Myspell Dictionaries

[Howard Coles Jr.]

On Sunday 27 November 2005 02:39 pm, James Gray wrote:
> On Sunday 27 November 2005 10:20, L. Boggio wrote:
> > Le 26/11/05, L. Boggio a dit :
> > > I found the words I add in OOo dictionnary here :
> > > /home/MyLogin/.openoffice.org2/user/wordbook/standard.dic
> > >
> > > Beware, it is a binary file....
> >
> > OK, one more point. I tried using kate to remove some words, I just
> > succeeded in crashing OOo.
> > 1st point : the file is written on the disk only when you close OOo
> > 2nd point : I succeeded in removing words by using khexedit : the file
> > format seems to be :
> > ############ : Some strange chars, 11 for me.
> > After, for each words in the dictionnary :
> > 1 char seems to be random
> > 1 '00'
> > the word
> > and once again for the next word : the random char, the 00, the word.
> > To remove a plain word, you MUST remove the 3  'groups' : the random,
> > the '00', the word.
> > Like that, it seems to work OK, but don't forget to save the file
> > before editing it.
> >
> > Good luck !
>
> Yikes! Why put yourself through all that pain when the functionality is
> already built into OOo? :)
>
> Tools -> Options, expand the "Language Settings" branch and click on the
> "Writing Aids".  VOILA!  You can now edit any of your personal dictionaries
> and the "always ignore" list.

The problem is you can't edit the Standard Dictionary, or any of the others 
except your personal ignore list from there.  My question was more directed 
toward editing the main dictionary files not just the personal ignore list.


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