Re: Dictionary problem (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:03:22 -0800
From: Ron <feffer777@sbcglobal.net>
To: Alan Horkan <horkana@maths.tcd.ie>
Subject: Re: Dictionary problem

Alan Horkan wrote:

>On Sun, 18 Dec 2005, Ron wrote:
>
>
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>>Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:22:33 -0800
>>From: Ron <feffer777@sbcglobal.net>
>>To: abiword-user@abisource.com
>>Subject: Re: Dictionary problem
>>
>>
>>Ron wrote:
>>
>>
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>>>I'm having a problem with Abiword spellchecker. I can add a word to
>>>the dictionary, but it doesn't hold through a quit and restart of the
>>>program. I checked the spelling preferences and both "dictionary" and
>>>"custom dictionary" are greyed out. I looked for the file
>>>"american.hash" and couldn't find it. I have "aspell" on my linux fc-3
>>>system and suspect that abiword might be using it, but I'm not sure.
>>>This would be OK, if I could add custom words to a dictionary which
>>>abiword would recognize. Can anyone show some light on this problem?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Ron
>>>
>>>
>>I hope everyone didn't consider this question to elementary. Before
>>posting, I did check the docs in AW and online. They indicated that AW
>>would add words to a custom dictionary (common behavior to most writing
>>progs), but as I mentioned this only works in that particular AW
>>session. If anyone can point me in a direction to look, I'd really
>>appreciate it.
>>
>>
>
>I'd be expecting to find a file called custom.dic in
>~/.Abisuite/
>
>Hmm, did a quick test with Abiword 2.2 and the words added to the custom
>dictionary dont stick after you quit they are all gone. So I guess I can
>confirm there was a problem but it may already have been fixed. If you
>check bugzilla.abisource.com you might be able to find an existing report.
>
>Sincerely
>
>
>- Alan
>
>
>
I updated to AW 2.4 and added enchant. Now the custom dictionary works
fine, though it is still greyed out.

Ron
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