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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdelibs/kspell/index.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdelibs/kspell/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..efbef1c2c9d --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdelibs/kspell/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,248 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY kappname "&kspell;"> + <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" +> <!-- change language only here --> + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> +]> + +<book lang="&language;"> + +<bookinfo> +<title +>The &kspell; Handbook</title> +<authorgroup> +<author +>&David.Sweet; &David.Sweet.mail;</author> + +<othercredit role="translator" +><firstname +>Malcolm</firstname +><surname +>Hunter</surname +><affiliation +><address +><email +>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email +></address +></affiliation +><contrib +>Conversion to British English</contrib +></othercredit +> + +</authorgroup> + +<date +>2003-02-24</date> +<releaseinfo +>1.00.00</releaseinfo> +<abstract> +<para +>&kspell; is the spelling checker used by &kde; applications such as &kate;, &kmail;, and &kword;. It is a <acronym +>GUI</acronym +> frontend to <application +>International ISpell</application +> and <application +>ASpell</application +>.</para> + +</abstract> +<keywordset> +<keyword +>spell</keyword> +<keyword +>spelling</keyword> +<keyword +>kspell</keyword> +<keyword +>ispell</keyword> +<keyword +>aspell</keyword> +<keyword +>check</keyword> +<keyword +>checker</keyword> +<keyword +>KDE</keyword> +</keywordset> +</bookinfo> + +<chapter id="misspelled-word-dialog"> +<title +>Misspelled Word Dialogue</title> + +<!-- This one might need a paragraph of its own) --> +<para +>(If you do not have <application +>Ispell</application +> installed you can obtain it from the <ulink url="http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/ispell.html" +>International ISpell home page</ulink +>. ASpell is available from the <ulink url="http://aspell.sourceforge.net/" +>ASpell home page</ulink +>.) </para> + +<sect1 id="general-use"> +<title +>General Use</title> + +<para +><anchor id="spelldlg"/> The top line in the dialogue displays a possibly misspelled word which was found in your document. &kspell; attempts to find an appropriate replacement word. One or several may be found. The best guess is shown to the right of <guilabel +>Replacement:</guilabel +>. To accept this replacement, click on <guibutton +>Replace</guibutton +>. You may also select a word from the list of <guilabel +>Suggestions</guilabel +> and then click <guibutton +>Replace</guibutton +> to replace the misspelled word with the selected word.</para> + +<para +>To keep your original spelling, click on <guilabel +>Ignore</guilabel +>.</para> + +<para +>To stop the spell checking -- keeping the changes you've already made -- click on <guibutton +>Stop</guibutton +>.</para> + +<para +>To stop the spell checking and cancel the changes you've already made, click on <guibutton +>Cancel</guibutton +>.</para> + +<para +>Clicking on <guibutton +>Replace All</guibutton +> will initially perform the same function as clicking on <guibutton +>Replace</guibutton +>, but will automatically replace the misspelled word with the chosen replacement word, if it appears again (at a later point) in your document.</para> + +<para +>The <guibutton +>Ignore All</guibutton +> button ignores this and all future occurrences of the misspelled word.</para> + +<para +>Clicking on <guibutton +>Add</guibutton +> will add the misspelled word to your personal dictionary (this is distinct from the original system dictionary, so the additions you make will not be seen by other users).</para> +</sect1> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="configuration-dialog"> +<title +>Configuration Dialogue </title> +<anchor id="configuration"/> + +<sect1 id="dictionaries"> +<title +>Dictionaries</title> + +<para +>You can choose the dictionary to use for spell checking from the list of installed dictionaries.</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="encodings"> +<title +>Encodings</title> + +<para +>The most commonly used character encodings are: <variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term +>US-ASCII</term> +<listitem> +<para +>This is the character set used for English text.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term +>ISO-8859-1</term> +<listitem> +<para +>This is used for Western European languages.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term +>UTF-8</term> +<listitem> +<para +>This is a Unicode encoding that can be used for almost any language, if your system has the necessary fonts.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</para> + +<para +>You should select the one that matches the character set you are using. In some cases, dictionaries will support more than one encoding. A dictionary might, for example, accept accented characters when <guilabel +>ISO-8859-1</guilabel +> is selected, but accept email-style character combinations (like <literal +>'a</literal +> for an accented <literal +>a</literal +>) when <guilabel +>US-ASCII</guilabel +> is selected. Please see your dictionary's distribution for more information.</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="spell-checking-client"> +<title +>Spell-checking client</title> + +<para +>You may choose to use <application +>Ispell</application +> or <application +>Aspell</application +> as the spell-checking backend for &kspell;. <application +>Ispell</application +> is more widely available and may have better international support, but <application +>Aspell</application +> is gaining popularity as it claims to give better suggestions for word replacements.</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="other"> +<title +>Other</title> + +<para +>It is recommend that you do not change the first two options unless you have read the International <application +>ISpell</application +> man page.</para> +</sect1> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="contact-information"> +<title +>Contact Information</title> + +<para +>For more information about &kspell;, visit the <ulink url="http://www.chaos.umd.edu/~dsweet/KDE/KSpell" +>&kspell; Home Page</ulink +>. In particular, you will find information about programming the &kspell; C++ class.</para> + +<para +>You may email the author/maintainer with questions and/or comments at &David.Sweet.mail;.</para> + +<para +>Conversion to British English: Malcolm Hunter <email +>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email +></para +> + +</chapter> +&documentation.index; +</book> +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-omittag: nil +sgml-shorttag: t +sgml-general-insert-case: lower +End: +--> + |