Re: [libreoffice-users] spell checking and mixing extensions
On 02/10/2011 07:30 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:13 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productionswebmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: : but Ubuntu used the Debian install though, until it creates their own for their 11.04 repository. To be precise, Debian is a Linux distribution upon which the Ubuntu Linux distribution is based, but they are largely separate and *very* different entities. As such, Ubuntu uses the Debian package management system (dpkg, apt*, etc. - as opposed to the Red Hat Package Manager rpm), but they (Debian and dpkg) are not the same thing. However, I get your meaning. I just found it a little confusing up front (and was concerned that novices to Debian and/or Ubuntu might find also find it so). It gets more confusing soon, maybe. An article I read leaves me wondering if Debian will be around much longer. These was talk about their version of Linux is becoming less popular and there may be a possibility that it will no longer be developed, or not a much or as fast as it has been in the past. Yes the whole deal is confusing. I use Ubuntu, but I install .deb packages. I do not want to think about the desktop changes coming with Ubuntu 11.04. When people look at Linux instead of Windows for a platform, they first wonder way it is so difficult to install software. We are told that you can run a certain percentage of Windows software through WINE, but I never got one to work correctly. Linux can be very confusing to a Windows user. Now back to the thread title: I would love to see some additions to the spell checking options for LibreOffice. I would like to see a built in dictionary function that would allow you to look up words to see if the offered spelling is the correct one by its definition. I just installed StarDic on my Ubuntu desktop [Windows and Mac versions available]. It had access to many dictionaries, thesaurus, and translation databases in some default format. If you include some coding that is triggered and a window comes up showing the dictionary based on the highlighted word in the spelling list, then it may help. Also adding a dictionary function as an add on would work as well. Having access to many different dictionary, thesaurus, and translation databases that are maintained by other groups may be a nice option. Since StarDic is under the GPL copyleft license, LibreOffice may be able to get access to their coding as well to make the process easier. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] spell checking and mixing extensions
On 02/10/2011 04:05 PM, Al Mansur wrote: Is spell checking broken in LO? I've also tried OO and it works the same; meaning its spell checker also fails. I deliberately put in a misspelled word and it didn't get the squeegly red line. I deliberately ran the spell checker and it says all is well but the language field it blank. The first time I tried to run it the language field said German so I switched it to English. Do I need to do something extra to make spell checking work? I checked the extensions and all seems well there. NOTE that there are some links in the help and Extension Manager that link to OO.org Is it Ok to mix extensions from OO into LO? Al Have you gone into Tools/Options/Language Settings/Writing Aids and checked all the Available language modules, User-defined dictionary, and Options that you want to use for Writer? Is the Toolbar listing of AutoSpellcheck and Spelling and Grammar (F7) shown properly and not grayed out? What Platform are you using? Was there any language pack for you to download and install? Some of the platforms have en-US, en-GB, and en-ZA, available for the languages, while others do not show en-US in the list at all. I an running 64-bit Ubuntu/Debian installed with en-US language as my only language, at this time, though the extension manager shows English, French, and Spanish dictionaries installed. I have most of the Writing Aids checked to be used, and I have no problem seeing red markings for words not known in the spelling dictionary and blue markings for grammar problems. Hopefully you have not checked some optional part of the Writing Aids or some other simple thing was not done or turned on that is causing your troubles. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] spell checking and mixing extensions
On 02/10/2011 06:17 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 2:23 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productionswebmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: : I an running 64-bit Ubuntu/Debian installed with en-US language as my only Slightly OT, but which is it? Ubuntu is not Debian and vice-versa. but Ubuntu used the Debian install though, until it creates their own for their 11.04 repository. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] spell checking and mixing extensions
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:13 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: : but Ubuntu used the Debian install though, until it creates their own for their 11.04 repository. To be precise, Debian is a Linux distribution upon which the Ubuntu Linux distribution is based, but they are largely separate and *very* different entities. As such, Ubuntu uses the Debian package management system (dpkg, apt*, etc. - as opposed to the Red Hat Package Manager rpm), but they (Debian and dpkg) are not the same thing. However, I get your meaning. I just found it a little confusing up front (and was concerned that novices to Debian and/or Ubuntu might find also find it so). -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
RE: [libreoffice-users] spell checking and mixing extensions
I'm on Win XP with LO 3.3.0. All those settings are set and seem to correct. I've made no changes there. Just now I tried again and found spell check to be working but the insertion point was invisible. I got it back with a close/open. Tried spell check again, and some other things, I guess, as the insertion point went invisible but I got it back with a save. Can't reproduce this at will, though, so there must be more involved than running spell check. Al -Original Message- From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions [mailto:webmas...@krackedpress.com] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 2:24 PM To: users@libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] spell checking and mixing extensions On 02/10/2011 04:05 PM, Al Mansur wrote: Is spell checking broken in LO? I've also tried OO and it works the same; meaning its spell checker also fails. I deliberately put in a misspelled word and it didn't get the squeegly red line. I deliberately ran the spell checker and it says all is well but the language field it blank. The first time I tried to run it the language field said German so I switched it to English. Do I need to do something extra to make spell checking work? I checked the extensions and all seems well there. NOTE that there are some links in the help and Extension Manager that link to OO.org Is it Ok to mix extensions from OO into LO? Al Have you gone into Tools/Options/Language Settings/Writing Aids and checked all the Available language modules, User-defined dictionary, and Options that you want to use for Writer? Is the Toolbar listing of AutoSpellcheck and Spelling and Grammar (F7) shown properly and not grayed out? What Platform are you using? Was there any language pack for you to download and install? Some of the platforms have en-US, en-GB, and en-ZA, available for the languages, while others do not show en-US in the list at all. I an running 64-bit Ubuntu/Debian installed with en-US language as my only language, at this time, though the extension manager shows English, French, and Spanish dictionaries installed. I have most of the Writing Aids checked to be used, and I have no problem seeing red markings for words not known in the spelling dictionary and blue markings for grammar problems. Hopefully you have not checked some optional part of the Writing Aids or some other simple thing was not done or turned on that is causing your troubles. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
