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andyb · 05-27-2015, 01:50 PM

Hi folks,

This is my first post - please be gentle...

I've rummaged around on the net and cannot find another solution to this (other than mine), so I thought I'd ask here!

I'm currently 'involved' (read providing Tech Support) in a couple of e-pub collaborations using Sigil and I've hit upon a small niggle.

One of the books is Natural History (flora and fauna) based and has a large number of Latin names (over 1000) which as you can imagine drives the spell checker nuts.

Consequently, I only wanted to set up the user dictionary for this book once, it's on a Dropbox share containing all the files for the e pub to which all collaborating parties have edit access.

I then created symlinks on all the machines involved to 'put' the file in the right place and configured Sigil to use the dictionary. This works well but requires some tech savvy to set up.

I got to thinking - "wouldn't it be much easier if it was possible to specify a path for a user dictionary overriding the default as well as the dictionary name..."

That way an e-pubs dictionary can be kept with the e-pub no matter where it is stored.

Just a thought!

Andy B.

05-27-2015, 01:50 PM	#1
andyb Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Kent, UK Device: Kobo Aura	User Dictionary Suggestion... Hi folks, This is my first post - please be gentle... I've rummaged around on the net and cannot find another solution to this (other than mine), so I thought I'd ask here! I'm currently 'involved' (read providing Tech Support) in a couple of e-pub collaborations using Sigil and I've hit upon a small niggle. One of the books is Natural History (flora and fauna) based and has a large number of Latin names (over 1000) which as you can imagine drives the spell checker nuts. Consequently, I only wanted to set up the user dictionary for this book once, it's on a Dropbox share containing all the files for the e pub to which all collaborating parties have edit access. I then created symlinks on all the machines involved to 'put' the file in the right place and configured Sigil to use the dictionary. This works well but requires some tech savvy to set up. I got to thinking - "wouldn't it be much easier if it was possible to specify a path for a user dictionary overriding the default as well as the dictionary name..." That way an e-pubs dictionary can be kept with the e-pub no matter where it is stored. Just a thought! Andy B.