Re: Editing AppleWorks Dictionary?

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <78.48524906.Logic.IS@logicbbs.org>,  <Jim.Low@logicbbs.org> wrote:
>Is there any way to _delete_ words from the MAIN DICTIONARY in AppleWorks?
>Yes, I know one can add and delete words to the CUST.DICTIONARY, but I'd
>like to delete words from the MAIN.  Sure, I can add words like COLOUR to
>the custom dictionary, but the word COLOR still shows up as correct.  I
>don't want that to happen.  Can I delete COLOR and other such words from the
>main dictionary?

   Those things tend to be fairly well compressed (on the order of
hours to compress with LZSS variants such that they'll decompress
pretty dang fast); without having the original compression algorithm
and wordlist, it's pretty much impossible.

>I would like to "Canadianise" my AppleWorks disctionary.

<flamebait>

   It's more like "add in the -our garbage like the brits did in the
1800s when they wanted to act more like the frogs in parree." Just
because your cousins picked up a few bad habits 150 years ago doesn't
mean that you have to perpetuate them. :)

</flamebait>

Nathan Mates

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