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Hallo, does anyone know why Libreoffice on Linux does not have the
spellchecker nor the synonym function enabled? Also, will future releases
have the pagination and language tool add-ons installed by default as the
3.3.3 version of windows has?
Do you have a Linux distribution that already provides LibreOffice packages?
Which distribution is it?
If you install LibreOffice from the LibreOffice Linux packages, make
should you install
all the packages that are provided for your locale.
Simos
Hallo, does anyone know why Libreoffice on Linux does not have the
spellchecker nor the synonym function enabled? Also, will future releases
have the pagination and language tool add-ons installed by default as the
3.3.3 version of windows has?--
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Which Linux are you using? Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, etc.?
Which spellchecker or synonym functions?
I know that when I installed LibreOffice, under "Tools>Options>Language
Writing Aids", Hunspell SpellChecker was checked. Now I do not
remember seeing any "synonym function" in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, but that would be nice one to have.
Could you tell me where you got that "synonym function"? I never seen one on Ubuntu before.
I had Libreoffice installed in Ubuntu 11.04. Currently I am running Ubuntu
10.10. I have downloaded Libreoffice 3.3.3 from the LibreOffice website only
to find that the 3.3.3 Linux version of LibreOffice also do not have the
synonym and grammer function as the windows edition. Note that I use the
English Uk synonym and grammer function.
krackedpress wrote:
If you are using the en_GB language packs, I wonder if those functions are in those?
Using the standard English install - not packs added, I only have Language and Writing Aids for options, and none have synonym options. I do not have any language and writing extensions added to the Windows version on my Vista laptop.
So since I so not see any synonym options with 3.3.3 [US] English-default, it may be in the language pack. I just do not know how you got those functions otherwise, since I do not have them in my Windows version.
With my issues caused by 3 strokes, having a synonym checker could really help for my typing.
I wonder if the en_GB dictionary on the NA list - http://libreoffice-na.us/English/extensions.html#dict - would help any.
Also above that in the extension list there is Language Tools, Linguist, Writer's Extras, Writer Tools, and After the Deadline Grammar Checker. Not listed, but there is a Lightproof grammar checker as well. I do not know why we did not list that one on the extension page for the NA DVD.
According to Help; the synonym feature is provided by Thesaurus.
Oddly enough, on my linux system (Ubuntu) I have in both 3.3.2, and
3.4.1rc1 (us-english) I have 'OpenOffice.org New Thesaurus' installed.
However on Windows, LO 3.4.0 has none (OOo 3.3.0 & OOo 3.4.0-dev do). I
guess I'll need to download & install LO 3.4.1rc1 to see if it's
included in that version.
I just installed from Suse last night and noticed I had to manually select the thesaurus in Yast software tool. See if Ubuntu also lists it separately.
steve
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).
On second thought - you might have a point re linux:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33476
[Missing libreoffice-thesaurus-* and libreoffice-hyphenation-*]
________________________________
From: NoOp <glgxg@sbcglobal.net>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Tue, 21 June, 2011 20:01:57
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Linux synonem and language tool
On 06/21/2011 11:49 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote:
On 22/06/11 6:23 AM, NoOp wrote:
On 06/21/2011 08:24 AM, Asterix wrote:
I had Libreoffice installed in Ubuntu 11.04. Currently I am running Ubuntu
10.10. I have downloaded Libreoffice 3.3.3 from the LibreOffice website only
to find that the 3.3.3 Linux version of LibreOffice also do not have the
synonym and grammer function as the windows edition. Note that I use the
English Uk synonym and grammer function.According to Help; the synonym feature is provided by Thesaurus.
Oddly enough, on my linux system (Ubuntu) I have in both 3.3.2, and
3.4.1rc1 (us-english) I have 'OpenOffice.org New Thesaurus' installed.
However on Windows, LO 3.4.0 has none (OOo 3.3.0& OOo 3.4.0-dev do). I
guess I'll need to download& install LO 3.4.1rc1 to see if it's
included in that version.I just installed from Suse last night and noticed I had to manually
select the thesaurus in Yast software tool. See if Ubuntu also lists it
separately.
steve
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).
On second thought - you might have a point re linux:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33476
[Missing libreoffice-thesaurus-* and libreoffice-hyphenation-*]
Hi 
If you want one that definitely does work then 3.3.3 is the best choice. If you
have time to check the 3.4.1rc1 then that's great
Regards from
Tom
...
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.
________________________________
From: NoOp <glgxg@sbcglobal.net>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Tue, 21 June, 2011 20:22:04
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Linux synonem and language tool
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.
Hi
It does seem that something strange is going on. Even tho it's rare it's still
a worry. At the moment it seems that the dictionary just magically vanishes for
no reason on some machines! That really can't be the case so i was hoping that
you were onto something there.
Regards from
Tom
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.]
krackedpress wrote:
________________________________
From: NoOp <glgxg@sbcglobal.net>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Hi
It does seem that something strange is going on. Even tho it's rare it's
still
a worry. At the moment it seems that the dictionary just magically vanishes
for
no reason on some machines! That really can't be the case so i was hoping
that
you were onto something there.
Regards from
Tom
Hallo
In all the different Linux distro's I installed none seems to support the
synonym function. I initially though it is not enabled in the Linux version.
So is it the tesaurus that is sometimes not installed on Linux? In windows
all the versions on Libreoffice including the release canditates supported
the synonym function on my WinXP and Win 7
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As far as I understand, if you already have LibreOffice from your
distribution repositories, then
it is advised to perform a parallel installation of the upstream (from
www.libreoffice.org) package.
Because, when you install an upstream version, it removes the
distribution version.
See http://simos.info/blog/archives/1196
for an example on how to install upstream versions of LibreOffice
(from www.LibreOffice.org)
along with the distribution version of LibreOffice.
Simos
Asterix <noreply@documentfoundation.org> writes:
In all the different Linux distro's I installed none seems to support the
synonym function. I initially though it is not enabled in the Linux version.
So is it the tesaurus that is sometimes not installed on Linux? In windows
all the versions on Libreoffice including the release canditates supported
the synonym function on my WinXP and Win 7
There are packages in Debian testing you can install to add support for
quite a number of languages in LO. Synonyms would be language dependant,
so there isn´t much point in having to install all the packages for all
languages when there are languages you never use.
There´s the package "mythes-fr" that seems to provide the thesaurus for
French, for example. Since I don´t speak French, I don´t need it, and
not installing that package alone saves me about 2MB. There are
currently 15 thesauri, so I´m saving maybe 30MB. Same is for the
hyphenation packages ...
It´s not a great solution, though. Who would guess that they should
install a package called "mythes-fr" or "hyphen-fr" to get thesaurus and
hyphenation support for French in LO? At least the package names should
indicate that the packages are related to LO.
webmaster for Kracked Press Productions <webmaster@krackedpress.com>
writes:
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.
You can assign icons to functions through Tools->Customize when you go
to the Toolbars tab and use the Modify button there to "Change icon
...".
The ability to unassign an icon from a function seems to be a missing
feature, so be careful.
lee wrote:
The ability to unassign an icon from a function seems to be a missing
feature, so be careful.
I believe it should be Modify -> Restore Default Command
Regards
Stephan