[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 90006] spellcheck to indicate a spelling as rare thus usage to be confirmed

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90006

V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |vstuart.foote at utsa.edu
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX

--- Comment #6 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> ---
(In reply to Nick Levinson from comment #5)
> 
> I think this can be done by adding a Boolean (true/false) field to every
> entry in every dictionary. The default entry would be false (as in 'false
> spelling'). But if a user could supply a file of rare-but-correct spellings
> or could edit a single entry, the status of true would mean 'true spelling
> albeit rare'.
> 
> That leaves how the UI should inform users of likely-misapplied rare
> spellings.
> 
> An extension would seem appropriate for the UI once the rarities are
> recognizable but probably not to the necessary hooks in LibreOffice,
> especially the additional field. Since the hooks would need something in LO
> itself, I'm restoring this report's status.

Way out of scope for the way our bundled dictionaries/thesaurus are produced
and maintained. Have a look at the Hunspell, and Lightproof projects and
restrictions on how word lists can be altered.

The "User-defined dictionaries" model Heiko described provides framework for
customized (individually or by some collaborative work group) lexical aids
without imposing a non-maintainable data structure of alternates.

Presently the LanguageTool.org project provided extension supports rules based
checking--one can write their own for their custom dictionary needs.

If the Grammarly project ever spins up an extension for AOO/LO that would be a
treat for using its "context-optimized word choice" but again these are
extensions and not something applicable to LibreOffice core, and hooks
extension authors need for GUI interface are provided in the SDK.

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