12:54 a.m.
Who is the maintainer for (what will eventually be) the th_en_GB.dat -
a.k.a. - OOo British Thesaurus?
How long before this is released?
Sorry to sound impatient, but why is it taking so long?
Keith.
10:54 a.m.
Is there a en_GB thesaurus for OOo? I wasn't aware one existed that was
freely distributable under LGPL/GPL, but if there is, please point me to
it and I'll see what i can do.
Dan
On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 01:54, Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote:
Who is the maintainer for (what will eventually be) the th_en_GB.dat
-
a.k.a. - OOo British Thesaurus?
How long before this is released?
Sorry to sound impatient, but why is it taking so long?
Keith.
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On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 11:54:04 -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
Is there a en_GB thesaurus for OOo? I wasn't aware one existed
that was
freely distributable under LGPL/GPL, but if there is, please point me to
it and I'll see what i can do.
Well I guess I just don't understand how a list of American words can be
free, but a list of British words is not.
You're right, after much Googling I couldn't find any OSS thesauruses.
The point is this, the functionality of OOo is compromised for British
users. OOo is one of the ambassadors of the Linux movement, and is often
used as an incentive for Windows switchers, but I guess if you're British,
the advise would have to be to stick to Windows if you want a thesaurus?
Sure, I could switch to Star Office, but then the whole point of using
Linux is to get away from proprietary/commercial software, surely.
Incidentally, who owns the copyright for the British Thesaurus used in
Star Office?
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7:57 a.m.
On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 21:05, Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote:
On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 11:54:04 -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> Is there a en_GB thesaurus for OOo? I wasn't aware one existed that was
> freely distributable under LGPL/GPL, but if there is, please point me to
> it and I'll see what i can do.
Well I guess I just don't understand how a list of American words can be
free, but a list of British words is not.
You're right, after much Googling I couldn't find any OSS thesauruses.
The point is this, the functionality of OOo is compromised for British
users. OOo is one of the ambassadors of the Linux movement, and is often
used as an incentive for Windows switchers, but I guess if you're British,
the advise would have to be to stick to Windows if you want a thesaurus?
Well then start one. If you cant program you can at least do the word
conversions and such. With that someone can at least do a basic db with
it. The world isnt going to end because everything isnt absolutely
perfect and done now.
Stephen 'going to get his cuppa tea to calm down' Smoogen
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1:53 p.m.
On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 06:57:50 -0700, Stephen Smoogen wrote:
On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 21:05, Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote:
> You're right, after much Googling I couldn't find any OSS thesauruses.
Well then start one. If you cant program you can at least do the
word
conversions and such. With that someone can at least do a basic db with
it. The world isnt going to end because everything isnt absolutely perfect
and done now.
I'm just surprised, no, in fact shocked, that it hasn't been done before.
Linux didn't suddenly appear yesterday; the English language wasn't
invented last week; people haven't only recently started using word
processors; and yet not one of the 70 Million+ people in the UK has ever
questioned the fact: that in order to use an electronic thesaurus, you
have to use a commercial product and/or a commercial Operating System.
A slightly more thorough Google, turned up a project called "Open
Thesaurus" ... as yet, no files.
Oh well, back to doing things the old fashioned way. At this rate, I might
as well sell this computer, and buy a notepad and pen.
4:14 p.m.
Gnome has some scripts that do a fair job of US<->UK english, and could
be extended for reprocessing the thesaurus with a bit of tweaking
4:48 p.m.
On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 14:14, Alan Cox wrote:
Gnome has some scripts that do a fair job of US<->UK english,
and could
be extended for reprocessing the thesaurus with a bit of tweaking
Something like this?
sed -e 's/ize/ise/g; s/or/our/g'
:)
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On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 17:14:33 -0500, Alan Cox wrote:
Gnome has some scripts that do a fair job of US<->UK english,
and could be
extended for reprocessing the thesaurus with a bit of tweaking
If I could find out the file format of the th_en_US.dat file, then I could
just hack it to create a British equivalent.
What *is* it's file format?
There doesn't seem to be any documentation on this at all?
Incidentally, I presume this is entirely ethical, since OOo and all it's
components *are* GPL'ed ... right ?
9:09 a.m.
OOo is actually _not_ GPL, but dual licensed LGPL + SISSL. To
contribute to OOo, you need to file a JCA (Joint Copyright Agreement)
with Openoffice.org, in which you agree to give openoffice.org the right
to redistribute your work (it is NOT an exclusive license, you retain
full right to your work as well.)
Dan
On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 05:52, Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote:
On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 17:14:33 -0500, Alan Cox wrote:
> Gnome has some scripts that do a fair job of US<->UK english, and could be
> extended for reprocessing the thesaurus with a bit of tweaking
If I could find out the file format of the th_en_US.dat file, then I could
just hack it to create a British equivalent.
What *is* it's file format?
There doesn't seem to be any documentation on this at all?
Incidentally, I presume this is entirely ethical, since OOo and all it's
components *are* GPL'ed ... right ?
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 10:09:06AM -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
OOo is actually _not_ GPL, but dual licensed LGPL + SISSL. To
contribute to OOo, you need to file a JCA (Joint Copyright Agreement)
with Openoffice.org, in which you agree to give openoffice.org the right
to redistribute your work (it is NOT an exclusive license, you retain
full right to your work as well.)
Only if you want the master tree to contain your changes 8)
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