[needs-packaging] [Upstream] LanguageTool, a grammar checker for LibreOffice

License is LGPL
Website has now moved to http://www.languagetool.org/
Screenshots: http://www.languagetool.org/screenshots/
Development mailing list: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/languagetool-devel

I changed original the description to reflect new URL of the project.

Java 5.0 is a requirement, and as such, should be a dependency. Can th eoriginal reporter (Dorota) or anyone else in the notification list check which exact packages should this one depend on, as a result of the Java 5 requirement ?

Language tool is now in version 0.9.2. It would be a great idea to integrate it with ubuntu an openoffice.
+1

Satrting with Intrepid, Language tool would require the OpenJDK 6.

OpenOffice.org 3.1 has an even better support of LanguageTool http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.1/index.html#r2.3 it would be excellent to take the opportunity of packaging it and make this package depend on openoffice.org (or specific language-support packages)

Hi Guys,
I second that. This would be so useful. Can help some of us avoid embarrassing grammatical mistakes.

Thanks!

Update 2009-11-01: Released version 1.0.0. Changes include:

    * Support for Danish, Catalan, and Galician
    * Rule and dictionary fixes for Dutch, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian
    * More rules for Dutch, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Slovenian, and English
    * Several bug fixes

Please package this version.

Please, make LanguageTool.jar directly available by the installation process of this package. Language Tool can be used as a stand alone application as can be seen here:
  http://www.languagetool.org/usage/
The OXT fie from OpenOffice needs to be unzipped somewhere in order to offer this. Perhaps /usr/share/languagetool would be a proper location. Note that deinstalling or upgrading the OXT will have to be reflected in the unzipped version.

Also /usr/bin or /usr/sbin should offer a shell script called languagetool that will call
  java -jar /usr/share/languagetool/LanguageTool.jar
with all arguments provieded to the shell script.

Makeing the JAR available in the proposed way will allow users to access the functionality directly from the command line. This will offer LanguageTool functionality also outside of OpenOffice.

LanguageTool will probably make its way into Debian.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=403619

LanguageTool 1.0.0 works very well with OpenOffice 3.2 on Ubuntu 9.10

Packaging of LanguageTool is necessary. I'm really surprised that LanguageTool still not installed automatically in Ubuntu.

LanguageTool is a very important piece of software, it really should be included into Ubuntu's repositories.

Strongest reqiured for russian dirting-paper mans!

On 2010-09-26 version 1.1 has been released. Please package this more than three year old bug according to proposed in comment number 8 so it will be available in OpenOffice and on the command-line too.

Keep in mind that a XUL Add-on like http://sourceforge.net/projects/thb-gramchecker/ should also be able to easily use languagetool's local installation.

Mark Shuttleworth say the LibreOffice will be in the Ubuntu 11.04 instead of Go-oo.
http://www.documentfoundation.org/

Then maybe discuss with LibreOffice developers about creating grammar checking in the LibreOffice? (Not as a separate plugin, like a LanguageTool.)

Post your ideas about it here: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31059

Since 3.3 Beta 2 LanguageTool integrated in LibreOffice. Then we can just wait for Natty release.

Will this also allow users to call language tool from the command line to run on text or source files?

Can Mozilla add-ons for grammar checking also call this functionality as explained above?

Can one upgrade language tool easily or will it be locked into the releases of LibreOffice?

A flexible system for upgrading and direct (command line) calling is preferred and I would like to suggest decoupling. What are your thoughts on this?

Then It's should be reassigned from openoffice.org to ubuntu, lika a typical needs-packaging bug.

If LibreOffice already include LanguageTool and LibreOffice will be part of Natty, then it's not openoffice.org bug anymore, right?

But LibreOffice should be able to use a newer version of Language Tool installed via a package. So it would involve both Ubuntu and LibreOffice. Can representative from both parties have a look at this and come up with a solution?

I'd prefer: For both spelling and grammar on Linux, Open/LibreOffice should use what is offered via packages on the system, so both spelling and grammar can upgrade and be used independently of Open/LibreOffice.

When installing LibreOffice from the PPA it will remove OpenOffice.org (at least currently). Also please note LanguageTool will not be in LibreOffice, this was a mistake and has been reverted. See: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32377

Bug https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31059 now is opened again.

Remarking openoffice.org as Triaged, undoing the Invalid by RussianNeuroMancer as no justification was given.

Thanks for the recent activity and connecting it to Libre Office.make sure that LanguageTool gets packaged as languagetool, separate from Libre Office so it can be upgraded independantly. And what is said in comment #8 about also unzipping the plugin for possible command line usage.

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There are no new official OpenOffice.org releases in Ubuntu packaging anymore => Won't Fix

If the problem persists, please mark this bug as "also affects project Libreoffice" or "also affects distribution Libreoffice (Ubuntu)" if that has not happened already.

Please leave references to upstream OpenOffice.org bugs in place to allow cross pollination.

Please set the LO task back to triaged as the plugin isn't included in Ubuntu's LO, is not available in the repositories nor is integrated into LO (or it doesn't work). However, the current upstream LO is shipped with Lightproof, not LanguageTool. Please see bug 980991 for lightproof's packaging for Ubuntu.

A proper status for LO might be won't fix as the plugin would be packaged separately.

> A proper status for LO might be won't fix as the plugin would be packaged separately.
You are right.

RussianNeuroMancer, please do not toggle the status of this bug without providing a comment justifying the status change.

Christopher, please look at #27 and @28 comments.

russianneuromancer: Still not "Fix released" in "libreoffice (ubuntu)" as clearly the libreoffice package of ubuntu does not yet include LanguageTool. This needs to be filed against Ubuntu as it is an independant package.

> However, the current upstream LO is shipped with Lightproof, not LanguageTool.

Yes, but LanguageTool is more advanced than LightProof. LanguageTool supports far more languages.
So creating an Ubuntu package for LanguageTool would be good.

OpenSuse packages LanguageTool:
https://build.opensuse.org/package/binaries?package=libreoffice-languagetool&project=openSUSE%3A12.1&repository=standard

This bug is marked as duplicate of bug #980991 but they are not duplicates:

Bug #980991 is about LightProof in LibreOffice
Bug #114375 is about packaging LanguageTool grammar checker

LanguageTool and LightProof are two completely different grammar checkers.
LanguageTool supports far more languages and detect more errors.
LanguageTool can also be used standalone without LibreOffice.
LanguageTool is written in Java. LightProof is written in Python.

Indeed, these are two different grammar checking engines. LightProof will support using the rules of LanguageTool but these have to be converted and shipped with LightProof. It should be up to the user which one or both to use.

See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1737826