[libreoffice-users] Re: Linux synonem and language tool

krackedpress wrote:
> On 06/21/2011 03:22 PM, NoOp wrote:
> > On 06/21/2011 12:15 PM, NoOp wrote:
> > > On 06/21/2011 12:01 PM, NoOp wrote:
> > > ...
> > > > Thanks, but these are installs from the LO site. The .debs are just
> > > > fine
> > > > &  do include the thesaurus on my linux installs. It's the Windows
> > > > install that doesn't. I mentioned that was/is odd, as that is the exact
> > > > opposite of what Asterix is seeing&  he installed from the .debs as
> > > > well. I'm installing LO 3.4.1rc1 on WinXP now to see if there is any
> > > > difference in that version compared to the LO 3.4.0 (Windows).
> > > ...
> > > Follow-up to my own:
> > > Thesaurus _is_ in LO 3.4.1rc1 that I just installed on WinXP.
> > And on another WinXP virtual machine:
> > LibreOffice 3.4.0
> > OOO340m1 (Build:12)
> > Also includes the thesaurus. So I must have done a non standard install
> > on the other WinXP. I'd quietly jump back into my box now... sorry for
> > the noise.
> Yes, I see the OOo Thesaurus listed on my Ubuntu version for the LO site 
> .debs.
>
> OK I just checked 3.3.3 on my Vista laptop.  It also had the thesaurus 
> under Tools>Language.
>
> For both systems, I went from 3.3.2 to 3.3.3 and never installed 3.4.0 
> or OOo after the computer was wiped and the OS was reinstalled.  So I 
> have in on Windows, but the other person does not.
>
> I do know that on my Ubuntu system I have
>
> English spelling and hyphenation dictionary, and thesaurus dated
> 2010.03-16
> Australian . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
> . . . . dated 2008.12.15
> Canadian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
> . . . showing version 2.0.0
>
> plus a few other English [several countries] dictionaries and lists 
> [names, chemistry, medical, etc.] that have no thesaurus included.
> I do not know if any of the three thesaurus listings have the OOo 
> Thesaurus as part of it, but one of them, or all three could.
>
> I also have;
> Language Tool 1.2 [1.3 crashes],
> Lightproof (en_US) 0.1 [this grammar checker will not stay checked],
> Linguist 1.5,
> Pagination 1.3.10,
> Writer's Extras,
> and Writer's Tools,
> among other extensions I have added to my Ubuntu version. I have at 
> least 100 .oxt extension [other than dictionaries] in my private list on 
> my desktop's drive but I do not really know any more I should include 
> for writing aids.
>
> I would love to have one that would check the text and for the words 
> that have several spelling [Aunt, ant, too, to, two, etc.] the system 
> would let me know and ask which one I really meant to use.
>
> Also it would be wonderful to have the spelling word option list add a 
> very brief dictionary/thesaurus description to the words listed so you 
> could make the right choice for words you are not sure which option is 
> the correct one you need.
>
> I wish the thesaurus was not buried several menus deep and have a 
> toolbar button like the spellchecker does.  It would be more convenient 
> to use that way.
>
> [Was "convenient" the right word I wanted from the list offered in 
> Thunderbird's spell checking system?  I had to enter it into LO and use 
> its thesaurus option to see it meant "handy" so it was the right word.  
> Be nice not to need the extra thesaurus lookup to find out.]
>
> I also had problems with Language tool. However Language tool 1.3 seems to
> work fine in the 3.3.3 version in Ubuntu. In the windows version of 3.3.3
> language tool is included in the exe file. So they probably made changes
> to LO to allow language tool to work better.
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