Re: [aspell] Re: aspell RPMS and dictionaries available

[Kenneth Christiansen]

> Unfortunately I doubt you can have it both ways.  Aspell without using the
> soundslike table will search for words within two edit distance. Languages
> with phonetic languages the change will not be very noticeable.  Languages
> with out a lot of affixation but non-phonetic spelling the space usage is
> not a major deal. Danish will be a real challenge because it has both a
> high affixation level and non Phonetic spelling.
> 
> The reason for this change is because it is a first step towards affix
> compression.
> 
> If you can think of a way to have both affix compression AND good
> suggestion based on soundslike lookup please let me know.

Wouldn't it possible to use different compression ways depending on
language. So you can choose the things most suited.

Kenneth