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    From Rick V@1:154/110 to All on Saturday, May 17, 2025 13:43:07
    Hello All.

    I'm looking for a dictionary that will work with GoldEd.

    Thanks,
    Rick V

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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/10 to Rick V on Saturday, May 17, 2025 15:13:38
    Hey Rick!

    On Sat, 17 May 2025 13:43:06 -0500, you wrote:

    I'm looking for a dictionary that will work with GoldEd.

    Merriam Webster's dictionary should work with just about anything.

    Otherwise, without more detailed information.. I have no idea what you're talking about. I searched "dictionary" in both Golded manuals and came up with nothing. Do you mean a spell checker?

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Rick V@1:154/110 to Nicholas Boel on Saturday, May 17, 2025 19:01:11
    Hello Nicholas.

    27 Sep 70 00:40, you wrote to me:

    Hey Rick!

    On Sat, 17 May 2025 13:43:06 -0500, you wrote:

    I'm looking for a dictionary that will work with GoldEd.

    Merriam Webster's dictionary should work with just about anything.

    Otherwise, without more detailed information.. I have no idea what
    you're talking about. I searched "dictionary" in both Golded manuals
    and came up with nothing. Do you mean a spell checker?

    Regards,
    Nick

    DUH!! Why was I thinking dictionary... I did mean spellchecker.

    Rick V

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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Rick V on Saturday, May 17, 2025 22:08:02
    DUH!! Why was I thinking dictionary... I did mean spellchecker.

    If it's not already insstalled, install hunspell along with the word lists for the languages you want to use.

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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/10 to Rick V on Sunday, May 18, 2025 06:59:38
    Hey Rick!

    On Sat, 17 May 2025 19:01:10 -0500, you wrote:

    DUH!! Why was I thinking dictionary... I did mean spellchecker.

    If you're using Golded's internal editor, then you're probably looking for the EDITSPELLCHECK keyword:

    EDITSPELLCHECK <commandline> [@file]

    Otherwise, with an external editor, you might have to play around with the EXTERNUTIL and EXTERNOPTIONS keywords, or script something into your external editor before saving the message.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/10 to Alan Ianson on Sunday, May 18, 2025 07:04:08
    Hey Alan!

    On Sat, 17 May 2025 22:08:02 -0800, you wrote:

    If it's not already insstalled, install hunspell along with the word
    lists for the languages you want to use.

    I'm not sure just installing a spell checker would work with Golded right out of the box, and I imagine he already knows how to install a spell checker. I think he was asking how to make Golded utilize said spell checker.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Nicholas Boel on Sunday, May 18, 2025 10:11:34
    If it's not already insstalled, install hunspell along with the word
    lists for the languages you want to use.

    I'm not sure just installing a spell checker would work with Golded right out of the box,

    Golded doesn't do anything right out of the box. It needs to be configured first.

    and I imagine he already knows how to install a spell checker.

    That might be so, but it doesn't hurt to mention that golded needs hunspell and at least one wordlist to check your spelling.

    I think he was asking how to make Golded utilize said spell checker.

    Yes, and he will need hunspell to utilize the spell checker in golded.

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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/10 to Alan Ianson on Sunday, May 18, 2025 18:54:22
    Hey Alan!

    On Sun, 18 May 2025 10:11:34 -0700, you wrote:

    Golded doesn't do anything right out of the box. It needs to be
    configured first.

    Right. You didn't mention that whatsoever. Instead, you pressed him to install hunspell, which I don't see mentioned anywhere in the manuals. I'd imagine more than just hunspell would work, since you can provide a command line to it.

    That might be so, but it doesn't hurt to mention that golded needs
    hunspell and at least one wordlist to check your spelling.

    Yes, and he will need hunspell to utilize the spell checker in golded.

    Could you point me to where you see 'hunspell' specifically mentioned, please?

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Nicholas Boel on Sunday, May 18, 2025 19:31:14
    Golded doesn't do anything right out of the box. It needs to be
    configured first.

    Right. You didn't mention that whatsoever.

    Do I need to mention that?

    Instead, you pressed him to install hunspell,

    I am not pressing anything.

    which I don't see mentioned anywhere in the manuals. I'd imagine more than just hunspell would work,

    I think any spell checker that you can call externally can be made to work.

