I am in the process of packaging various alternative dictionaries for the aspell spell checker (currently in potato). I downloaded the upstream source for the alternate dictionaries and tar zxvf-ed them. The README says -
<"> Aspell Alternate Dictionary Package Version .10 January 11, 1998 This package will let you install alternate English dictionaries. It allows you to chose from three different varieties (american, alternate american, and british) and four different sizes (small, medium, large, and extra-large). It requires Aspell .25 or better to be in your path. Directions: 1) Edit "config" 2) type in "perl master" to create the master dictionary 3) type in "perl install" to install it </"> I looked at how the alternate dictionaries for ispell and notice that they have been packaged as i<language>.deb I will probably do the same (aamerican.deb, abritish.deb etc.). Should I package each language's dictionaries in various sizes (ie. abritish_s.deb, abritish_m.deb, abritish_l.deb and abritish_xl.deb) into seperate package (adding to the complexity of Debian due to the sheer number of packages)? Or should I create one package (abritish.deb) and take care of the user choosing a size at install-time (from postinst)? If I do the latter, I will probably also create a /usr/sbin/aspellconfig which could be used to change the size of the dictionary at any time. Thanks. Thaths -- Homer: There's only two kind of guys who wear those shirts: gay guys and big, fat party animals. And Bart doesn't look like a big, fat party animal to me... Marge: So, if you wore a Hawaiian shirt, it wouldn't be gay? Homer: Right. Thank you. Sudhakar C13n http://people.netscape.com/thaths/ Indentured Slave
