Re: Aspell dictionaries for Mac OSX

Hi Ken,

Thanks for the offer and information.

I found some info at:

	http://docs.moodle.org/en/Configuring_aspell_on_Mac_OS_X

that explains how to install a Darwin port of Aspell on Mac OSX. I'll  
do some more research.

The tribal culture committees are very cautious about distribution of  
language materials as some materials have been misused in the past.  
Although the dictionaries will be free, as with the fonts and  
keyboards I created, they generally limit distribution to tribal  
organizations and individuals. I'll need to set up a system for them  
to generate the dictionaries themselves as they are still working  
with linguists to refine a number of words.

Fred


On Nov 26, 2006, at 10:29 AM, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:

>
>> I do have word lists for each language.
>
> Thanks for clearing this point for me. In this case, you would  
> probably want to
> work in a Unix-like environment, start with
> http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/aspell-lang-20040810.tar.bz2 and  
> generate a
> dictionary similar to the ones under http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/ 
> dict/ .
> I suspect it is possible under Mac, but I have no idea.
>
> If you are releasing the dictionary under a free license, I (and  
> probably others
> on this list) would be willing to give this conversion a trial  
> myself. If you
> want that, please contact me off-list.
>
> -- 
> Dan Kenigsberg        http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~danken         
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