Finally, someone to answer his question! I've been following this thread with interest, primarily to prove a point. The ones screaming at others to be tollerant are usually the least tollerant themselves. Craig primarily asked the question of how to delete words he deemed objectionable from the dictionary and thesaurus. It seems near everyone has been riding him about objecting to certain words AND NOT HIS ORIGINAL QUESTION! I didn't read all the thread, but from what I read, Mr. Singleton was the only responsible and intelligent person to answer his question, and not ride him of why he wants to do what he's looking to do.
I read Craig's original question. He wasn't at all objectionable, or intollerant in the question he asked. However, it seems a vast majority of "people" want to criticize Craig for his reason, rather than his question. --- "G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Craig, > > For an interim solution, I suggest that you > remove/dusable the thesaurus > at least until you can edit the file and get a > working one. You can do > this by removing the line > THES en US th_en_US_v2 > from > <wherever>/openoffice.org2.0/share/dict/ooo/dictionary.lst > > On my system, simply commenting out the line and > restarting OOo is > sufficient. > > Good luck on Bowlderizing. > > Do try this by editing both th_en_US_v2.dat and > th_en_US_v2.idx for > your list of banned words. > > If you are successful, perhaps you could donate > these to the project so > others may avoid the problem you are having. If you > like I will create > an issue to which you can attach the files. > > > On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 11:17 -0600, Craig Herman > wrote: > > Type "mishandle" and look at the fourth term from > the bottom. It gives > > "f**k up" as a synonym. That was the real problem > that I had. On the other > > hand, if you type "f**k up" and look up a synonym > in the thesaurus, it gives > > good suggestions as alternates. I guess that > makes it sort of even. I > > checked MS Word. If you misspell "f**k", it marks > it as incorrect. If you > > look up "f**k" or "f**k up", it gives no > suggestions. What would be better > > is to not give "f**k up" as a synonym, but to give > synonyms for "f**k up" if > > asked. After checking further, look up > "motherf**ker" and see what you get. > > > > Craig > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Volke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 10:15 AM > > To: users@openoffice.org > > Subject: RE: [users] Profanity in the dictionary > and thesaurus > > > > > > The only instance I'd see this being an issue for > a school would be if you > > typed in botch and you got f*ck up suggested as a > synonym. I checked and in > > fact f*ck up is not suggested at all. The only > instance in which it comes > > up is if the user types it, and in that case it > suggests synonyms. Why > > shouldn't the software offer the kids nice > alternatives to otherwise nasty > > words? Isn't this your original concern anyway? > If the kids already know > > the word enough to spell it correctly, then I > think censoring the dictionary > > is going to be fruitless. That's my two cents. > Good luck with the > > distribution, personally I hope more schools begin > using OpenOffice as I > > think they can benefit the most from its use. > > > > Robert > > > > >>> "Craig Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/18/05 > 8:04 AM >>> > > I'm not necessarily trying to be a censor. What I > was really concerned about > > was being forced to remove OpenOffice.org from the > computers in my classroom > > because of those words. I looked them up in a > school dictionary and they > > were there also, so I doubt it will be an issue. > However, I still think a > > user should have the ability to remove or add > words and/or phrases from the > > dictionary and thesaurus if they want to. > > > > Craig > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wangshanpo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 7:29 AM > > To: users@openoffice.org > > Subject: Re: [users] Profanity in the dictionary > and thesaurus > > > > > > Martin S wrote: > > > 2005/11/18, Craig Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > >> The word f**k and the expression "f**k up" are > in the dictionary and > > > > >> thesaurus. Is it possible to remove these? I > have tried, but I have > > > > >> been unsuccessful. I would like to use these at > my school, but with > > > > >> these words in the dictionary, I don't think > that will be possible. > > >> > > >> > > > > > > Interesting. > > > My sons school has a policy against profanity in > school. However, no > > > > > one has ever come up with the idea of censoring > the Word > > dictionaries. > > > Children pick up these words weather you like or > not, so it's fairly > > > > > pointless in trying to censor dictionaries. And > if they still use > > them > > > in texts, they might as well spell them > correctly. > > > > > > Personally I'd be very reluctant to start > practicing censorship - you > > > > > never know where it ends. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Martin S > > > > > > > > Craig asked a very simple function/operation > related question but see > > how it ferreted out those whose moral judgement is > evidently better than > > the rest. > > Intriguing! > > > > -- > PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. > OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead > http://documentation.openoffice.org/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ********** "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. 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