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Spelling

Last modified: 18 June 2020

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Use this settings page to select custom spelling dictionaries, create your own dictionaries, add words, and thus expand the basic spellchecking support provided by MPS by default.

Dictionaries tab

Use this tab to configure the dictionaries to be used for spellchecking.

Custom Dictionaries

This area displays the list of user-defined dictionary files, which can be any of the following:

  • The built-in project-level and application-level dictionaries, which you populate by manually saving words to them.

  • Plain text files with the DIC extension, containing words separated with a new line.

  • Hunspell dictionaries, comprise two plain text files commonly sharing the same name, for example, en_GB.dic and en_GB.aff. The DIC file contains a list of words together with the applicable modification rules. The AFF file lists prefixes and suffixes regulated by a specific modification rule. Hunspell dictionaries can be easily obtained online, for example, here.

note

Hunspell support is provided by the corresponding Hunspell plugin. The plugin is not bundled with MPS, but it can be installed from the JetBrains plugin repository as described in Manage plugins.

Enable/disable a custom dictionary

  • To have a custom dictionary applied in the current project, select the checkbox next to it.

  • To exclude a custom dictionary from spellchecking within the scope of the current project, clear the checkbox next to it.

Item

Shortcut

Description

the Add buttonAlt+Insert

Click this button to add a new dictionary to the list.

the Edit buttonEnter

Click this button to open the contents of a dictionary in a new editor tab.

the Remove buttonAlt+Delete

Click this button to remove the selected dictionary from the list.

Bundled Dictionaries

This area displays a list of the dictionaries that are bundled with MPS.

Enable/disable a bundled dictionary

  • To have a bundled dictionary applied in the current project, select the checkbox next to it.

  • To exclude a bundled dictionary from spellchecking within the scope of the current project, clear the checkbox next to it.

Accepted Words Tab

Use this tab to populate a custom dictionary with the list of words that should be skipped by the spellchecker.

Item

Shortcut

Description

the Add buttonAlt+Insert

Click this button to open the Add New Word dialog and specify a new entry there. CamelCase or snake_case are not supported. If you try to add a word that is already included in one of the spelling dictionaries, MPS displays an error message: The word <just typed word> is already in the dictionary.

the Remove buttonAlt+Delete

Click this button to delete the selected item from the list.