Adding words to existing aspell dictionaries
Summary
It may be necessary to update the Aspell dictionary to contain industry specific word lists. These instructions are to be used when adding words to a specific language is required. To add a new dictionary, see Adding new dictionaries to aspell.
Create file list
Create a file list named yourlist.txt. Add words, one per line, to yourlist.txt.
/tmp/yourlist.txt
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Convert file list to an Aspell word list
This command creates an Aspell wordlist with the en language specification:
/opt/zimbra/aspell-0.60.6/bin/./aspell --lang=en create master /tmp/yourlist.rws < /tmp/yourlist.txt
Copy the word list to Aspell
cp /tmp/yourlist.rws /opt/zimbra/aspell-0.60.6/lib/aspell-0.60 chown zimbra:zimbra /opt/zimbra/aspell-0.60.6/lib/aspell-0.60/yourlist.rws
Reference word list in en.multi
echo "add yourlist.rws" >> /opt/zimbra/aspell-0.60.6/lib/aspell-0.60/en_US.multi
Test new list
Access Zimbra's Aspell spell check at http://mailbox.server.name:7780/aspell.php.