Libreoffice spellcheck languages?

[Tormod Wien]

I've been a linux enthusiast since slackware 3, but for the desktop (e.g. office) -I'm sorry to say - it's so far away from industry grade (professional use) SW that I have given up and cannot see how in oversee-able future I can be converted.
tormod

On 09-05-13, edmund  <edmundzed at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 09 May 2013 12:31:22 +0200
> Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 12:23 +0200, edmund wrote:
> > > Sorry that I have to ask but anybody knows how to find and how to
> > > install additional spellcheck language packages.
> > > Filing a bug to libreoffice hangs, modifying a comment fails too,
> > > links for more dictionaries show nothing.......
> > > aspell/hunspell doesn't do anything.
> > 
> > Synaptic doesn't show aspell packages?
> 
> Yes it does, as well as hunspell and libreoffice-l110-nl and whatever
> but no way libreoffice uses such language for spell check.
> It is a complete chaos no info, no way to file a bug and this problem is
> as long as there was Open Office.
> 
> 
> > 
> > If you run
> > 
> > sudo apt-get install aspell aspell-en aspell-de
> 
> I tried some of that and it installs fine but Libreoffice still don't
> use it.
> > 
> > perhaps aspell-foo too ;), does it work and if so, aren't those
> > dictionaries available by libreoffice?
> 
> They must be available, if one installs the Dutch Ubuntu the dutch
> spellcheck is there, but adding another language is impossible.
> 
> Having said that, I just found "myspell" in Synaptic and that works
> for the dutch language after Aspell hunspell and even
> libreoffice-l110-nl do NOT work!
> 
> Am I crazy or are those LibreOffice clowns crazy?
> 
> 
> Edmund
> 
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