keithvassallomt / maltese_spelling_dict

Official repository of the Maltese Spelling Dictionary

Maltese Spelling Dictionary

Info	Value
Word List Author	Original list by Ramon Casha. Updated list by Ġabra Project
Repackaged By	Keith Vassallo ([email protected])
Website	https://spelling.mt
Number of Words / Word Forms	3,686,295
Version	0.80

INSTALLATION

LibreOffice/OpenOffice

This is probably the easiest way to use the Maltese spelling dictionary, and works on Linux, macOS and Windows.

Note: Requires LibreOffice/OpenOffice 3.2 or newer.

1. Open LibreOffice/OpenOffice.
2. Tools > Extension Manager
3. Click Add.
4. Browse to this folder/libreoffice-mt and click on maltese-dictionary.oxt
5. Restart LibreOffice/OpenOffice when prompted.

To create a document in Maltese

1. Tools > Language > For Paragraph.
2. From the language drop-down list choose Maltese.

Microsoft Office on Windows

An Add-In is available for Microsoft Word that allows spell checking capabilities.

To install:

1. Go to the msoffice-mt folder, then open MalteseSpellCheckSetup.msi or MalteseSpellCheckSetup64.msi depending on whether you have a 32-bit or 64-bit Microsoft Office installation.
2. Follow installation instructions.

Linux System-Wide

This enables Maltese system-wide spellchecking on the system.

1. In a terminal, run:

sudo apt install hunspell  # Debian-based systems
sudo yum install hunspell  # Red Hat-based systems

2. Copy the files in the hunspell-mt folder of this dictionary to the system library folder:

sudo cp "/path/to/Maltese_Spellcheck/hunspell-mt/*" "/usr/share/hunspell/"

To use Maltese spell checking in an app, please consult that app's documentation.

macOS System-Wide

This enables Maltese system-wide spellchecking on the system.

1. Install HomeBrew from https://brew.sh
2. In a terminal run:

brew install hunspell
sudo mkdir /Library/Spelling/

3. Copy the files in the hunspell-mt folder of this dictionary to the system library folder:

sudo cp "/path/to/Maltese_Spellcheck/hunspell-mt/*" "/Library/Spelling/"

To use Maltese spell checking in an app, please consult that app's documentation.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information and detailed documentation, see https://spelling.mt