Re: [Evolution] dictionaries in Evolution

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

Hi and welcome!

On Sun, 2021-09-05 at 11:04 +0200, bug q. contri wrote:
> I am coming from the Thunderbird world where I could easily make
> entries into a custom dictionary.
>
> Is there such a possibility - still hidden to me - in Evolution and
> where?
>
> Alternatively I can imagine to edit the dictionaries I am using and add
> the needed words there. (Mainly German for all words with the German
> Umlauts; I write on a Japanese keyboard and never typed Umlauts.)
> Where are the dictionaries for languages located? 
> How are they called? 
> How can they be edited?

Location depends on your distribution. For general info, see
https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/mail-composer-spellcheck.html
How to edit hunspell dictionary files or how to create and install a
custom one might be a good question for a hunspell forum; see e.g.
https://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/editing-the-spell-checking-dictionaries

Cheers,
andre

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