/// <summary>
/// Return the string which should be used to request a dictionary for the specified writing system,
/// or null if none will work.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ws"></param>
/// <param name="wsf"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static string DictionaryId(int ws, SIL.FieldWorks.Common.COMInterfaces.ILgWritingSystemFactory wsf)
{
IWritingSystem wsEngine = wsf.get_EngineOrNull(ws);
if (wsEngine == null)
return null;
string wsId = wsEngine.SpellCheckDictionary;
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(wsId) || wsId == "<None>")
return null;
if (Enchant.Broker.Default.DictionaryExists(wsId))
{
return wsId;
}
// If no dictionary exists which matches the language name exactly then
// search for one.
//
// Enchant.Broker.Default.Dictionaries is a list of the dictionaries found in
// C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\enchant\myspell
// followed by the dictionaries found in Open Office.
// C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.4\share\dict\ooo
// The Views code is also programmed to find the first match.
foreach (Enchant.DictionaryInfo info in Enchant.Broker.Default.Dictionaries)
{
if (info.Language.StartsWith(wsId))
return info.Language;
}
return null;
}
/// <summary>
/// Get a dictionary for the specified writing system, or null if we don't know of one.
/// We ideally want a dictionary that exactly matches the specified writing system, that is,
/// dict.Information.Language == the SpellCheckDictionary of the writing system.
/// If we can't find such a dictionary, for major languages (those that have non-trivial base dictionary files),
/// we will return a dictionary that shares a prefix, for example, 'en' when looking for 'en_US' or vice versa.
/// This is not allowed for minority languages (where the dictionary is one we created ourselves that is empty,
/// and all the spelling information is in the overrides kept by Enchant); we return null if we can't find
/// an exact match or an approximate match that is a 'major' language dictionary.
/// Note: a similar algorithm is unfortunately implemented in VwRootBox::GetDictionary
/// and in WritingSystemPropertiesDialog.PopulateSpellingDictionaryComboBox.
/// </summary>
public static Enchant.Dictionary GetDictionary(int ws, SIL.FieldWorks.Common.COMInterfaces.ILgWritingSystemFactory wsf)
{
string dictId = DictionaryId(ws, wsf);
if (dictId == null)
return null;
Dictionary dict = Enchant.Broker.Default.RequestDictionary(dictId);
IWritingSystem engine = wsf.get_EngineOrNull(ws);
if (engine == null)
return dict; // should never happen? Can't verify ID so go ahead and return it.
if (dict.Information.Language == engine.SpellCheckDictionary)
return dict; // exact match
if (IsPrivateDictionary(dict.Information.Language))
return null; // private dictionaries may only be returned when matching exactly.
return dict;
}
