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title="UNCONFIRMED - persdict.dat format prevents cross-program sync; allow multi-format compatibility"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116393">116393</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>persdict.dat format prevents cross-program sync; allow multi-format compatibility
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<th>Product</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Version</th>
<td>6.0.2.1 release
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>All
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Linux (All)
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<th>Status</th>
<td>UNCONFIRMED
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>enhancement
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>Base
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>simondedman@gmail.com
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<pre>Description:
LO dictionary format is word-per-line, alphabetical, trailing blank line, with
header:
OOoUserDict1
lang: <none>
type: positive
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MS Word & Firefox are the same without the header i.e. just start with the
first word. This incompatibility prevents users from being able to use symlinks
to cross-sync dictionaries across OSs and programs (see
<a href="https://i.imgur.com/kVMXXs2.png">https://i.imgur.com/kVMXXs2.png</a> for schematic diagram of issue).
I don't know what the function of the header is, presumably there is one else
it wouldn't be there, but would it be possible to allow LO to read/use
dictionary files in the more word list basic format, i.e. without the header?
I've asked how else to solve this problem
(<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/181003/sync-custom-dictionary-firefox-libreoffice-ubuntu-ms-office-in-windows">https://askubuntu.com/questions/181003/sync-custom-dictionary-firefox-libreoffice-ubuntu-ms-office-in-windows</a>)
and the only idea was running a sync server with custom templates.
Thanks for considering this.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. NA
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Actual Results:
NA
Expected Results:
NA
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
NA
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:58.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/58.0</pre>
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