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[Aspell-user] Is Aspell Still Relevant in Light of Hunspell?


From: Kevin Atkinson
Subject: [Aspell-user] Is Aspell Still Relevant in Light of Hunspell?
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:16:54 -0600 (MDT)


I originally posted this to aspell-devel and got a few responses, so I thought I would post it to aspell-user to get a wider audience.

Since hunspell comes out it seams like no one cares much about Aspell. For example, it seams that RedHat wants to completely eliminate all spell checkers except Hunspell:
   http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureDictionary

Originally Hunspell was designed to replace MySpell in OpenOffice however since then it has become an independent spell checker with many of the same features of Ispell/Aspell. Although it is never explicitly states the Hunspell is intended as a better Aspell (in fact they hardly mention Aspell at all), it is in a prime position to completely replace Aspell. In fact the most recent version even has support for "dictionary based phonetic suggestion" [Hunspell ChangeLog].

So the question is: Do You think Aspell is still relevant in light of Hunspell?

Thanks in advance.





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