Thesaurus from Dictionary extensions for English on LO 3.6 on linux

answered 2012-10-16 15:58:25 +0200

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updated 2012-10-16 16:03:02 +0200

manj_k
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I installed the dictionary extension "American English - hyphenation, thesaurus, 638,000+ word list"
(LibreOffice 3.6.3.1 RC1 with all bundled dictionaries, on WinXP).

The result

The thesaurus for all English text languages (en-GB en-PH en-ZA en-NA en-ZW en-AU en-CA en-IE en-IN en-BZ en-BS en-GH en-JM en-MW en-NZ en-TT) is no longer available,
except for "en-US = English (USA)".

You can check it via menu "Tools → Options → Language Settings → Writing Aids →
Available language modules → Edit... → Language (drop-down list)"

For the above-mentioned text languages
• menu Tools → Language → Thesaurus is grayed-out
• Ctrl+F7 will be ignored.

The thesaurus for text language "en-US" works fine for me.

Question:
Are you sure that your selected text has the attribute "Language: English (USA)"?
You may check it via "Status bar" or menu "Format → Character → Font tab → Language".

The cause

The file "dictionaries.xcu" in the bundled (built-in) dictionary extension "dict-en" has the following "node" for the thesaurus:

    <node oor:name="ThesDic_en-US" oor:op="fuse">
        <prop oor:name="Locations" oor:type="oor:string-list">
            <value>%origin%/th_en_US_v2.dat</value>
        </prop>
        <prop oor:name="Format" oor:type="xs:string">
            <value>DICT_THES</value>
        </prop>
        <prop oor:name="Locales" oor:type="oor:string-list">
            <value>en-GB en-US en-PH en-ZA en-NA en-ZW en-AU en-CA en-IE en-IN en-BZ en-BS en-GH en-JM en-MW en-NZ en-TT</value>
        </prop>
    </node>

That has been replaced by "dictionaries.xcu" of the now installed dictionary extension "kpp-american-english-dictionary-638k", with the following "node" for the thesaurus:

    <node oor:name="ThesDic_en-US" oor:op="fuse">
        <prop oor:name="Locations" oor:type="oor:string-list">
            <value>%origin%/th_en_US_v2.dat</value>
        </prop>
        <prop oor:name="Format" oor:type="xs:string">
            <value>DICT_THES</value>
        </prop>
        <prop oor:name="Locales" oor:type="oor:string-list">
            <value>en-US</value>
        </prop>
    </node>

Additional question:
Do you have installed more dictionary extensions from "American British Canadian - spelling/hyphen/thesaurus dictionaries"?