Bug 38731

Please check LibreOffice 3.4 and let us know, if you need further fixes.

In 3.3 I discovered that the language IS available under character see https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2213172972619&set=a.1648000043649.91775.1346396946&type=1&ref=nf

but it is NOT under Tools->Language!

I will check 3.4

We will need changes eventually since the country codes have changed as indicated below.

Thx

ace

Are you perhaps confusing the set of languages in which the LibreOffice user interface is available with the set of languages for which so-called writing aids (dictionaries, spelling correction, thesauruses) is available?

And anyway, for Linuxes, doesn't LibreOffice use the languages installed for the "system" spell checking?

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On software freedom day 2011, we released the pap_an spellchecker, see the announcement at http://opencuracao.com

However, the following steps have to be taken:

pap_an does not exist anymore; the correct code is pap_cw.

So we will have

pap_aw Papiamento (Aruba)
pap_cw Papiamento (Curacao)

in fact, there could be

pap_bq Papiamento (Bonaire).

These changes are the result of changes in country codes since 2010-10-10

Can these changes be included in 3.5?

Hi,

If we change this then the dictionary-file will also need to change. Otherwise it won't register correctly.

So we'll need to have a contact with the persons behind OpenCuracao.com so they can change the extension when LibreOffice changes to enable this.

Also would it be good to create a proper locale for Curacao, Bonaire and Aruba.

Hi Rob,

I'm the person who opened the bug ticket and made the dictionary.

Thanks for picking this up!

There are still three items that need to be cleared:

1. move pap_an to pap_cw (and call it 'Papiamento (Curacao)')
   pap_aw is not changed (and call it 'Papiamento (Aruba)')
   there is at the moment no consensus about pap_bq or pap_nl, so leave them out for now.

2. At the moment, there is a bug, that prevents from setting the language in any other place the the 'Character' dialogue. Apparently, the list of languages to choose from differs in various menus and dialogues. If you'd install the current spellchecker, then you won't see it under Tools -> Language ! But you will see it under Format -> Character. Obviously the list of possible languages differs in those two cases.

3. I can update the dictionary tomorrow; I can make a locale for as far as I know what to fill in (but our country hasn't ever thought about a locale and many of these things are officially undecided, because half of the people learn the US system and the other the Dutch system, so you would see 1,222.90 as often as 1.299,22 

But at least we can make a start.

Bonaire is special. It's NOT a separate country; at the moment it's NOT a separate language either. It is part of the country the Netherlands (which itself is together with Aruba, Curacao and St. Maarten in the KINGDOM of the Neterlands). But, even though it's part of the country the Netherlands, it has it's own ccTLD which it shares with Saba and St. Eustatius (Statia), namely .bq
So, maybe one day we will see pap_bq, but not yet.

Rob, I hope I am making sense here. Could you please let me know what you need to fix this?

Thx,

Ace

Ace Suares
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I'll take care of pap-CW and pap-BQ and mappings.

To have locales available not only as character attribution but also under Tools->LanguageSettings and in number formats we need locale data, please see https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice_Localization_Guide/How_To_Submit_New_Locale_Data

Eike, what do you mean by 'I take care of'? What do you need from me to proceed? And pap-BQ is really not existing yet, by the way. pap-AW is!

ace

Hi Ace,

Eike will do the needed changes for this.

What Eike needs to know is if the pap_an can be replaced with the pap_cw or with pap_bq or if a new one needs to be created. I think that one can be replaced with pap_cw. But as I'm not a native (although I did live on Curacao for a while) I'm not totally sure.

The problem that the languages don't appear in the language-tab of the options-dialog is that they don't have a locale. That's needed for the languages to appear there. If you want to define a locale the please follow the guide on https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice_Localization_Guide/How_To_Submit_New_Locale_Data. But it seems hard to do that for the lands as there isn't really a standard on the lands as you explained. I'm not sure then how to solve it.

Eike can you assign the ticket to yourself if you are going to solve this?

Thanks for the feedback!

I will try to make a locale ASAP, and I will just make a choice to copy the Dutch locale for the main part.

pap_an can be transferred to pap_cw one on one,
I just need to update the spellchecker for it.

pap_aw will stay as is

pap_bq is too early to make I think, but if you want to be done with it, well please go ahead :-)

And now for the suggested text next to the choices:

pap_aw: Papiamento (Aruba)
pap_cw: Papiamento (Curacao)
pap_bq: Papiamento (Bonaire)

In english, the language is called Papiamento. The () means the country where they are spoken (Except Bonaire is not a country). Curacao (not Curaçao) is the correct spelling in English, as far as I know.

I would be very happy to see this fixed!

Cheers
ace

(In reply to comment #12)
> pap_an can be transferred to pap_cw one on one,
> I just need to update the spellchecker for it.

Please note that we'll need both, pap-AN and pap-CW, to be able to read documents created with the then actual pap-AN code.


> pap_bq is too early to make I think, but if you want to be done with it, well
> please go ahead :-)

Yes, so we'll be done with that.

> And now for the suggested text next to the choices:
> 
> pap_aw: Papiamento (Aruba)
> pap_cw: Papiamento (Curacao)
> pap_bq: Papiamento (Bonaire)
> 
> In english, the language is called Papiamento. The () means the country where
> they are spoken (Except Bonaire is not a country).

According to ISO 3166 it is BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA, http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166_code_lists/country_names_and_code_elements.htm
I hope mentioning Bonaire will be enough here without pulling anyone's political animosities..

Regarding spelling: earlier some insisted that for Netherlands Antilles it was  Papiamentu and for Aruba it was Papiamento. So now Papiamento for all three?

> Curacao (not Curaçao) is the
> correct spelling in English, as far as I know.

ISO 3166 says CURAÇAO

Eike Rathke committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=bb6fec1bd39be9f6d660623abd2b25400a34b9ac

fdo#38731 added Papiamento (Curaçao) [pap-CW] and (Bonaire) [pap-BQ]

Thanks for adding the code for pap_CW! I will (after a very long delay) try to upload the locale for pap_CW soon.

Re: Bonaire: although BQ is for three islands, the only island where Papiamento is spoken is Bonaire. So there really is no Papiamento in St Eustatius or Saba. Those are English language countries...!

Cheers