On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 18:04 -0700, Jacob Rideout wrote:
> Exactly, I'd like to see a languagetool plugin too. This is why I keep
> trying to call Elixir a grammar / style checker and not just grammar
> checker.
>
> And to clarify, Elixir will be a platform agnostic library, just like
> Enchant, but for grammar/style checking. Sonnet, however is the
> language parsing/checking framework for KDE4 which will use both
> Enchant and Elixir as as a backend tools. Sonnet will also include
> classes for parsing text into relevant segments, looking up unicode
> properties and multi-threaded background checking.
>
> Does anybody know if languagetool can be compiled with gcj? It seems to me
> that it would provide a better plugin than managing an external java
> process. How is Zemberek (Turkish spellcheck) dealt with in Enchant?
> It is also java based.
>
I guess we should ask the authors of languagetool, plus investigate what
is takes to link gjc with regular C++/C code. I'm pretty clueless about
both, but I imagine a few well placed questions and hour or two with
google would prove enlightening.
Cheers!
Martin
> Happy 2007
>
> Jacob
>
> On 1/1/07, Reinout van Schouwen <reinout@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Martin, everyone,
> >
> > A happy 2007 to all!
> >
> > Op zaterdag 30-12-2006 om 20:49 uur [tijdzone +1100], schreef
> > msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au:
> >
> > > The Abiword side of things works pretty well, but the best free grammar
> > > checker we've found is link-grammar. While it is of some use, it is very
> > > slow and has no ability to offer suggestions for what is wrong with a
> > > particular sentence nor are other language well supported although in
> > > principle they could be.
> >
> > Just throwing in my 2 eurocents. The Dutch OO.o l10n team is currently
> > working on a ruleset for LanguageTool[1], a basic grammar checking
> > engine that already supports English, German and Polish. In a short
> > timeframe they have been able to get promising results. The engine is
> > also able to give suggestions.
> >
> > What I'm trying to say is this: if Sonnet/Elixir is going to provide a
> > grammar checking backend, it shouldn't be tied to just link-grammar. I
> > don't think the community is big enough (in any case the Dutch one) to
> > support two distinct grammar checking rulesets.
> >
> >
> > [1] http://www.danielnaber.de/languagetool/
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > --
> > Reinout van Schouwen
> > http://vanschouwen.info/
> >
> >
> >
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