On 7:58:21 pm 16/05/2006 Jose Da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 16, 2006 09:35 am, Ethan Bradford wrote: > > What do you think about adding profanity suppression to Aspell as > > an auxiliary file? By adding an additional file of profanity, we > > can make Aspell recognize correctly spelled profanity and not flag > > it, while avoiding giving profanity in the suggestion list. I > > consider this ideal in that it doesn't get in the way of somebody > > who wants to use profanity, but it avoids pushing it in somebody > else's face. > > Appears what you describe is similar to a slang dictionary, but in > this case, you mean a slang word list, unless you want to stick with > calling it a profanity dictionary (or wordlist). >
This is something i am interested in too. How can I specify such a dictionary when doing spellchecking? I like to create a dictionary of API sysmbols. That come useful when spell checking api-docs, where there are often references to function names. Any pointers how to create such a slang-dictionary out of a wordlist and how to make aspell use it. The last time I tried it, I got nowhere :( Stefan > > It would allow sites to customize the level of suppression to match > > local sensibilities without risky direct modification of the word > > list. > > Sort of like keeping a separate medical term, or technical, or > separate scientific term dictionary. > > > The big downside is the complexity. We would also not help correct > > true spelling errors in profanity, but if you're using profanity > > anyhow, then the formality level of your writing is so low that > > spelling errors are accepted and even encourgaged. > > Instead of merging dictionaries, you might want to keep them separate. > > You have your normal dictionary (or dictionaries) and you have your > slang dictionary (used for checking, but excluded from suggesting > words). Check both dictionaries for spelling, but exclude the slang > dictionary when doing suggestions. > _______________________________________________ Aspell-devel mailing list Aspell-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/aspell-devel
