I wrote a small script that converts an m3u playlist to a k3b project.
Just save the following code snippet in a file called m3utok3b.sh, make it executable (chmod +x m3utok3b.sh) and run it (./m3utok3b.sh yourplaylist.m3u). Use it at your own risk!
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I bought a new laptop today. An Acer Aspire 5735Z to be precise. As I prefer to use Linux instead of Windows, I decided to install Kubuntu 8.10. I was very happy to notice that pretty much everything worked out of the box. Neither wireless LAN nor sound nor webcam needed any additional configuration. Even the softkeys to increase/decrease the volume work without a problem.
Some time ago I did an interview with Let’z Learn, a website that provides video lessons to learn Luxembourgish. Most of the interview was about Spellchecker.lu (a website of mine where you can use and download a Luxembourgish spelling checker), but there were also a few questions about the Luxembourgish language in general. So go ahead and read it if you are interested.
Spellchecker.lu Mobile Edition has been released today. See the release announcement on spellchecker.lu (in Luxembourgish) for more information.
I got my free Signing Stick this week, paid by the Luxembourgish government. I can now identify myself on public service websites as well as digitally sign all my mails and documents.
Unfortunately, I ran into a few problems when I tried to activate it on my Ubuntu machine. After a few tries and an unsuccessful call to the helpdesk, I finally got it to work. Here’s a small step-by-step guide:
As of today, the Luxembourgish spellchecking dictionary as well as the thesaurus are finally available for download on spellchecker.lu. There are packages for OpenOffice.org 2 and 3 as well as for Mozilla Firefox 3 and Mozilla Thunderbird. Additionaly, there is an Ubuntu package as well as a plugin for OOo that checks for a phonological rule called the “Eifeler Regel”, which is specific to Luxembourgish.
De Moien hat ech op der Uni Lëtzebuerg op Invitatioun vum Prof. Dr. Peter Gilles e Virtrag iwwer Spellchecker.lu. Nieft enger klenger Introduktioun (Wat ass spellchecker.lu?) an enger Demonstratioun vum Online-Checker a vun der OpenOffice-Integratioun, sinn ech och op technesch Detailer agaangen (Wéi ass d’Wierderlëscht erstallt ginn, wat fir Problemer sinn opgetratt, wéi kann ee feststellen ob en Text Lëtzebuergesch ass, …?).
Download:
- Presentatioun Spellchecker.lu (PDF fir um Schierm ze kucken)
- Presentatioun Spellchecker.lu (PDF fir auszedrocken)
As of today, the new version of spellchecker.lu is online. Because of my university studies the experimental beta phase has lasted longer than planned. But after almost exactly two years after the initial release, the free spellchecker for Luxembourgish now has a new website, a nicer logo, an improved online checker as well as a thesaurus (synonym dictionary).
TinyMCE 3.0.8 as well as an updated spellchecker plugin have been released. If you use the spellchecker plugin with the PSpellShell engine you should upgrade as soon as possible. I discovered a serious security issue which has been fixed in the new version. My enchant plugin is now also included by default. A changelog is available here.
TinyMCE (my favourite WYSIWYG editor) comes with a very nice spellchecker plugin. As the supported spellchecking engines were not powerful enough for my needs, I decided to modify the plugin so it supports the enchant library and thus a large number of spellchecking engines.
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