Re: [evolution-patches] [PATCH] Allow gnome-spell to work with pspell 0.12.x in addition to aspell 0.50

[Rodney Dawes <dobey ximian com>]

We should probably make gnome-spell just use the pspell interfaces, and
in aspell 0.50, just use the pspell compat layer. This is what Abiword
does, and it works very nicely. For packages, the aspell-<lang> packages
should provide aspell-dictionary, and anything that needs to use the
pspell/aspell combo should depend on aspell-dictionary >= the version
of pspell/aspell that it was linked against. In the case of pspell 0.12,
the packages should depend on aspell-dictionary >= 0.33.7.1 and
aspell-dictionary < 0.50. This will make sure the proper versions are
installed, at least according to the packaging system, which is all that
should matter in our worlds anyway. :)

So, I don't think this patch makes sense for gnome-spell, as it is
duplicating the functionality of the libraries it uses.

-- dobey


On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 11:39, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> The attached patch makes it so that gnome-spell can build and work
> properly with pspell 0.12.x in addition to the newer aspell 0.50. 
> Having to have the defines in dictionary.c is a little ugly, but
> unfortunately, I can't see a better way of handling it :(
> 
> Jeremy