Missing dictionary for language, Spelling Mistake

[shid]

I'm from Brazil and I tried to install the custom language from this instruction but I don't have success. I also tried rename at differents forms but still not working. Anyone can help me?

I found a similar topic and this, but in my case not work too.

I'm using the Affinity Publish 2.1.1 and more details check the attached imagens.

Edited August 23, 2023 by shid

[David in Яuislip]

Each language folder must also have its .aff file, this should be available from where you found the .dic files
Here's an example for Hungarian

[v_kyr]

See related ...

 

[shid]

For me it works copy xx_XX.dic and xx_XX.aff at the ~/Library/Spelling folder without subfolders.

Thanks @David in Яuislip and @v_kyr

[R C-R]

Hi, @shid & welcome to the forums! Just curious but where did you find the two en_BR files? I assume they are for English words used in Brazil, but I know nothing about that.

[shid]

Hi @R C-R, actually those files not exists. I only download the pt_BR files and rename them to en_BR

[R C-R]

1 minute ago, shid said:

Hi @R C-R, actually those files not exists. I only download the pt_BR files and rename them to en_BR

To what purpose? Aren't those 2 files meant to support Brazilian Portuguese spell checking? Does changing the country code to English do anything useful for you?

[shid]

Well, actually, I rename those files because the warning message are asking for en_BR as showed at the imagem bellow. I tried to rename to pt_BR but doesn't work. So I rename it.

I'm from Brazil and my macbook is configured to US region, but the most write I do is in portuguese. Maybe is that the language conflicts.  

[R C-R]

I could be wrong but I don't think just renaming those files will make them actual dictionaries that will replace the missing one, at least functionally.

Maybe one of the mods or other forum members can comment more about it....

[shid]

Well, for me works!

[R C-R]

5 minutes ago, shid said:

Well, for me works!

Does it actually correct any spelling errors or just remove the preflight warnings?

[Horizon3]

I having same problem. I install Apu on different computer (same household) and now I get always the error message "missing dictionary". I put 3 different dictionaries in correct location (well...I'm thinking is correctly location) but Apu recognise none of them. I restart Apu but still it not recognising dictionaries. Can please someone assist me to fix this problem? What I'm doing wrong? I too am using Apu version 2.1.1 but for Windows. See please attached screen shots. 

[walt.farrell]

8 minutes ago, Horizon3 said:

What I'm doing wrong?

My first guess would be that you downloaded the dictionaries in the wrong format. This is especially easy to get wrong if you try to download directly from GitHub, rather than downloading the files provided in the second post of the FAQ. You can check for that by opening the files using a standard text editor program. They should look like text data, not like HTML coding.

FAQ:

 

[v_kyr]

11 minutes ago, Horizon3 said:

I having same problem.

Did you already restarted APub afterwards in order to recognize that there is added data?

[R C-R]

1 minute ago, v_kyr said:

Did you already restarted APub afterwards in order to recognize that there is added data?

From the post:

15 minutes ago, Horizon3 said:

I restart Apu but still it not recognising dictionaries.

 

[shid]

Hi @R C-R I'm using MacOs.

For me works without put those files at the subfolder.

And answering your question. Yes, it correct the spell.

[Horizon3]

40 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

My first guess would be that you downloaded the dictionaries in the wrong format

@walt.farrell thank you much but I downloaded the dictionaries from post you references and before I'm change computer, dictionaries all work without problem. 

38 minutes ago, v_kyr said:

Did you already restarted APub afterwards in order to recognize that there is added data?

Thank you @v_kyr. Yes. I do this several time. 

[v_kyr]

40 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

This is especially easy to get wrong if you try to download directly from GitHub, rather than downloading the files provided in the second post of the FAQ.

The term to use here is to download them as RAW data from GitHub.

[Horizon3]

I'm find what I do wrong. In post references by @walt.farrell it says, 

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Please make sure that you specify a folder that holds all subfolders for each locale and not one specific locale folder as this will not work!

I'm specified "one specific locale folder" in error and not see I do this. Now problem is fixed. Thank you for all suggestions and questions. 

[v_kyr]

7 minutes ago, Horizon3 said:

I'm find what I do wrong. In post references by @walt.farrell it says, 

I'm specified "one specific locale folder" in error and not see I do this. Now problem is fixed. Thank you for all suggestions and questions. 

So for Win you probably need such a folder structure setup ...

C:\ProgramData\Affinity\Common\2.0\Dictionaries\mydicts\en_GB\*

C:\ProgramData\Affinity\Common\2.0\Dictionaries\mydicts\en_CA\*

[walt.farrell]

12 minutes ago, v_kyr said:

So for Win you probably need such a folder structure setup ...

C:\ProgramData\Affinity\Common\2.0\Dictionaries\mydicts\en_GB\*

C:\ProgramData\Affinity\Common\2.0\Dictionaries\mydicts\en_CA\*

No, they need to be just where @Horizon3 showed them in the File Explorer screenshots. But that requires that the user does not alter the application setting for where the dictionary files are located. And Horizon3 did not show us that setting.

[v_kyr]

17 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

No, they need to be just where @Horizon3 showed them in the File Explorer screenshots. But that requires that the user does not alter the application setting for where the dictionary files are located. And Horizon3 did not show us that setting.

If I interpret Dan C's FAQ entry correctly (?) ...

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Please make sure that you specify a folder that holds all subfolders for each locale and not one specific locale folder as this will not work!

... pointing to C:\ProgramData\Affinity\Common\2.0\Dictionaries\mydicts (as shown in above structure) via setup should then work.

[R C-R]

8 minutes ago, v_kyr said:

If I interpret Dan C's FAQ entry correctly (?) ...

Not really important to me as a Mac user but from that FAQ I did not understand how this was supposed to be structured for Windows. Perhaps if the FAQ included an example of the correct structure folder it might have been easier to understand?

[v_kyr]

23 minutes ago, R C-R said:

but from that FAQ I did not understand how this was supposed to be structured for Windows. Perhaps if the FAQ included an example of the correct structure folder it might have been easier to understand?

Same for me here. And for sure with a shown example there in the FAQ entry for Win, it would have been overall more helpful, than guessing how that sentence is to be interpreted and how it is meant!

[walt.farrell]

The best way is you leave the Preference/Setting alone. And you put the language-specific folders into the directory shown in that default Preference/Setting.

The mistake many users make is creating a language-specific folder, such as en_CA, and putting it into the proper location. But then they change the Preference/Setting and add en_CA to the end of it. That action is not specified in the FAQ. The FAQ says to create a folder for the language, in the folder specified in the Preference/Setting, and put the dictionary files in the language folder.