MobileRead Forums - [Plugin] Grammalecte

Initial release: October 17, 2020
Current Version: "0.1.4.2"

This plugin is a simple Grammalecte-based grammar/spell checker for French ebooks. (Unlike the LibreOffice version, this plugin does not come with a GUI.)

Credits: This plugin uses the Grammalecte 1.12.2 Python library.

System requirements: Sigil 0.9.5 or higher.

Installation:

1. Select Manage Plugins from the Plugins menu and select Use Bundled Python, if it isn't already selected or greyed out.

2. Click Add Plugin and select Grammalecte_v0.1.4.1.zip. This will install the Grammalecte plugin, which you can select via Plugins > Validation > Grammalecte.

Note that this plugin will only check files highlighted in the Book Browser window. (If you want to check all files, click the Text folder.)

Settings:

This plugin doesn't come with a GUI, however, advanced users can customize it by adding/editing the following Grammalecte.json entries:

Spoiler:

For example, if you add the following entries to Grammalecte.json:

Code:

liga:        True,

idrule:        True,

Grammalecte will flag common ligatures and display rule ids.

Note that since Sigil comes with a much better spell checker, typos reported by Grammalecte are hidden by default. To display them, simply change:

Code:

  "error_types": [

    "lGrammarErrors"

  ]

to:

Code:

"error_types": ["lGrammarErrors", "lSpellingErrors"]

(As with all JSON entries, each entry, except for the last one, needs to be terminated by a comma.)

The plugin will also check the Grammalecte website at least once a week for updates. If you'd rather manually update the plugin, please change the following entry:

Code:

"update_check": true,

to:

Code:

"update_check": false,

Since the French dictionaries bundled with Sigil are slightly outdated, French users also might want to download and install the latest French Hunspell dictionaries from the Grammalecte website.

License: GNU General Public License v3 (GPL-3)