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Re: configuring enchant



Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:37:26 +0200
> Adam Hoka <adam.hoka%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> > Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> > 
> > > My thoughts:
> > > 
> > > enchant should have a default that works automatically.
> > > 
> > > Whatever is chosen for the spelling engine should also
> > > automatically depend on the compatible dictionary by default. The
> > > MESSAGE (if added) should just suggest other dictionaries.
> > > 
> > > Note we have PKG_LANG in pkgsrc/mk/defaults/mk.conf. It defaults to 
> > > english, but notes there suggest english_uk. So maybe we could
> > > reuse that to choose the dictionaries.
> > > 
> > > Maybe a new mk/dictionary.mk is needed. We just need to decide if 
> > > "english" means UK or American. Since we have PAPERSIZE as "A4"
> > > then I guess UK would be consistent.
> > 
> > Make it depend on hunspell IMHO. 
> > 
> I don't have a preference on which spell-checker to use; I do note that
> hunspell is one of the ones installed by default with pkgsrc enchant.

hunspell is the preferred spellchecker of several large open source projects
(mozilla, open office), so its a logical choice (it also does it's job very 
well).


--
Adam

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