10.4: Merge modified dictionaries from two different Macs
Aug 09, '07 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: gdurr
Aug 09, '07 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: gdurr
As with many users, I use both a laptop and a desktop Mac. On both systems, I use the check spelling feature, and often add words to the dictionaries. The problem is that the two dictionaries are different on both Macs. Here is a shell script [Original source | macosxhints mirror] to synchronize these spelling files using a web site. Each time the script is launched, the remote spelling file is dowloded, synchronised with the local spelling file, then sent to the the remote web site.
Open the script using TextWrangler or your favorite text editor, and fill in the Configure section:
- LANG allows you to choose which language file to use.
- REMOTESPELLING is the path of the dictionary on the web site : http://somewhere/folder/$LANG
- The four variables are for uploding to the web. FTPHOST is the FTP site URL; FTPUSER is the admin user; FTPPASSWORD is your password; and FTPSPELLING is the path of the spelling file on FTP server (www/somewhere/spelling/$LANG).
[robg adds: I haven't tested this one.]
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