Adding dictionaries to Web Designer

**WheelBrat** · 07 March 2009, 02:19 PM

Hello strangers ... it's ol' Reji (The WheelBrat) signing on again after so many years of quiet ... bet you didn't miss me at all! :-)

Just purchased my copy of this great software & have a quick question:

Just wondering if it's possible to import of language dictionaries into Web Designer. And if so, whats the process? My second language is fast becoming Scottish Gaelic & I want to make sure of my wording when working in the language. Anyone have an idea of how this can be accomplished. There's one available for Open Office can that be imported?

Wow ... a fellow can sure get 'wordy' after being quiet for so long. lol

Reji aka The WheelBrat

**Soquili** · 07 March 2009, 02:39 PM

Hi Reji,

Great to see you post. It has been a very long time.

Looking at the provided dictionaries they are designed to work with ASpell . http://aspell.net/

There is a Scottish Gaelic dictionary on the site in the above link.

I would assume you place the file in the Program Files/Xara/WebDesigner/dict folder.

**Soquili** · 07 March 2009, 02:45 PM

The download has a lot of Linux/Unix related files which you probably will not need.

I'm still playing about to see how to include the dictionary in Web Designer.

**Soquili** · 07 March 2009, 02:53 PM

Hmmm...there is an app called ISpell that has a windows version. But still not finding files similar to those in Web Designer dict folder.

**PhilM** · 07 March 2009, 04:15 PM

Hi Bill and Reji,

I'm not an expert on this so I can't give you chapter and verse on how to install dictionaries but check out "Hunspell":
http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/

I hope that steers you in the right direction.

Phil

**Soquili** · 07 March 2009, 04:15 PM

I found a link to an ispell Scottish Gaelic dictionary that contains .aff and .dic files. http://borel.slu.edu/ispell/ispell-gd-0.1.1.tar.gz

The page that contains that link is: http://borel.slu.edu/crubadan/apps.html

Same filename extensions as those in the Web Designer dict folder.

Adding the files to that folder does not add the dictionary to the list within Web Designer. I do not find a registry key that would add the dictionary.

This release of Web Designer does not appear to allow adding more dictionaries. Perhaps this could be added in a future update? Would that be possible John (Covoxer)?