Spell-checker upgrade?

[G2B]

I have used the built-in spell-checker in the Calibre editor, but it seems to be VERY limited in vocabulary. I often get lists of 1000s 'errors' — most of those only once or twice — which are simply words that are not included in the built-in dictionary. Many of those are verb contraction combined with another word. ['d 'll 're etc.] The spell-checker seems unable to figure out that those are really 2 viable words an an acceptable combination.

I often avoid using the spell-checker because I could spend hours and hours clicking on 'add this word to default dictionary' and then lose it all again if/when my computer crashes.

Is there any way to upgrade that default word listing to a really extensive dictionary (not for explanation of word meaning, but simply spell-check.) Please explain it in simple language, like pointing me to a file or plug-in and giving a step-by-step instruction to get it installed into the Calibre editor.

I've tried to search the forums, but translation dictionaries drown out everything else in the results I get.
TIA.

[kovidgoyal]

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/edi...w-dictionaries

[phossler]

I believe that the link in the manual ...

You can download these dictionaries from The LibreOffice Extensions repository.

is changed and should be

https://extensions.libreoffice.org/?Tags%5B%5D=50

[G2B]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/edi...w-dictionaries

Thank you for the comment.
I've checked the manual, saw that and tried that before I asked in this forum.
That link to the The LibreOffice Extensions repository is no longer valid, comes up as 'page not found'

UPDATE after I read the 2nd response with updated link.
I did download an English dictionary as .otx file that installed correctly in OpenOffice..
I did figure out to get to the 'manage dictionaries' button.
When I click on it, it gives an error message. I copied details below for your review.

calibre, version 5.4.2
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>TypeError</b>:'<' not supported between instances of 'str' and 'NoneType'

calibre 5.4.2 [64bit] embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Windows-10-10.0.19041 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.19041')
Python 3.8.5
Windows: ('10', '10.0.19041', '', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: BOL_NL (4, 5, 0) && Clean Metadata (0, 0, 6) && EpubMerge (2, 11, 0) && EpubSplit (3, 0, 0) && Goodreads (1, 5, 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\gui2\tweak_book\preferences.py", line 246, in manage_dictionaries
File "calibre\gui2\tweak_book\spell.py", line 414, in __init__
File "calibre\gui2\tweak_book\widgets.py", line 47, in __init__
File "calibre\gui2\widgets2.py", line 185, in __init__
File "calibre\gui2\tweak_book\spell.py", line 447, in setup_ui
File "calibre\gui2\tweak_book\spell.py", line 505, in build_dictionaries
TypeError: '<' not supported between instances of 'str' and 'NoneType'

[G2B]

Originally Posted by phossler

I believe that the link in the manual ...



is changed and should be

https://extensions.libreoffice.org/?Tags%5B%5D=50

That is indeed correct. And thank you for that.
Your link did work. I wasn't able to find this from the home page.

I downloaded the 'English dictionary and it did install itself in OpenOffice no problem. I'll try to figure out how to get it in Calibre.

[jbacelar]

An .oxt dictionary is actually a zip folder.
Once open, you will find the dictionaries you need, which in this case are .aff and .dic.
Once these files have been extracted, they must now be copied to the folder dic????? which is in C:\User\????\AppData\Roaming\calibre\dictionaries\

And that's it.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by jbacelar

An .oxt dictionary is actually a zip folder.
Once open, you will find the dictionaries you need, which in this case are .aff and .dic.
Once these files have been extracted, they must now be copied to the folder dic????? which is in C:\User\????\AppData\Roaming\calibre\dictionaries\

And that's it.

Something is broken in version 5. when I click on Manage Dictionaries I get:

Spoiler:

calibre, version 5.4.2
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>TypeError</b>:'<' not supported between instances of 'str' and 'NoneType'
calibre 5.4.2 [64bit] embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Windows-10-10.0.19041 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.19041')
Python 3.8.5
Windows: ('10', '10.0.19041', '', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: CalibreSpy (1, 0, 82) && Count Pages (1, 11, 0) && Diaps Editing Toolbag (0, 3, 7) && Drop Search Results (1, 0, 10) && EpubSplit (3, 0, 0) && Extract ISBN (1, 5, 0) && Favourites Menu (1, 0, 5) && Find Duplicates (1, 8, 3) && GetFileName (0, 1, 0) && Job Spy (1, 0, 188) && Modify ePub (1, 6, 1) && Quality Check (1, 10, 1) && Reading List (1, 7, 0) && Resize Cover (1, 1, 0) && User Category (1, 5, 5) && View Manager (1, 6, 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\gui2\tweak_book\preferences.py", line 246, in manage_dictionaries
File "calibre\gui2\tweak_book\spell.py", line 414, in __init__
File "calibre\gui2\tweak_book\widgets.py", line 47, in __init__
File "calibre\gui2\widgets2.py", line 185, in __init__
File "calibre\gui2\tweak_book\spell.py", line 447, in setup_ui
File "calibre\gui2\tweak_book\spell.py", line 505, in build_dictionaries
TypeError: '<' not supported between instances of 'str' and 'NoneType'

When I click on on Manage Dictionaries in version 4 I get:



The calibre editor has always done the extract from the OXT

IIRC Sigil requires it be unpacked to install the .dic and .aff files.

BR

[georgemk]

Kovid has put a fix into Github for this 4 days ago

Edit book: Fix regression in calibre 5 that caused an error when managing user dictionaries. Fixes #1903294 [Preferences / Editor settings / Manage spelling dictionaries throws exception](https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1903294)

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by georgemk

Kovid has put a fix into Github for this 4 days ago

BR