's maintainer-wanted, so I'm taking
a crack at an update.
Ok, good news...
My constraints are that I must leverage myspell-r2 and must use
dictionaries that have been rolled up into LO/AOO extensions (OXTs).
That path is extremely clear and easy, whereas all other paths are
polished cliffs to this newbie.
The issue is that I can only find one one OXT which provides Oxford
spelling.⃰ I can install it, but it makes hunspell throw errors which
make me think there's something inherently wrong with the files.
So, is an update to the Oxford spelling dictionary really wanted by
anyone?
YES I hope it is available system wide for a variety of apps?
If so, I will try to get a dev to help me accommodate you. If not, you
can just keep using the 2008 dictionary and I can rest.
Strangely, folks that hack around with fonts are often knowledgeable about
literal_centric apps, ymmv. I find the current dictionaries often inadequate.
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/projectrelease/english-dictionary-based-oxford-english-dictionary-103
hth,
James
