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Spelling engine status [message #505641]

Sun, 03 January 2010 21:48

Eclipse User

Hi,
I did a bit of research, but I'm still confused.
It seems to me there *is* some support for Spell-checking in a generic
TextEditor (or an AbstractDecoratedTextEditor), but it is still packaged
into JDT, which means I will have to pull into my RCP app a lot of
unwanted code.

First and foremost:
Is this correct? Will this change soon (E4)?

Then:
Where can I find reasonably complete instructions on how to add the
current spell-checking to my app?
How do I produce additional "Platform dictionaries"? I know I can add
"custom dictionaries" (one word per line), but I would like to have a
standard (platform?) dictionary *and* let the user add a special-purpose
custom dict.

There is a set of slides floating around (Text Editor Recipes) that seem
to indicate this is not too complex, but slides alone are not very
informative :(

Can someone enlighten me, please?

Best Regards
Mauro

Re: Spelling engine status [message #505980 is a reply to message #505641]

Tue, 05 January 2010 12:19

Eclipse User

Mauro Condarelli wrote:
> Hi,
> I did a bit of research, but I'm still confused.
> It seems to me there *is* some support for Spell-checking in a generic
> TextEditor (or an AbstractDecoratedTextEditor), but it is still
> packaged into JDT, which means I will have to pull into my RCP app a
> lot of unwanted code.
>
> First and foremost:
> Is this correct?
Yes, the general framework is in lower layers but JDT contributes the
engine for historical reasons.
> Will this change soon (E4)?
Not soon i.e. definitely not with this year's 3.x / e4 releases.
>
> Then:
> Where can I find reasonably complete instructions on how to add the
> current spell-checking to my app?
There's currently no easy way. You have to create your own spelling
engine which can either be a copy of the JDT one or your won.
> How do I produce additional "Platform dictionaries"?
Create a file <locale>.dictionary (e.g. de_CH.dictionary) with a word on
each line. Then ship it as fragment of org.eclipse.jdt.ui/dictionaries.
> I know I can add "custom dictionaries" (one word per line), but I
> would like to have a standard (platform?) dictionary *and* let the
> user add a special-purpose custom dict.
Look how the JDT spelling engine does it.

Dani
>
> There is a set of slides floating around (Text Editor Recipes) that
> seem to indicate this is not too complex, but slides alone are not
> very informative :(
>
> Can someone enlighten me, please?
>
> Best Regards
> Mauro

Re: Spelling engine status [message #552608 is a reply to message #505980]

Thu, 12 August 2010 15:24

Eclipse User

>> How do I produce additional "Platform dictionaries"?
>Create a file <locale>.dictionary (e.g. de_CH.dictionary) with a word on each line. Then ship it as fragment of org.eclipse.jdt.ui/dictionaries.

Well, I have tried what you have written and it really works - i. e. it is sufficient to put once custom dictionary into the "eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.jdt.ui_VERSION.jar" - into the "dictionaries" folder and start Eclipse again.

BUT what can spare you some precious time is to know that the name of the dictionary file must be EXACTLY <language>_<country>.dictionary. The shortened form - <language>.dictionary - seems to be UNSUPPORTED: Although the dictionary does appear in the "Platform dictionary" combobox (in the Preferences dialog) and you can select it, the selection is in fact ignored and reverted to "none". Maybe a bug to report?

Best regards

Petr

Re: Spelling engine status [message #552681 is a reply to message #552608]

Fri, 13 August 2010 03:35

Eclipse User

Petr Bodnar wrote:
>>> How do I produce additional "Platform dictionaries"?
>> Create a file <locale>.dictionary (e.g. de_CH.dictionary) with a word
>> on each line. Then ship it as fragment of
>> org.eclipse.jdt.ui/dictionaries.
>
> Well, I have tried what you have written and it really works - i. e.
> it is sufficient to put once custom dictionary into the
> "eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.jdt.ui_VERSION.jar" - into the
> "dictionaries" folder and start Eclipse again.
>
> BUT what can spare you some precious time is to know that the name of
> the dictionary file must be EXACTLY <language>_<country>.dictionary.
> The shortened form - <language>.dictionary - seems to be UNSUPPORTED:
> Although the dictionary does appear in the "Platform dictionary"
> combobox (in the Preferences dialog) and you can select it, the
> selection is in fact ignored and reverted to "none". Maybe a bug to
> report?
Yes, please file one against JDT Text.

Dani
>
> Best regards
>
> Petr

Re: Spelling engine status [message #554938 is a reply to message #552681]

Tue, 24 August 2010 15:53

Eclipse User

> Yes, please file one against JDT Text.
>
> Dani

Well, while searching for possible duplicates, I have found out that this problem was in fact already reported some year ago:

[spell checking] Locales without country code don't work

So I'm not sure about opening a new bug now. Maybe you could reopen the existing one, changing its severity to ENHANCEMENT?

Petr

Re: Spelling engine status [message #556017 is a reply to message #554938]

Mon, 30 August 2010 10:34

Eclipse User

Petr Bodnar wrote:
>> Yes, please file one against JDT Text.
>>
>> Dani
>
> Well, while searching for possible duplicates, I have found out that
> this problem was in fact already reported some year ago:
>
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=261498
>
> So I'm not sure about opening a new bug now. Maybe you could reopen
> the existing one, changing its severity to ENHANCEMENT?
I've fixed it for you.

Dani
>
> Petr

Re: Spelling engine status [message #556029 is a reply to message #556017]

Mon, 30 August 2010 11:31

Eclipse User

Thanks a lot Smile

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