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Implementation of the Eifeler Regel for OpenOffice.org
Historical context of written Luxembourgish
As Luxembourgish has for a long time been mostly a spoken language, it strives for phonological accuracy in its written form. One striking phonological phenomenon, that is also reflected in written Luxembourgish, causes the deletion of the trailing “n” or “nn” in some contexts. This is called the “Eifeler Regel“.
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Spellchecker.lu for the iPhone
The iPhone version of Spellchecker.lu has been released yesterday. Users can now access a special version of the Luxembourgish online spelling checker with their iPhone browser in order to correct small texts as well as single words. The iPhone version is accessible via the address m.spellchecker.lu. See the post over on Spellchecker.lu for more information (in Luxembourgish).
A successful year for Spellchecker.lu
2008 was a really successful year for Spellchecker.lu (my project aimed at developing a spelling checker for Luxembourgish). With over 1′704′401 corrected words between May and December, as well as a total of several thousand downloads between July and December, I think I can be really proud.
Please read the post over on spellchecker.lu for more information (in Luxembourgish).
Script to convert a music playlist (.m3u) to a K3b project
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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Kubuntu on Acer Aspire 5735Z
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.
Interview on letzlearn.org
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
Spellchecker.lu Mobile Edition has been released today. See the release announcement on spellchecker.lu (in Luxembourgish) for more information.
LuxTrust Signing Stick on Ubuntu 8.04
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:
Spellchecker.lu downloads released
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.