Globally adding a newly generated language dictionary

[ttasovac]

I've converted my Serbian dictionary from Hunspell to cspell using the cspell-cli tools. I have added it to cspell with cspell link add ./cspell-ext.json and I can trace Serbian words from the command line, i.e. cspell is aware of my Serbian dictionary.

In @ext:streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker I've added sr-RS as an item. I've also added this:

"cSpell.dictionaryDefinitions": [
        {
            // The name of the dictionary is used to look it up.
            "name": "sr-RS",
            // Path to the custom word file. Relative to this `cspell.json` file.
            "path": "/Users/ttasovac/Development/ttasovac-forks/cspell-dicts/dictionaries/sr_RS/sr_rs.trie.gz",
            // Some editor extensions will use `addWords` for adding words to your
            // personal dictionary.
            "addWords": true
        }
    ]

to the user settings.json but vscode-spell-checker still can't find my dictionary.

I'm pretty sure this is documented somewhere, but I'm completely new to VSCode — today is my second day using it — and I'm a bit overwhelmed by all those different configuration options. I'd be most grateful for any tips.

[Jason3S]

@ttasovac,

VSCode doesn't deal with "array" settings very well.

Please try using cSpell.customDictionaries instead.

Example:

"cSpell.customDictionaries": {
    "c-words": {
        "name": "c-words",
        "path": "~/cwords/all.txt"
    }
},

Do not set addWords to true. It is not possible to add words to a trie.gz file.

[ttasovac]

Thanks a lot, @Jason3S — this was very helpful.

I can now use the custom Serbian dictionary with this:

  "cSpell.customDictionaries": {
    "sr-RS": {
      "name": "sr-RS",
      "path": "/Users/ttasovac/Development/ttasovac-forks/cspell-dicts/dictionaries/sr_RS/sr_rs.trie.gz",
      "description": "Serbian dictionary",
      "addWords": false,
      "scope": "user"
    }
  },

I'm still wondering however, why I'm getting this:

and this:

How does the extension pick up the correct name, icon and locales here?

Many thanks in advance.

[Jason3S]

@ttasovac,

It calculates that from the langaugeSettings.

"cSpell.languageSettings": [
    {
        "languageId": "*",
        "locale": "sr,sr-RS",
        "dictionaries": ["sr-RS"]
    }
]

The spell checker uses languageSettings to bind the locale to the dictionary.

[ttasovac]

Thanks a lot, @Jason3S!