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Clarify instructions on how to download dictionaries on Windows

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Veronica Berglyd Olsen
2023-03-20 22:36:49 +01:00
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docs/source/int_customise.rst
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@@ -19,22 +19,34 @@ Spell Check Dictionaries
novelWriter uses Enchant_ as the spell checking tool. Depending on your operating system, it may or novelWriter uses Enchant_ as the spell checking tool. Depending on your operating system, it may or
may not load installed spell check dictionaries. may not load installed spell check dictionaries.
Linux Linux and MacOS
On Linux, you generally only have to install hunspell or aspell dictionaries on your system like ---------------
you do for other applications. See your distro's documentation for how to do this. These
dictionaries should then show up as available spell check languages in novelWriter. On Linux and MacOS, you generally only have to install hunspell or aspell dictionaries on your
system like you do for other applications. See your distro or OS documentation for how to do this.
These dictionaries should then show up as available spell check languages in novelWriter.
Windows Windows
For Windows, English is included with the installation. For other languages you have to download -------
and add dictionaries yourself. You can find the various dictionaries on the `Free Desktop`_
website. You should find a folder for your language, if it is available at all, and download the
files ending with ``.aff`` and ``.dic``. These files must then be copied to the following
location:
``C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\enchant\hunspell`` For Windows, English is included with the installation. For other languages you have to download
and add dictionaries yourself. You can find the various dictionaries on the `Free Desktop`_
website. You should find a folder for your language, if it is available at all, and download the
files ending with ``.aff`` and ``.dic``. These files must then be copied to the following location:
This assumes your user profile is stored at ``C:\Users\<USER>``. The last one or two folders may ``C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\enchant\hunspell``
not exist, so you may need to create them.
This assumes your user profile is stored at ``C:\Users\<USER>``. The last one or two folders may
not exist, so you may need to create them.
.. note::
The Free Desktop link points to a repository, and what may look like file links inside the
dictionary folder are actually links to web pages. If you right-click and download those, you
get HTML files, not dictionaries!
In order to download the actual dictionary files, right-click the "plain" label at the end of
each line and download that.
.. _a_custom_theme: .. _a_custom_theme:
novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
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@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
if self._docHandle is None or self._nwItem is None: if self._docHandle is None or self._nwItem is None:
return return
logger.debug("User selectee %d words", wCount) logger.debug("User selected %d words", wCount)
self.docFooter.updateCounts(wCount=wCount, cCount=cCount) self.docFooter.updateCounts(wCount=wCount, cCount=cCount)
self.wcTimerSel.stop() self.wcTimerSel.stop()