Subject: Re: commit: Look for suggestions in Custom Dictionary.
From: Ramón Flores (fa2ramon@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Feb 08 2002 - 10:00:18 CST
--- Alan <horkana@tcd.ie> wrote: >
>
> Ramón Flores wrote:
> >
> > --- Alan Horkan <horkana@tcd.ie> wrote:
> >
> > > What happens if someone were to have a large
> custom
> > > dictionary, would it
> > > just be really slow?
> >
> > In that case the better option is to add a big
> number
> > of words to one (or more) dictionary, and compile
> > it using ispell, that is free software.
> > In any case you can disable the auto spell check.
>
> unitl recently i had no idea how to make dictionary
> hash files
> trying to get an ordinary user to 'compile' anything
> is totally out of
> the question, im a big fan of precompiled binaries
> myself.
How many ordinary users will have a huge custom
dictionary?. If one actually has a huge custom
dictionary, perhaps is time to learn how to manage it.
IMHO the more wonderful thing about free software is
that the user has:
"The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt
it to his/her needs."
> > If you use different languages it is better you
> > keep your custom.dic light.
>
> It would be,
> but ideally the program would put in some sort of
> safety check so that i
> cannot break it.
> Users will often do things you had not planned for
> or do not recommend,
> and I'm always trying to test Abiword so that i can
> gracefully handle
> even the most unpredictable behaviour.
I think the solution is to use different custom
dictionaries for different languages, as ispell does.
In fact I have thought to enter it as an enhancement
in the bugzilla, but I considered that the developers
were very busy with other more important problems.
Perhaps it is time to do it.
Cheers
Ramón
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