On 7 May 2010 22:07, John B <j200...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello: > > I would like to save new spellcheck words in a personal dictionary. I > use a fresh install of Ubuntu 64 bit and Lyx 1.6.5. I have added a path > and filename (/home/mydic) in the tools|preferences|spellchecker| > personal dictionary box of Lyx. If I spellcheck a document and Lyx > finds a new word, the mouse over message for the add button says "add to > personal dictionary". Everything seems to work fine, except that after I > close the document there is no file called mydic where I instructed Lyx > to put it (there is no file with that name anywhere on my computer). So > where does Lyx put saved words? And can I edit them? > > Related to this, I have a list of 50,000 or so medical words from > openmedspel that I would like to include in a lyx-accessible dictionary. > Is it reasonable to just put those words in my personal dictionary (once > I find it)? Or do I need to compile an aspell file and put it in the > aspell folder? Any suggestions/procedures would be very welcome. > > Thanks, John > >
try .aspell.en.pws in your home directory that is where mine seems to be. (Or similar for languages other than english presumably) -- Stephen
