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Hi everyone, I'd like to avoid having to add and manage words that are not in the default spelling dictionary for each separate application that I use: it's annoying to see the red underline warning for a word I've already added. I thought an ownCloud app might synchronize these across applications and across devices. Has anyone ever heard of an initiative anything like this before? (Whether for ownCloud or anywhere else, for that matter.) The question seems to at least have been asked a couple of times. I may try to put together something basic later this month. I'd love if others wanted to brainstorm or participate, so please let me know. I'm new to ownCloud development, so there will be a learning curve. I'm including my preliminary thoughts and research below (both for your curiosity and for my own future reference). Cheers, Macho The applications I am personally interested in syncing are Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Tomboy notes, Android OS, Firefox, MS Word, Chromium, and a French grammar program called Antidote. Each uses its own, separately stored custom dictionary (yes, even Firefox and Thunderbird store distinct files). Based on a quick look at the generated data, the file format seems to vary:
I'd like for the ownCloud web interface to display the words in similar UI to that of the contacts app. When information is missing for a word (e.g. if it's added from a mozilla product), you could use the interface to refine it, and add e.g. an associated language. Perhaps U1DB could be useful for sync, as suggested by one of the threads I linked to above. I'm not particularly interested in syncing related information like the underlying dictionaries, stock or custom autocorrect rules, etc., for the moment. But first I'll have to look over the ownCloud app development documentation. |
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