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==Locale (language) files== Every [[Locale (computer software)|locale]] (language for a specific territory) can have files for spelling, hyphenation and a thesaurus. These files will be all found together in one folder. The spell checking is done using the .aff file for the locale together with the .dic file. The .dic file is a list of words along with a group of letters which refer to the [[affixes]] found in the .aff file. This saves space because instead of having to include all forms of a word, like jump (jumping, jumps, jumped), the .dic file will include the word once and the references to the affixes in the .aff file allow the construction of all the other forms. It is not enough to copy the files for a locale into the folder. As there are multiple locales, automatic loading of all dictionaries would cause a considerable overhead. Hence, only those locales listed in dictionary.lst are accessible. Dictionary.lst can be edited with a simple text editor, but front ends provide a more user-friendly way of adding new locales.
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