OpenOffice and Aspell

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simcop2387 · Post by **simcop2387** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:58 pm

anyone know if there is a way to configure openoffice to use aspell instead of its own spell checker? i mean aspell has been much better than the openoffice spell checker. The openoffice spell checker wanted to turn "sutipd" into Rasputin, how ever aspell's first instinct was "stupid" which was the word i mangled on purpose.

vdboor · Post by **vdboor** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 5:50 pm

bumb.

I have this same question, does anyone know if it's possible?

deStilaDo · Post by **deStilaDo** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:07 pm

I _really_ would like that too!

I need a brazilian portuguese dictionary for openoffice, but portage only have myspell-pt (not br) that is more than too years outdated!

As app-office/openoffice doesn't come with dictionaries, i must download brasilian portuguese dictonary manually from openoffice's site (actually broffice.org).

Kind_of_blue · Post by **Kind_of_blue** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:35 pm

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eselect oodict

should work

deStilaDo · Post by **deStilaDo** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:13 pm

Nop, it doesn't:

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root ~ # eix -I -C dict -c
[I] app-dicts/aspell-en (6.0.0@31-07-2008): English (US, British, Canadian) language dictionary for aspell
[I] app-dicts/aspell-pt-br (6.0.20080221@15-10-2008): Brazilian Portuguese language dictionary for aspell
Found 2 matches.

root ~ # eselect oodict update
root ~ # eselect oodict list
Installed dictionary sources that can be set:
  (none)
root ~ #

deStilaDo · Post by **deStilaDo** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:18 pm

I know that myspell works. But myspell doens't have a pt-br dictionary in portage and app-dicts/myspell-pt lastest version is 2006.

Openoffice has a good pt-br dictionary, but it's not included in portage, so i have to download and install it manually from the website. I wish I could use aspell in openoffice, but as it seems not possible, should I fill a bug report to portage include openoffice's pt-br dictionary?