As is mentioned on this site, LibreOffice is an open source facility, and is being continually upgraded. It is also mentioned here that there is a pressing need for a grammar checker that operates within the confines of a word processor, such as Word or Writer. As it turns out, the this has already almost been done in the case of Writer... All the rules have already been coded, by Kevin Scannell, and all that needs to be done is to implement them into a format suitable for LibreOffice.
The technical details:
It is estimated that this is about one month’s work.
It you are interested in this project, please contact eolas@scriobh.ie.
In keeping with the philosophy of Open Source this work is expected to be voluntary. This is one reason why programs such as LibreOffice are free.
This will be a great resource when implemented.
We recommend it to anyone who is writing in Irish do download and use the free computer application called LibreOffice. This is an excellent wordprocessor that hosts a spellchecker and thesaurus, for example. One can make PDFs from documents easily as well.
In LibreOffice, it is possible to open MS Word documents, make changes, and save again as a MS Word document, if required.
An Foclóir Beag, the Irish/Irish dictionay, is available on line. It offers more than the print version; for example, one can see verbs and adjectives in all their forms.
If you are looking for information, including translations, related to a word, you might not need to look any further than potafocal.com. This site uses many different resources to present to the user many different aspects related to the word. It even contains straight links to well-known sites such as focal.ie. It is well worth a visit.
