Re: spell check files

Dominique wrote:

> Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net> wrote:
>
> > Steve wrote:
> >
> > > I'm currently doing some cleaning in my ~/.vim.
> > >
> > > Just noticed that my spell file are really old (2013):
> > >
> > > 83 déc 6 2013 en.utf-8.add
> > > 192 déc 6 2013 en.utf-8.add.spl
> > > 570549 fév 15 2013 en.utf-8.spl
> > > 556477 fév 15 2013 en.utf-8.sug
> > > 2761 nov 24 10:37 fr.utf-8.add
> > > 4481 nov 24 10:37 fr.utf-8.add.spl
> > > 571627 fév 15 2013 fr.utf-8.spl
> > > 2324315 fév 15 2013 fr.utf-8.sug
> > >
> > >
> > > Was wandering if updated french spell file existed. Haven't found
> > > anything like it on the Net. Is there a way within vim to update those?
> > > Would be really practical.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> >
> > You should be able to find them on the ftp server:
> > http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/spell/
> >
> > I'm not sure if the French ones were actually updated from recent
> > (OpenOffice) spell files.
>
> The French dictionary has switched from myspell to
> hunspell a long time ago. The French hunspell
> dictionary is very well maintained, and has greatly
> improved over the last few years, thanks to the
> following web site:
>
> https://grammalecte.net/home.php?prj=fr
>
> The up-to-date Hunspell dictionary is used by LibreOffice,
> Firefox, etc. However, Vim does not support enough
> hunspell features to upgrade its builtin Vim French
> dictionary.

What features are we missing?

Hunspell has gone a bit crazy in adding more features...

> The above page still has the obsolete myspell download
> link, but it has not been updated since 2008, unlike the
> hunspell dictionary which is updated very few months.

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