Re: [Evolution] Dictionaries

[Ronald Kuetemeier <ronald kuetemeier com>]

On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 18:32, guenther wrote:
> greetings();
>
> > > > Personally I will switch to 1.2.1 until this matter is resolved.  I need
> > > > to switch languages frequently.
> > >
> > > Having 2 languages at the same time really is no option for you?
> >
> > Well I suppose I'll try it for a few days.  I just saw that the "Spell
> > Check Document" action suggests words in the 2 languages.  My initial
> > reticence (is that an English word?) was that I could make errors by
> > writing a word the English way instead of the French way.  I have no
> > examples now but they'll come up I'm sure.  
>
> Yep, 'reticence' is an English word -- although I had to look it up. ;)
>
>
> About the problem with the similar words in different languages: I have
> thought a little bit about that some days ago, as it came up first. Was
> a discussion in this threat with Anna. (Anna, are you listening?)
>
> I come across those sometimes (de/en) but it seems, they are almost only
> with real short words (up to 3 chars) and have a different meaning most
> of the time.
>
> I don't think, thats getting a real problem, unless you enable all
> languages... ;)  I am willing to take that problem, when I can have more
> than one language at one time.
>
> From my experience that's a problem, specially in none technical
settings.  If I write a German business mail, I don't want English mixed
in.  Which I sometimes do even after "proof" reading, and if both
languages are enabled the spell checker doesn't catch it.  Even if the
receiving entity speaks English it can be a bit of a problem. So for
business email, none tech, I absolutely prefer _1_ language for the
spell checker.  Which should be easy to select from the edit menu,
therefore no 1.2.2 for me, except after I port the 1.2.1 behavior
forward.   
Just my 2c,
Ronald

> > Another problem I have is that if you add a word to THE dictionary it
> > will be added to ALL the dictionaries used at that time.  Unless we can
> > choose which dictionary to add the word to that's no good.
>
> Didn't have used that before. But as you mentioned OOo (or the Office of
> your choice) there has to be a dictionary chooser available to store new
> words.
>
> btw: Having another (third) dictionary with 'your' words would be a
> really good decision.
>
> By own experience: Writing about special sports (rowing) or your local
> neighborhood needs words, not found in any dictionary. And you can take
> that 'personal' dictionary with you, when upgrading the system or at
> least the dictionary.
>
>
> Are those options to consider support?
>
> ...guenther