2021-11-28 10:24, Hussein Shafie:
Leif H S wrote:
For the XXE v10, the Hunspell add-on is unavailable, because the
release note says that Hunspell cannot be supported on the Apple
M1 platform (I use such a Mac).
Unlike XMLmind Spell Checker which is a 100% Java™ software component,
the "Hunspell Spell Checker" add-on leverages native libraries (e.g.
hunspell.dll).
In practice, this means that this add-on only runs on Windows Intel™
32-bit and 64-bit, macOS Intel™ 32-bit and 64-bit, Linux Intel™ 32-bit
and 64-bit. In other words, you cannot use this add-on on any platform
supporting Java™ 1.8+. Unfortunately, this limitation also applies to
the recent macOS/ARM platform
If Hunspell supposedly cannot not run on the macOS/ARM platform, then
how come I am successfully using the Hunspell add-on together with XXE
9.5.1 - on macOS/ARM computer? Are you too rigid when you do not allow
us to install Hunspell on the macOS/ARM platform?
I will definitely give the XMLmind Spell Checker a new chance. But
please don't remove Hunspell from the macOS/ARM platform unless
absolutely necessary ...!
Moreover, we made changes to the XXE add-on manager to make it take
the macOS/ARM platform into account.
Unless we made a bug, the "Hunspell Spell Checker" will not be found
in the list of available add-ons when you'll use "Options|Install
Add-ons" on a Mac having an M1 processor.
I can confirm that Hunspell Spell Checker did not come up as an
available add-on.
(2) I really hope it becomes simpler to create dictionaries for the
XXE spell checker ...
Creating dictionaries for the XMLmind Spell Checker is not deemed
difficult once you have access to an extensive word list for a given
language.
See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_dictbuilder/doc/index.html
See Dictionary section in
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_usercontrib/index.shtml
XMLmind Spell Checker, a 100% Java class library, suggestions are
spot on for the English and French languages, the only languages I
write in. Slightly better than Hunspell's in my opinion.
The problem with XMLmind Spell Checker is that, by design, its engine
is not powerful enough to cope with languages like Hungarian, German,
Turkish, etc. Hunspell, which was initially developed by László
Németh, a talented Hungarian developer, has no such problem.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunspell
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