Re: No Hunspell add-on for the Mac M1

On 12/1/21 10:49, Leif H Silli wrote:
> 
> 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 don't see how 'hunspell--Mac OS X-x86_64.jar' and 'jna--Mac OS X.jar' 
containing code compiled for an Intel processor could work on an ARM 
processor.

May be you have installed Rosetta 2 and that this code translator does 
its magic behind the scene.

We do not want to force our Mac/M1 users to install Rosetta 2 on their 
Macs. Therefore, for now[1], the "Hunspell spell checker" add-on will 
stay officially unavailable on Mac/M1. Sorry.

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[1] See "Add support for arm-based Mac OS", 
https://github.com/dren-dk/HunspellJNA/issues/20




> 
> 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 ...!

The "Hunspell spell checker" add-on may still be easily downloaded and 
installed using the links and instructions found in this page:

http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/addons.shtml#spellCheckerPlugin

(A version compatible with XXE v10 should be released tomorrow.)




> 
>> 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.
> 

Thank you for this confirmation.

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