From: Phil Dibowitz (phil@ipom.com)
Date: Wed Oct 30 2002 - 11:01:44 EST
F J Franklin wrote:
>>>Well, if you're using debian's abiword, you're almost certainly using
>>>pspell not ispell, so try "apt-get install aspell-en"
>>
>>I assume you meant something along the lines of "if you're using
>>Debian's abiword, then it is almost certainly expecting aspell" ??
>>
>>As opposed to "you are using".. if I understand correctly.
>
>
> I don't see the difference. AbiWord uses pspell, not aspell - although now
> that GNU aspell is out the distinction is gone - and pspell uses whatever.
The first implied that I had pspell installed and I was actually using
it, the second implied I didn't have it installed, therefore was not
using it, but that abiword WANTED to use it.
> AbiWord's default 1.0.x builds use ispell; pspell is an option that some
> people/distributions use. It's well known that debian uses the pspell
> option. Certainly obvious looking at
>
> http://packages.debian.org/unstable/editors/abiword-common.html
Yes, yes it does. I searched abisource.com, instead.
> and a Google search for "abiword debian dictionary" makes it pretty clear
> as well...
But I did a google search for "abiword dictionary" and came up with a
billion pages on how to symplink the ispell libraries in.
> Still, I suppose you're right. What changes, and where, do you suggest?
Well the Abiword manual here:
http://www.abisource.com/help/en-US/info/infospelling.html
The first sentence where to find pspell dictionaries but the entire rest
of the section talks about how to link in ispell. So a few comments:
1. It needs to be made clear that these are two independent things and
that abiword is either COMPILED to support one or the other (as opposed
to just supporting both), THUS if one doesn't work and you didn't
compile abiword yourself, you should try the other.
2. What if anything needs to be done with pspell dictionaries after they
are installed
3. Perhaps.. a note "Note Debain users, debian abiword is compiled with
pspell support, you'll need the "aspell-en" package... and maybe if you
want to be extra verbose a word on how aspell and pspell are connected
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