Re: GtkSpell problems

[René Seindal <rene seindal dk>]

On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 03:58:01PM -0700, Evan Martin wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 15:13, René Seindal wrote:
> > It indicates all numbers as misspelled.  I have no idea about how to
> > change that.  It is a major nuisance.
> >
> > When right-clicking on a word, I have the option of adding the word to
> > the dictionary, but the addition is not persistent.  The next time I
> > open the document, the words are indicated as misspelled again.  How do
> > I get it to save these additions to a user specific dictionary.
>
> I've been distracted with other projects for a while (it looks like I
> made the last release almost exactly a half year ago), so there are a
> number of GtkSpell bugs piling up that I ought to get to.  I'll add
> these to the list.
>
> If anyone is interested in a project to hack, feel free to email me or
> the gtkspell-devel list (see http://gtkspell.sf.net).  :)

Hi

I had a quick look at the gtkspell code and the aspell documentation,
and it strikes me that in the function 

        static void
        add_to_dictionary(GtkWidget *menuitem, GtkSpell *spell)

you should call

        aspell_speller_add_to_personal(spell->speller, word, strlen(word));

instead of the current

        aspell_speller_add_to_session(spell->speller, word, strlen(word));

As I understand the docs, that should make the addition permanent.
Maybe the right thing to do would be to have both options on the menu:
"add to session" and "add to dictionary".


The Aspell docs have the following (note the 'session' or 'personal'
syntax used):

 If the user decided to add the word to the session or personal
 dictionary the the word can be be added using the add_to_session or
 add_to_personal methods respectfully like so:

    aspell_speller_add_to_session|personal(spell_checker, <word>, <size>); 

 It is better to let the spell checker manage these words rather than
 doing it your self so that the words have a change of appearing in the
 suggestion list.



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René Seindal (rene seindal dk)                  http://sights.seindal.dk/