jimclatfelter | Re: Hunspell LFN spelling dictionary files uploaded
- Autor: jimclatfelter
- Tema: Re: Hunspell LFN spelling dictionary files uploaded
- Data: 2011-08-02 19:01
- Mesaje: 3403 (a supra, presedente, seguente)
The Windows version of TEA has Aspell only as the spellchecker engine. I don't see a Hunspell option. Jim --- In LinguaFrancaNova@yahoogroups.com, "cadmium136" <novateacher@...> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > I've uploaded two files to the files area (in the "Lingua Franca Nova > " folder). The files are: > > * lfn.aff > <http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/wOY3TvsCr6n16jkjjloO_zNbZnFe7xvyQSIBVULw2J\ > 5cemTHF8MjqerwjKkbsn65f9lTnk2USnw5pytU5IMSywZfL6pQraG3PcpG8VqN9FgCFLc/Li\ > ngua%20Franca%20Nova/lfn.aff> > * lfn.dic > <http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/wOY3TlRHJ7n16jkjICoFcpB6Zu_A28jpB0owsNdZdv\ > SdY-_7iirTXr_BOB0uT3ltTzqAocJIOlNjNfG-u92dSMUrc6K__0Qd33XQfq-SFAPccoQ/Li\ > ngua%20Franca%20Nova/lfn.dic> > These are Hunspell spelling dictionary files > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunspell > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunspell> ) and can be used by other > software to spell check your documents. > I use Ubuntu (a linux distribution), and I guess a lot of you use > Windows, so I tried to find a cross-platform text editor that can use > these files. I found one I believe, called TEA at > http://tea-editor.sourceforge.net/ <http://tea-editor.sourceforge.net/> > . I notice there's a Windows version (if you use it please post if it > works OK with my files). To setup TEA to use the files, first download > the two dictionary files somewhere and then in TEA click on the "tune" > tab on the right side of the TEA window (you start out on the "edit" > tab). Then select the "functions" tab at the top and you'll see the > edit box to select "Hunspell dictionaries directory". You can then > press the "select" button at the right to navigate to the folder with > the two files in it.Once you've done that, go back to the "edit" tab, > create a new file (hit the page icon at the top) and then paste in some > LFN. To spell check it, you have to go to the "Functions" menu at the > top, and then select "Spell-checker languages" in the menu, and you > should see "lfn" as an option. Click it, and any misspelled words in > the document will be underlined in red. Unfortunately the editor > doesn't automatically spell check as you type (hopefully this will be > done in a future version) so when you want to update the spell checking > go back to the Functions menu, and select "Spell check". There's also a > "Suggest" option if you want spelling suggestions for the word where the > cursor is. > Caveat: I'm using TEA version 28.1.1 but the latest version is 30.0.0 so > let us know if you notice any differences from my instructions above. > Caveat 2: The dictionary files were generated from the online LFN > dictionary, together with the affix file which has some rules about how > to add suffixes (e.g. making nouns plurals, altering the verbs to have > -da and -nte). This is a first attempt so if you notice words missing, > please let me know and I'll improve the files and reupload them. > Also if you can find any other text editors that work with Hunspell > files (and also Enchant spell checkers, as it is just a front-end to > Hunspell and other spelling systems) please let us know! If you > happened to look at the Wikipedia Hunspell page then you'll see there's > wide support for the files, however my investigations revealed that it's > difficult to incorporate these files (e.g. LibreOffice has an internal > list of allowed languages and LFN isn't one of them, so the LibreOffice > source code would have to be altered). That's why I chose TEA as it's > more flexible when it comes to spelling files. > I hope this helps you when writing posts to this group, as it's easy to > spell the words wrong (especially for those whose mother language is a > Romance language or those who've studied a Romance language). > Cheers,cadmium > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >