Re: No Hunspell add-on for the Mac M1

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

-- 
leif halvard silli

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