    That might be so, but it doesn't hurt to mention that golded needs
    hunspell and at least one wordlist to check your spelling.

    Yes, and he will need hunspell to utilize the spell checker in golded.

    Could you point me to where you see 'hunspell' specifically mentioned, please?

    It may mention MySpell. Hunspell and it's dictionaries are compatible with MySpell.

    I don't have a working golded.cfg at the moment but I think I used these keywords in my config.

    SCheckerEnabled Auto

    SCheckerDicPath /usr/share/hunspell <- adjust as needed

    SCheckerDefLang en_US

    You can look up these keywords in the advanced.cfg from the source archive and probably others.

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  • From Vladimir Fyodorov@2:6035/3.1 to Rick V on Monday, May 19, 2025 09:00:18
    Hello, Rick!

    Saturday May 17 2025, Rick V wrote to All:

    I'm looking for a dictionary that will work with GoldEd.

    http://ftp.velo36.ru/pub/freq/myspell.tgz

    I using MySpell.

    1. Add the required XlatCharSet's, e.g. koi_866.chs and 866_koi.chs for CP866/KOI8-R. For English is not necessary, I think.
    Add in golded.cfg:
    ===
    XLATPATH \fido\GOLDED\XLAT\
    XLATCHARSET KOI8-R CP866 koi_866.chs
    XLATCHARSET CP866 KOI8-R 866_koi.chs
    ===

    2. Add and specify the path to the dictionary. I am using two dictionaries: English and Russian.
    en_US.dic
    en_US.aff
    ru_RU.dic
    ru_RU.aff
    Add in golded.cfg:
    ===
    SCheckerEnabled Auto
    SCheckerDefLang ru_RU en_US
    SCheckerDicPath \fido\golded\dict\
    ===

    3. Specify the color for misspelled words.
    Add in gedcolor.cfg (if used, if not used - add in golded.cfg):
    ===
    COLOR SCHECKER Error LRed on Black
    ===

    4. Profit!

    P.S. Sorry for my English...

    Sincerely yours, Vladimir Fyodorov, esquire.
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  • From Rick V@1:154/110 to Vladimir Fyodorov on Monday, May 19, 2025 15:31:54
    Hello Vladimir.

    29 Sep 70 18:26, you wrote to me:

    Hello, Rick!

    Saturday May 17 2025, Rick V wrote to All:

    I'm looking for a dictionary that will work with GoldEd.

    http://ftp.velo36.ru/pub/freq/myspell.tgz

    I using MySpell.

    1. Add the required XlatCharSet's, e.g. koi_866.chs and 866_koi.chs
    for CP866/KOI8-R. For English is not necessary, I think. Add in golded.cfg:
    ===
    XLATPATH \fido\GOLDED\XLAT\
    XLATCHARSET KOI8-R CP866 koi_866.chs
    XLATCHARSET CP866 KOI8-R 866_koi.chs
    ===

    2. Add and specify the path to the dictionary. I am using two dictionaries: English and
    Russian. en_US.dic en_US.aff ru_RU.dic ru_RU.aff Add in golded.cfg:
    ===
    SCheckerEnabled Auto
    SCheckerDefLang ru_RU en_US
    SCheckerDicPath \fido\golded\dict\
    ===

    3. Specify the color for misspelled words.
    Add in gedcolor.cfg (if used, if not used - add in golded.cfg):
    ===
    COLOR SCHECKER Error LRed on Black
    ===

    4. Profit!

    P.S. Sorry for my English...

    Thank you, it worked great!

    Rick V

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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/10 to Alan Ianson on Monday, May 19, 2025 17:00:24
    Hey Alan!

    On Sun, 18 May 2025 19:31:14 -0700, you wrote:

    Right. You didn't mention that whatsoever.

    Do I need to mention that?

    If you haven't noticed, the OP asks a lot of questions. So yes, you should probably be a bit more specific.

    I don't have a working golded.cfg at the moment but I think I used these keywords in my config.

    SCheckerEnabled Auto

    SCheckerDicPath /usr/share/hunspell <- adjust as needed

    SCheckerDefLang en_US

    You can look up these keywords in the advanced.cfg from the source
    archive and probably others.

    Now you're being a bit more helpful! ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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