Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 95419
No nl_BE dictionary available, but nl_NL is officially the same
Last modified: 2013-01-29 21:39:43 UTC
The dutch speaking part of Belgium officially uses exactly the same dictionary as the Netherlands. The current nl_NL dictionary should also represent the nl_BE locale. In the past this was easily solved by editing the dictionary.lst, but as of OOo 3 with dictionary extensions, I would not know how to link the nl_BE locale to the same dictionary as the nl_NL locale. But the best solution ofcourse would be that the nl version of OOo shipped with both nl_NL and nl_BE locales pointing to the same dictionary. Officially both are the same language using the same spelling and grammatics.
Created attachment 57494 [details] extension description file, indicating that nl_BE is included too
Created attachment 57495 [details] adapted dictionaries content file: added nl_BE locale using the same dictionaries. Not sure this is the correct way, but it works.
I adapted my dict_nl.oxt file (see attachments description.xml and dictionaries.xcu) to include the nl_BE locale, using the same dictionaries as the nl_NL locale. Not sure this is the to do it, but it works for me. Maybe Surinam should be included too, since I've read they use the same official spelling?