[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 132294] automatically recognize language

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132294

--- Comment #5 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
We don't only check spelling of separate words, but also some rules (see e.g.
English Sentence Checking in Options|Language Settings); they are
language-specific. Additionally, there are grammar checkers like LanguageTool
that use more involved rules. And even in simplest case, a word that is OK in
one language is not necessarily OK in another, so using all installed
dictionaries potentially results in too forgiving check.

We already have built-in mechanism for using input language from system for
entered text. That allows user to switch the input language using normal OS
method (e.g., Shift+Alt)? and LibreOffice follows. In countries like Russia,
where Cyrillic keyboard layout is necessarily different from Latin layout,
users are used to that, and you couldn't enter an English word without
switching keyboard layout *and* input language at the same time. In case one
wants to switch between two Roman languages, possibly people don't use that,
and keep typing characters of a different language without doing anything to
change input language ... but they can set it up, and have it working. At least
on Windows, see tdf#108151.

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