WinFaqInstallMoreDictionaries

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WinFAQ: How to Install Additional Dictionaries

Main.MichaelMoore asked:

Id like to install some dictionaries that are not in the ispell_dictionary_list.xml file. It seems to be fairly simple to edit this file by hand, but I cant find the country_Locale codes for the dictionaries Im trying to install (these are pre-made iSpell hash files Ive found various places online). If someone can point me to a source for this information, I will write a detailed FAQ about this, including where to find the dictionaries that arent on the abiword download page, and how to edit the xml file. Thanks.

Main.DomLachowicz responded:

Those codes are ISO 639 language codes and ISO 3166 country codes.

• http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/iso639a.html
• http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html

Examples:

• English: en
• English, as spoken in America: en_US
• English, as spoken in Australia: en_AU
• Portuguese: pt
• Portuguese, as spoken in Portugal: pt_PT
• Portuguese, as spoken in Brazil: pt_BR
• Russian: ru
• Russian, as spoken in Russia: ru_RU

However, please make the AbiWord developers of any languages missing from our existing Ispell support. Also, please note that with Enchant, this process is entirely different. Thanks, Dom

Contributors

• Main.MichaelMoore - 23 Dec 2003
• Main.DomLachowicz - 30 Dec 2003 (via post to abiword-user)