As I understood the bug report, only a file filter for aspell dictionaries is missing.
The attached trivial patch fixes this. JMarc, also for 1.4.x? regards Uwe
Index: ControlPrefs.C =================================================================== --- ControlPrefs.C (revision 16895) +++ ControlPrefs.C (working copy) @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ { return browseFile(file, _("Choose personal dictionary"), - FileFilterList(_("*.ispell"))); + FileFilterList(_("*.ispell *.pws"))); }