Re: [Evolution] Evolution 1.2.2]

[Tony Earnshaw <tonni billy demon nl>]

tir, 2003-02-11 kl. 19:08 skrev Anna Marie Dirks:

> Thanks for your mail. I have a few questions and observations. 

Hi Anna!

Thanks for taking me seriously. It means a lot, namely.

> > I write in a number of languages: Eng US, Eng GB, Norwegian (only
> > bokmaal available, alas, but I teach mine nynorsk, "my" language, as
> > appropriate :) and Dutch. Right now, I've chosen Eng US.

> > If I set the languages I want in the settings dialog, words that I add
> > are added to *all* the auxiliary language files at the same time. This
> > is both useless and end-defeating.

> So if we leave the Edit->SCL menu out of it for a moment, the problem
> you are articulating here is that people who run spell checking in more
> than one language need to have control over which dictionary new words
> are added to. Is that correct? 

Correct.

> > If I choose the spell checker in the composer, I can add auxiliary
> > languages for each message that I write. 
>
> I am not sure that I understand what you mean here. :) Please bear with
> me.

Yes, sorry. Auxiliary was not the right word. What I meant was, that if
I choose all my languages in the settings dialog, then the spell checker
will check in each language simultaneously and add to each auxiliary
word list simultaneously, if I choose "add." Irrespective of the
language in which I'm writing.

Example: In English there is a word "hood" with a given pronunciation.
In Dutch there is a word "hoed", that means something subtly different,
with a Dutch pronunciation that approaches the English (not quite the
same). Had I enabled all languages in the setup choice, I might write
"hoed" in English and the word would be accepted and no error shown,
although there is no such word in English.

Another example: I might be writing in Norwegian and write a "pet"
expression like "vetlepusen min" ("my little kitten"). The spelling
checker most probably wouldn't know vetlepusen, I'd add and it would get
added to US English, GB English and Dutch as well. Not exactly what I
want.

> When you open a new composer window, which spell checking languages do
> you wish to have pre-enabled? None? American English, British English,
> Dutch and Norwegian? (ie, those which you have enabled in the Settings
> dialog)

In fact I should have added that I write in Danish and Swedish as well
and have the dictionaries installed, use them :-) I would just love
Afrikaans (like Dutch, but different) and Icelandic (like Norwegian
nynorsk dialects ;) as well - however, I can't find either Afrikaans or
Icelandic aspell rpms. I have learned and write in them all.

When I open a new composer window, I want *no* languages enabled. I want
to be able to choose my own language at that moment, or not to check at
all, just as I do now.

> When you speak of adding "auxiliary" languages, do you mean selecting
> among the aforementioned languages, or, selecting additional languages
> (ones which have not been enabled in the Settings dialog, such as
> German) to spell check in? 

"Auxiliary" was a bad word here. I mean "selecting among the
aforementioned languages."

> What I am trying to probe here is your use of the list of languages in
> Edit->SCL.

It's what I use exclusively, just before I begin to write, to choose the
language to check for just that mail.

>  It sounds to me like what you want is: 
>
> 1) To limit the scope of any changes made to the list of languages in
> Edit->SCL to the current email. 

Correct.

> 2) The ability to choose which of the spell checking languages *already
> enabled in the settings dialog* are used for spell checking any
> particular mail.

Correct, but that isn't possible at the moment.

> 3) The ability to choose which dictionary (of the dictionaries enabled
> for the mail in question) a particular word is added to.

Correct. This in particular seems obvious to me.

> Am I understanding your needs correctly?

Perfectly. Thanks again for bothering, Anna.

Best,

Tony

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Tony Earnshaw

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