Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Illogical installer!

On 01/18/2012 02:49 PM, Andreas Säger wrote:
> Am 18.01.2012 13:22, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> > Can anyone tell me the logic in this?
> > If I download the English UK version, if I select Custom install, then
> > ALL the language packs are disabled apart from English, yet all the
> > dictionaries are ENABLED and I have to go through however many
> > dictionaries there are and disable them one by one (unless anyone can
> > tell me a better way!).
> > Surely logic says that if all the language packs are disabled by default
> > other than the one for the relevant download, then all the dictionaries
> > should be as well?
>
> There is no need to enable or disable anything. You can write (and 
> spell check) English text with Russian figures in a Chinese GUI.
> GUI language, numeric default locale and default text language are 
> completely independent from each other. Each snippet of text, each 
> table cell, field, input box and what else can be used in its own 
> language context.
Andreas, I think what Gordon was trying to find out runs just opposite 
to what you elaborate on.
He seems to not understand why downloading ALL Dictionaries cannot be 
disabled at install time (as he apparently has no use for any) when he 
choses a specific language (in his case the English UK) version of the 
suite.


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