huh? just to clear this up... existing dictionaries available from http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Dictionaries#Tagalog_.28Philippines.29 can no longer be installed in 3.0 unless they are re-programmed as an extension (.oxt)?
can they still be unzipped in C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.4\share\dict\ooo and then added to dictionary.lst? i think this applies to spell checkers. don't about the rest though. Harold Fuchs wrote: > 2008/5/17 Cor Nouws : > > >> David Lowe wrote (17-5-2008 5:05) >> >> >>> On May 16, 2008, at 09:55 , jonathon wrote: >>> >>> Their won't be an install dictionary Wizard for OOo 3.0. >>> >>>> If the creator of the dictionary doesn't program it as an OOo >>>> extension, there will be no dictionary. >>>> >>>> >>> Is there a rationale given for why the OOo team is turning their backs >>> on these freely available dictionaries? Refusing to recognize a commonly >>> available file format is too much reminiscent of the behavior of certain non >>> open source programs i can think of... >>> >>> >> I don't know details exactly just out of my head. But there were problems >> with the old process (updating OOo caused need for reïnstalling dics). And >> the OOo installation changes in 3.0. Plus the ease of using extensions. >> So my guess is that in common discussion the new solution is found best. >> And btw it won't be difficult to present dics as an extension. >> >> > > Will someone in the OOo development team please take the time to ensure that > all the existing dictionaries are available in the appropriate form from day > 1? If not, there will be justified howls of protest about regressive > "upgrades" - the sort of thing one has come to expect from the major > commercial software houses; not from the open source movement. > > yes it does seem to be regressive. it's hard enough to keep the current system up to date, all the more to have them all translated into .oxt's > Also, and more important, the OOo development team seems to have solved the > wrong problem. You say "But there were problems with the old process > (updating OOo caused need for reïnstalling dics).". The problem is *not* > with the Wizard, it's with the OOo installation process. Instead of removing > the wizard why not change the installation process so that dictionaries are > put somewhere that a new version can easily find? > > > _________________________________________________________________ Manage multiple email accounts with Windows Live Mail effortlessly. http://www.get.live.com/wl/all
