On May 14, 2008, at 24:15 , Russell Butler wrote:
David Lowe wrote:
I have an additional dictionary [chemistry.dic] i would like
to add along with my regular English-USA. The dictionary came
with directions to install it on Windows, that refers to
directories that don't exist on my Mac. Since the Wizard doesn't
like non-compressed dictionaries, how am i to install it? I
didn't find anything like this in the help, nor through a web
search...
Hi David
Have a look at some of the resources at http://
lingucomponent.openoffice.org/
What form does your dictionary take? Is it just a plain text list?
If so you can use the method discussed at http://qa.openoffice.org/
issues/show_bug.cgi?id=52103
The lingucomponent page did have a link to "Non-automated Spelling
Installation", but that again refers me to edit files in a directory
that doesn't exist on my Mac [/share/...]. There is an additional
link regarding creating a dictionary, but no mention of what to do
with it other than submitting it to a tracker item. The page for
issue 52103 mentions more non-existent directories [/opt/... and
~/.openoffice.org2/...].
Yes, the dictionary file is a plain text file containing just
chemical nomenclature, one word per line. But if the Wizard doesn't
know how to handle this, how the heck am i supposed to? If users are
expected to hand edit config files to make this work, why do the
config files have to be hidden in so many places?
--
Using a rusty Amiga 4000T, a shiny PowerMac G5, & a homebuilt Ubuntu box
It takes a Real Man to sit indoors all day doing this.
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