Topic: search word in main and custom dictionary

[vincent.r]

Is there any function to search a word in main and custom dictionary ?

Input
(search_word_in_main_&_custom_dictionary "rwong")
Output
Nil

Input
(search_in_main_&_custom_dictionary "wrong")
Output
T

[dexus]

You can make a list of all the dictionaries and then search through that.
Here is a list of all the dictionaries:

Code - Auto/Visual Lisp: [Select]

1. (vlax-for dicts (vla-get-dictionaries (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))
2.   (if (vlax-property-available-p dicts 'Name)
3.     (setq rtn (cons (cons (vlax-get dicts 'Name) dicts) rtn))
4.   )
5. )
6. (reverse rtn)

Code was mostly copied from: https://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=58094.msg613243#msg613243

[It's Alive!]

You can make a list of all the dictionaries and then search through that.
Here is a list of all the dictionaries:

Code - Auto/Visual Lisp: [Select]

1. (vlax-for dicts (vla-get-dictionaries (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))
2.   (if (vlax-property-available-p dicts 'Name)
3.     (setq rtn (cons (cons (vlax-get dicts 'Name) dicts) rtn))
4.   )
5. )
6. (reverse rtn)

Code was mostly copied from: https://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=58094.msg613243#msg613243

I think its the dictionary used for spelling

[It's Alive!]

As far as I know, you can’t edit the main dictionary with lisp. But I think the custom dictionary is just a text file.
you might be able to find an app to edit main dictionaries, start here http://hunspell.github.io/

[vincent.r]

You can make a list of all the dictionaries and then search through that.
Here is a list of all the dictionaries:

Code - Auto/Visual Lisp: [Select]

1. (vlax-for dicts (vla-get-dictionaries (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))
2.   (if (vlax-property-available-p dicts 'Name)
3.     (setq rtn (cons (cons (vlax-get dicts 'Name) dicts) rtn))
4.   )
5. )
6. (reverse rtn)

Code was mostly copied from: https://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=58094.msg613243#msg613243

I think its the dictionary used for spelling

Correct Thanos. Want to check spellings through AutoLisp.

[vincent.r]

As far as I know, you can’t edit the main dictionary with lisp. But I think the custom dictionary is just a text file.
you might be able to find an app to edit main dictionaries, start here http://hunspell.github.io/

Ohh..Thanks Thanos. I dont want to edit main dictionary. I just want to read it to check whether given word is available in main dictionary or not. If it is not in main directory, I can add it in custom dictionary (Sample.cus).

[hmspe]

It looks like the main dictionary uses the ASPELL system.  en_US.dic is clear text but has modifiers attached that give variants (like adding 'ing' or 'ion' to the root word).  The modifiers are defined in en_US.aff, which is also clear text.  There is a version of ASPELL for Windows.  ASPELL is well documented.

I did not research it but there is supposed to be an easy way to convert an ASPELL dictionary file to an LSPELL file, which is a complete word list with all the variants included. 
 


   

[BIGAL]

A little bit of DOS inside Windows is a function FINDSTR so you can look inside a txt file for a string, could be called from lisp I did it manually.

Go bottom left of windows type CMD

C:\Program Files\Bricsys\Bricscad V20 en_us\support

findstr enable en_us.dic
alienable/IU
enabler/M
enable/SRDZG
tenableness/M
tenable/P
untenable

Could possibly push result into a file and have a look.
findstr enable en_us.dic >d:\acadtemp\findstr.txt