On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:28 PM, J.M. Maurer <uwog@uwog.net> wrote:
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> On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 13:43 -0500, Dominic Lachowicz wrote:
>> > I think you forget that we don't support MySpell on Win32. We only
>> > support ispell atm.
>>
>> No, I haven't forgotten that. I'd like for us to start using Enchant
>> on Win32 - the sooner, the better. But I've been saying that for years
>> now. I'd argue that we've never truly "supported" Ispell. We're
>> capable of using a small, outdated subset of Ispell dictionaries whose
>> build options we've never documented. The fact that Ispell's file
>> format is so fragile is regrettable. I wrote Enchant because:
>>
>> 1) we don't support Ispell
>> 2) and the alternatives are better
>>
>> Besides, I included a link to the code that "documents" the Ispell
>> dictionary build options.
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> For the record: I'm with you 100% that we should use enchant on win32.
Folks, we are already using it in trunk.
- Rob
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