Debian Junior writing packages

AbiWord är en funktionsrik, effektiv ordbehandlare. Den är lämplig för en mängd olika ordbehandlingsuppgifter och är utökningsbar med olika insticksmoduler.

Det här paketet innehåller flera av de insticksprogram för import/export som gör det möjligt för AbiWord att interagera med ODT, WordPerfect och andra format. Det innehåller också insticks-verktyg, som erbjuder direkt samarbete med andra AbiWord-användare som använder Windows eller Linux (med hjälp av TCP eller Jabber / XMPP), översättning av webbsidor och stöd för ordlistor och mycket mer.

GNU Aspell är ett stavningskontrollprogram som kan användas antingen som ett fristående program eller inbäddat i andra program. Dess viktigaste funktion är att den gör ett mycket bättre jobb med att föreslå tänkbara stavningar än något annat stavningskontrollprogram för det engelska språket, inklusive Ispell och Microsoft Word. Det har också flera andra tekniska förbättringar över Ispell, som att använda delat minne för ordböcker och intelligent hantering av personliga ordböcker när mer än en Aspell-process är öppen.

Aspell är utformad för att vara en direkt ersättning för Ispell.

Dasher is an information-efficient text-entry interface, driven by natural continuous pointing gestures. Dasher is a competitive text-entry system wherever a full-size keyboard cannot be used - for example,

• on a palmtop computer
• on a wearable computer
• when operating a computer one-handed, by joystick, touchscreen, trackball, or mouse
• when operating a computer with zero hands (i.e., by head-mouse or by eyetracker).

The eyetracking version of Dasher allows an experienced user to write text as fast as normal handwriting - 25 words per minute; using a mouse, experienced users can write at 39 words per minute.

Dasher uses a more advanced prediction algorithm than the T9(tm) system often used in mobile phones, making it sensitive to surrounding context.

This package provides a client application to query a dictd server. The client-server protocol is TCP-based; the server may then be local or accessed through the network.

The DICT Development Group maintains several public servers which can be accessed from any machine connected to the Internet. The default configuration is to query one of these servers first. This may be changed in the configuration file /etc/dictd/dict.conf.

Queries may be customized by numerous command line options, including specifying the database(s) to be queried and the search strategy to be used.

This package also provides dictl, which allows using UTF-8 encoded dictionaries with terminals that do not support UTF-8.

GCompris is a high quality educational software suite, including a large number of activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still educational.

GNU nano is an easy-to-use text editor originally designed as a replacement for Pico, the ncurses-based editor from the non-free mailer package Pine (itself now available under the Apache License as Alpine).

However, GNU nano also implements many features missing in Pico, including:

• undo/redo
• line numbering
• syntax coloring
• soft-wrapping of overlong lines
• selecting text by holding Shift
• interactive search and replace (with regular expression support)
• a go-to line (and column) command
• support for multiple file buffers
• auto-indentation
• tab completion of filenames and search terms
• toggling features while running
• and full internationalization support

pySioGame is a set of educational activities and games for children aged between 3 and 10. The activities are grid based and can be played all in a single window. pySioGame includes maths, reading, writing, painting, and memory activities.

WriteType is a simple word processor designed to help young students write more easily and accurately. It offers spelling suggestions as students type, making the process easier and less frustrating. It also provides the ability to read back text through either an eSpeak or a Festival backend. In addition, there are special tools for teachers, and the entire application is easily translatable.