Author/Editor		Košir, Aleš; Peterlin, Primož; Erjavec, Tomaž
Title		GNUsl: prosto programje in slovenščina
Type		članek
Source		In: Erjavec T, Gros J, editors. Zbornik konference Jezikovne tehnologije za slovenski jezik: mednarodna multi-konferenca Informacijska družba - IS'98; 1998 okt 6-7; Ljubljana, Slovenija. Ljubljana: Institut Jožef Stefan,
Publication year		1998
Volume		str. 35-41
Language		slo
Abstract		GNUsl, hosted on http://nl.ijs.si/GNUsl/, is the name for a collection of free documentation and software that uses information about the Slovene language, Slovene standards, and cultural specifics and helps people to use computers in the Slovene cultural environment. The software collection is accompanied by guides, containing instructions is accompanied by guides, containing instructions on internationalization and localization. Instructions are focused on free software and on popular commercial software. Solutions are systematically provided for various operating systems and for prevalent text editors. Guidelines include notes that are specific for the Slovene cultural environment, such as the rule for comma as decimal separator and legislation on holidays in Slovenia. Instructions are available through Internet as hyperlinked active documents or in ready-to-print form. GNUsl includes Trubar, an Internet spelling checker supporting many languages, including Slovene. Trubar is buil on top of GNU ispell, a free spelling checker for which both program sources and dictionaries are freely available. Materials presented on GNUsl compile most freely available knowledge from the field of language technologies for the Slovene language. They are presented in the form of understandable instructions, which are illustrated with examples.
Descriptors		LANGUAGE SOFTWARE COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS