Re: Dictionary (was: unexpected PostScript spaces)

Greetings "Anthony Hoffman&quot; < ahoffman%40clear.net.nz">ahoffmanclear.net.nz>
On 16/09/2007 at 01:03 you wrote concerning
[PageStreamSupport] Re: Dictionary (was: unexpected PostScript spaces)

Hi Anthony,

AH> Received from Tim Doty on 15/09/2007

AH>;> You can create customized dictionaries, but right below "American" in
AH>;> the language drop down I see "British". (I went to the menu Edit/Check
AH>&gt; Spelling...) Admittedly I'm using the linux version, not Amiga, but I
AH>> suspect it is included there as well.

AH> Hi Tim,
AH&gt; As you mentioned, various language options were selectable, but when I
AH> tried spellchecking with them, it would flag every word as an error.

AH> Turns out that only the American language dictionary is supplied as
AH>; standard, so while you can select other languages, you can't spellcheck
AH> them.

I don't think what you say above is true. Say you highlight a paragraph that you
want spell-checked. When you call out "Edit -> Check Spelling..." then in the
little popup you'll find the field "Language". If it reads 'American' it means
that the paragraph in question was created assuming that American spelling
would be used. Therefore, unless you interfere, PageStream will spell-check
that para using the American dictionary.

Suppose you are in an American paragraph, but you've entered the word 'favour'.
The American dictionary will flag this an an error and suggest 'faber'. If you
open the 'Suggest' list, then you'll find 'favor' which can be substituted, if
you wish. If, while 'favour' is the active word, you switch to the British
dictionary, and then choose 'Lookup' (something like that) then the reply is
'Correct' as should be the case.

Similarly, you could check a French word within a British para, and so forth.
But if the paragraph is styled American, then as you move to the next error the
American dictionary is applied. You can switch to another language for but a
single word, which is sufficient, I think.

Very intelligent design, I would say.

Cheers Don (Green Dragon)
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Received from Don Ferguson on 17/09/2007

>&gt; Turns out that only the American language dictionary is supplied
>> standard, so while you can select other languages, you can't
&gt;> them.
&gt;
> I don't think what you say above is true. Say you highlight a
> paragraph that you want spell-checked. When you call out "Edit ->
&gt; Check Spelling..." then in the little popup you'll find the field
&gt; "Language". If it reads 'American' it means that the paragraph in
> question was created assuming that American spelling would be used.
&gt; Therefore, unless you interfere, PageStream will spell-check that para
>; using the American dictionary.

Hi Don,
You're right that PageStream will attempt to spellcheck the block of
text according to what language was defined to it (the default or
whatever). But as I discovered, and Deron confirmed, if you attempt to
run run the spellchecker on the selected language without the dictionary
file for that language, it'll bring up every word as an error.

PageStream comes supplied with the American English dictionary as
standard, which is fine. But if you want to spellcheck in any other
language, you need to have the appropriate dictionary file, available
separately from pagestream.org downloads.

Deron was suggesting that when you buy (and download) PageStream, that
you can tick boxes which would include other dictionary files to the
archive automatically.
Personally I think that's a great idea, but not strictly necessary.
Providing the program tells you that a dictionary is not installed if
you try to use it, and it says where to get it from, it's no big deal to
find and install it yourself.

I'd prefer to see Deron's valuable limited time spent on bringing
PageStream 5 into fruition as to opposed to generating a "nice
to have" but not strictly necessary auto dictionary download thing.
But by all means put effort into the nice wee things if time allows.

Cheers,
Anthony.

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