Possible to read dictionary from file? about lsp-ltex

[ejuarezg]

Thank you so much, @abougouffa !

I was able to use your code to load two different files for the same language.

(setq lsp-ltex-dictionary
      `(:en-US ; English
        ,(vconcat
          (string-lines
           (with-temp-buffer
             (insert-file-contents "path/to/your/custom/dictionary.english.txt")
             (buffer-string)))
          (string-lines
           (with-temp-buffer
             (insert-file-contents "path/to/another/custom/dictionary.english.txt")
             (buffer-string))))))

For anyone else reading this, note that the file names can be anything. You can even use a ~ in the file path.

[abougouffa]

Hello @JoeyEremondi,

I've just commented on the original issue #4 (comment)

Do you have any idea?

[ejuarezg]

Has anyone figured out how to read from a file? Or has this feature not been implemented yet? Just curious to know its state.

[jcs090218]

It's implemented in #26. Closing this issue now. ;)

[ejuarezg]

Since I'm not too familiar with emacs configuration, how would I go about adding a file as a dictionary? The file contains a single word per line.

[abougouffa]

@ejuarezg

Theoretically, we can use such a file as a dictionary by setting the lsp-ltex-dictionary to the language and the file name, something like this:

(setq lsp-ltex-dictionary
      '(:fr [":/home/hacko/.config/emacs/ltex-dict.french.txt"]
        :en [":/home/hacko/.config/emacs/ltex-dict.english.txt"]
        :ar [":/home/hacko/.config/emacs/ltex-dict.arabic.txt"]))

However, the last time I've tested this it wasn't working, I think it is a problem in the upstream ltex-ls, but I didn't figure out the real cause of the problem (see #4 (comment)).

You can also set the list of words to add to the directory by modifying the lsp-ltex-dictionary value using for example:

(setq lsp-ltex-dictionary
      '(:fr ["coplanarité" "neuromorphique"] :en ["photometrically" "neuromorphic"]))

Currently, lsp-ltex provide a workaround for adding words to a custom directory (via code actions -> Add "word" to dictionary"). However, the used format is not a text file with a word per line, but rather, an Emacs Lisp file representing the value of lsp-ltex-dictionary, following the same format as the code above:

(:fr ["coplanarité" "neuromorphique"] :en ["photometrically" "neuromorphic"])

As a workaround, you can probably load the directory file elements and use it in the lsp-ltex-directory variable, using for example:

(setq lsp-ltex-dictionary
      `(:en ; English
        ,(vconcat
          (string-lines
           (with-temp-buffer
             (insert-file-contents "path/to/your/custom/dictionary.english.txt")
             (buffer-string))))
        :fr ; French
        ,(vconcat
          (string-lines
           (with-temp-buffer
             (insert-file-contents "path/to/your/custom/dictionary.french.txt")
             (buffer-string))))))

I hope this answers your question!