Windows 8.1 has nice feature that autocorrect mistyped words in all applications. Is it possible to implement that function in Ubuntu?
1 Answer
Ubuntu uses a package called aspell
to indicate the mistyped but it doesn't provide autocorrect.
man aspell
aspell is a utility program that connects to the Aspell library so that it can function as an ispell -a replacement, as an independent spell checker, as a test utility to test out Aspell library features, and as a utility for managing dictionaries used by the library.
The Aspell library contains an interface allowing other programs direct access to its functions and therefore reducing the complex task of spell checking to simple library calls. The default library does not contain dictionary word lists. To add language dictionaries
But you have to notice that some apps are using aspell common dictionary such as Evolution, Abiword .... While some others use their own dictionary, such as LibreOffice, which uses libreoffice-l10n-[language code]
and language-support-writing-[language code]
packages.
To install a language dictionary
sudo apt-get install aspell-[lan code]
For example to install Spanish dictionary
sudo apt-get install aspell-es
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It's only working for applications that have compiled with aspell and this this not autocorrect. Its only indicate mistyped words.– QkiZMay 8, 2015 at 7:31
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