Bug 116393 - persdict.dat format prevents cross-program sync; allow multi-format compatibility
Summary: persdict.dat format prevents cross-program sync; allow multi-format compatibi...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Linguistic (show other bugs)
Version:
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6.0.2.1 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: medium enhancement
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Blocks: Dictionaries
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Reported: 2018-03-14 01:27 UTC by Simon Dedman
Modified: 2019-07-01 15:19 UTC (History)
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Description Simon Dedman 2018-03-14 01:27:04 UTC
Description:
LO dictionary format is word-per-line, alphabetical, trailing blank line, with header:

OOoUserDict1
lang: <none>
type: positive
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MS Word & Firefox are the same without the header i.e. just start with the first word. This incompatibility prevents users from being able to use symlinks to cross-sync dictionaries across OSs and programs (see https://i.imgur.com/kVMXXs2.png for schematic diagram of issue).

I don't know what the function of the header is, presumably there is one else it wouldn't be there, but would it be possible to allow LO to read/use dictionary files in the more word list basic format, i.e. without the header? I've asked how else to solve this problem (https://askubuntu.com/questions/181003/sync-custom-dictionary-firefox-libreoffice-ubuntu-ms-office-in-windows) and the only idea was running a sync server with custom templates.

Thanks for considering this.

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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:58.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/58.0
Comment 1 Simon Dedman 2018-03-14 01:28:14 UTC
* more basic, word-list format. Apologies.
Comment 2 Robert Großkopf 2018-03-14 11:43:46 UTC
Semms it has nothing to do with Base, the database-module of LO. Switches it to Linguistic.
Comment 3 Xisco Faulí 2019-07-01 15:19:55 UTC
This enhancement has been in UNCONFIRMED status for a while, moving it to NEW...

Note to the reporter: Changing the status to NEW doesn't mean the enhancement is going to be implemented. In order to do so, either you implement it yourself, you find someone to do it for you or you get professional support < https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/professional-support/ >