Paul A. Rubin skrev:
Rune Schjellerup Philosof wrote:
I'm not sure if it's that simple on Windows. On Windows, Aspell can
be installed either for "all users" or for the user logged in during
the installation. I think the location of the personal dictionary
depends on which choice was made (although I'm not 100% sure of that).
for "all users" ought to only change which users see the program in
the start menu and whether registry entries are added system wide or
user wide.
Then of course you need administrator rights to install for "all
users" and you would normally install in a directory where only the
administrator has rights to write.
I don't think it should change where the personal dictionary would be
placed.
I agree that the installer should recognize that, even when other
files go into a common location for all users to share, personal
dictionaries should be personal. I just don't think the installers
necessarily do recognize that.
On the system I'm using just now (XP home), I actually have two
personal dictionaries, as an artifact of some previous installation
misadventures. One is located in C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\Aspell\Personal, the other in
C:\Aspell\Personal. (In earlier versions of LyX, we had to install
the full Aspell program, and it had to be in C:\Aspell because the
absolute path was hard-coded into LyX back then.) In both cases, the
file name is en.pws (and there is an associated file en.prepl). The
file name will differ if you are using, say, a Danish dictionary. If
you install Aspell for one user rather than all users, change "All
Users" in the path above to your login name. I'm not sure if this
stuff is in the same location on Vista, but I know Vista has Documents
and Settings directories somewhere.
I have just checked it thoroughly, and the personal dictionary is placed
in C:\ProgramData\Aspell\Personal, which is very stupid.
So why is this stupid someone might ask. Well:
- First of all, this makes it a global dictionary for all users, not
that personal.
- Second, users are for some stupid reason allowed to create files in
\ProgramData and subdirectories, but only the creator is allowed to
change the files. Which I assume could create some security issues, and
some general anoyance.
- Third, since the first users becomes the owner, this is the only one
allowed to change the file. But because of some fucked up Vista
filesystem, programs not designed for Vista does not recoqnize that they
are not allowed to write the file, and they just write it. When a
program (not prepared for Vista) writes such a file, it is actually
written, however in a different version only seen by this program, and
only temporarily....... Which is very anoying.
The personal dictionary ought to be put in
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Aspell\Personal
--
Rune
