Interface DictionaryDefinitionCustom

For Defining Custom dictionaries. They are generally scoped to a user, workspace, or folder. When addWords is true, indicates that the spell checker can add words to the file.

Note: only plain text files with one word per line are supported at this moment.

interface DictionaryDefinitionCustom {
    addWords: boolean;
    description?: string;
    name: string;
    noSuggest?: boolean;
    path: string;
    repMap?: ReplaceMap;
    scope?: CustomDictionaryScope | CustomDictionaryScope[];
    type?: DictionaryFileTypes;
    useCompounds?: boolean;
}

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addWords description? name noSuggest? path repMap? scope? type? useCompounds?

Properties

addWords

addWords: boolean

When true, let's the spell checker know that words can be added to this dictionary.

Optionaldescription

description?: string

Optional description of the contents / purpose of the dictionary.

name

name: string

This is the name of a dictionary.

Name Format:

  • Must contain at least 1 number or letter.
  • Spaces are allowed.
  • Leading and trailing space will be removed.
  • Names ARE case-sensitive.
  • Must not contain *, !, ;, ,, {, }, [, ], ~.

OptionalnoSuggest

noSuggest?: boolean

Indicate that suggestions should not come from this dictionary. Words in this dictionary are considered correct, but will not be used when making spell correction suggestions.

Note: if a word is suggested by another dictionary, but found in this dictionary, it will be removed from the set of possible suggestions.

path

path: string

Path to custom dictionary text file.

OptionalrepMap

repMap?: ReplaceMap

Replacement pairs.

Optionalscope

scope?: CustomDictionaryScope | CustomDictionaryScope[]

Defines the scope for when words will be added to the dictionary.

Scope values: user, workspace, folder.

Optionaltype

type?: DictionaryFileTypes

Type of file:

  • S - single word per line,
  • W - each line can contain one or more words separated by space,
  • C - each line is treated like code (Camel Case is allowed).

Default is S.

C is the slowest to load due to the need to split each line based upon code splitting rules.

Note: this settings does not apply to inline dictionaries or .trie files.

Default

"S"

OptionaluseCompounds

useCompounds?: boolean

Use Compounds.

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