Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 18:26:30 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: aunty <aunty@comcen.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AU/UK/NZ spelling dictionary? Message-ID: <20000211182630.A548@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <20000211143146.A6488@comcen.com.au> References: <20000211143146.A6488@comcen.com.au>
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On Fri, Feb 11, 2000 at 02:31:46PM +1100, aunty wrote:
> Is there some way to get a non-USA dictionary, preferably Australian
> English or similar, for users to use with a commandline spelling
> checker such as ispell?
>
ispell(1) can now be built with English (as opposed to American)
dictionaries. From the ispell Makefile:
@${ECHO_MSG} '*********************************************************'
@${ECHO_MSG} '* Note that you can add build a british version by *'
@${ECHO_MSG} '* typing "make british" (port must be clean, type *'
@${ECHO_MSG} '* "make clean" to clean it). *'
@${ECHO_MSG} '* Additionally, you can add further dictionaries: *'
@${ECHO_MSG} '* Use make-flag: *'
@${ECHO_MSG} '* - French ISPELL_FR=yes *'
@${ECHO_MSG} '* - Brasilian ISPELL_BR=yes *'
@${ECHO_MSG} '* - German (old spelling) ISPELL_DEALT=yes *'
@${ECHO_MSG} '* - German (new spelling) ISPELL_DENEU=yes *'
@${ECHO_MSG} '* - Swedish ISPELL_SE=yes *'
@${ECHO_MSG} '* Example: "make ISPELL_FR=yes ISPELL_SE=yes british" *'
@${ECHO_MSG} '*********************************************************'
Is that good enough in Australia?
> ISTR reading that the USA-English one we have is the only one without
> copyright hassles. I'd rather pay for a dictionary than present wrongly
> spelled words as checked correct and vice versa.
>
> Can anyone suggest what my options might be?
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> -*Sue*-
>
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