| Danger dictionaries enable MapSpeller to warn the
user when correctly-spelled words that do not typically appear on
maps are present. Those words are often embarrassing substitutions for
other words.
Such substitutions include sight for site, pubic for
public, worm for warm.
MapSpeller uses one of the following danger dictionary files,
depending on which system language is selected: Danger_English (USA).dic and
Danger_None.dic. The latter doesn't contain any word by default. The
default content of Danger_English (USA).dic is displayed on the
figure to the left. It's up to the user to manually manage the
content of their danger dictionaries.
When a MapSpeller user account is created or the first time a
language is used, the MapSpeller master danger dictionaries are copied
from the MapSpeller Program Data directory into
that user's Windows profile. The user version is the version that MapSpeller uses when spell
checking.
Danger dictionaries are automatically used when spell checking
and can't be turned off from the MapSpeller Options dialog. To
disable this functionality, empty your copy of the relevant danger
dictionary.
Default location of the system's danger dictionaries:
- Windows XP
- MapSpeller 9.2: C:\Program Files\Edgetech
America\MapSpeller
- MapSpeller 9.3: C:\Documents and Settings\All
users\Application Data\Edgetech America\MapSpeller
- Windows Vista: C:\ProgramData\Edgetech America\MapSpeller
Default location of user XYZ's danger dictionaries:
- Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\XYZ\Application
Data\Edgetech America\MapSpeller
- Windows Vista: C:\XYZ\AppData\Roaming\Edgetech
America\MapSpeller
Note that to see these folders in Windows Explorer, you need to
set it so it shows hidden files.
Users can edit their danger dictionaries using Windows Notepad.
The first line with the #LID string contains the language code. It
shouldn't be changed. On the next lines, add the danger word, a tab,
then the letter c directly followed by the suggestion to be offered.
For optimum processing speed, those danger words should be listed in
alphabetical order with uppercase letters taking precedence over
lowercase ones. Dictionaries are case-sensitive.
If you don't want to be asked for the default substitution each
time MapSpeller encounters the danger word, remove its line from the
danger dictionary.
The danger dictionary is a dictionary that is read before any
other by the MapSpeller spelling engine; the language dictionary
follows and finally the personal dictionary. |
