On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 09:43:36AM +0300, Kęstutis Biliūnas wrote:
> An, 2006 08 01 22:57 +0200, Joost van Baal rašė: 
> > Op di  1 aug 2006 om 11:33:03 +0200 schreef Wouter van Reeven:
> > > Package: dict-freedict-nld-eng
> > > Version: 1.3-2
> > > Severity: important
> > > 
> > > In the Dutch language, some words contain the ij combination. In the
> > > dict-freedict-nld-eng package, this combination is entered as the
> > > single character ij which cannot be reproduced easily on the command
> > > line. As a matter of fact, I have a compose key under Gnome but I
> > > cannot compose this character. I copied it from the
> > > /usr/share/dictd/freedict-nld-eng.index contained in this package.  In
> > > Dutch the ij combination simply is written as an i followed by a j.
> > > Please update the index file to also include this combination so dict
> > > can be easily used from the command line. Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > Imho it'd even be better if it got substituded, not augmented.  E.g. the
> > word aanblijven is spelled "aanblijven", not "aanblijven".
> 
> I can substitute all occurrences of 'ij' to 'ij' in deu-nld,
> eng-nld, fra-nld, nld-deu, nld-eng and nld-fra dictionaries. But
> will it be rightly with respect to the Dutch language? If it will
> be only easier use from the command line, I don't want to do
> this change. In his case it would be better to find the suitable 
> console font.
> 
> If these changes meet the requirements of the Dutch language, I will
> do it, but I want that you explain it very clearly (for forwarding this
> explanation to the upstream authors).

Well, the problem, imho, is that ij is a special case in Dutch language. The 
official language rules are maintained by the Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch
Language Union). Please have a look at

http://woordenlijst.org/

If you click "2 Klinkers en tweeklanken" you'll see "ij" spelt with two
characters. More info (unfortunately also in Dutch) can be found here

http://woordenlijst.org/leidraad/2/9/

In all cases, ij is spelt as two characters.


HTH, Wouter van Reeven

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