The INI File: 2.30 Categories in the INI File: [text]

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The text category defines various characteristics of GEOS for the text objects, the spelling checker, and localization.

autoCheckSelections

autoCheckSelections = <Boolean>

If true, this key instructs the spelling checker to check the spelling of the selected text automatically when the user brings up the spell-check box. The default is true.

autoCheckSelections = true
autoCheckSelections = false

autoSuggest

autoSuggest = <Boolean>

If true, this key instructs the spelling checker to suggest other spellings automatically if a misspelling is found. The default is false.

autoSuggest = true
autoSuggest = false

dialect

dialect = <dialect code>

This key defines the dialect code used by the dictionary for spelling. Different dictionaries use different dialects within their own language. The Each dialect is represented by a number; the default setting is 128. The different dialects are listed below, by dictionary.

English		 32	IZE British		(realize/colour)
		 64	ISE British		(realise/colour)
		128	American		(realize/color)
Dutch		 64	Standard and non-preferred forms
		128	Standard Dutch forms only
French		 64	Accents on uppercase characters
		128	No accents on uppercase characters
German		 64	German Doppel s
		128	German Scharfes s
Norwegian		 64	Nynorsk standard
		128	Bokmal standard
Portuguese		 64	Brazilian Portuguese
		128	Iberian Portuguese

Some examples of setting the dialect are shown below.

dialect = 64
dialect = 128

dictionary

dictionary = <file name>

This key allows the user or the Preferences manager application to set the dictionary used by the spelling checker. The dictionary is set by specifying the file name of the dictionary data file; the default value is that for the English dictionary.

dictionary = IDNF9111.DAT					; Danish
dictionary = IENC9121.DAT					; English
dictionary = IFRF9121.DAT					; French
dictionary = IGRF9112.DAT					; German
dictionary = IITF9110.DAT					; Italian
dictionary = IPOF9110.DAT					; Portuguese
dictionary = ISPF9110.DAT					; Spanish

language

language = <number>

This key specifies the language in use by GEOS. The number is a language code (as shown in the examples below), and the user may set the language with the Preferences manager application. The default is English, 16.

language = 5				; French
language = 6				; German
language = 7				; Swedish
language = 8				; Spanish
language = 9				; Italian
language = 10				; Danish
language = 11				; Dutch
language = 12				; Portuguese
language = 13				; Norwegian
language = 14				; Finnish
language = 15				; Swiss
language = 16				; English

languageName

languageName = <name of language>

This key specifies the name of the language in use; the default is American English. This key is normally set by the Preferences manager application.

languageName = American English

resetSkippedWordsWhenBoxCloses

resetSkippedWordsWhenBoxCloses = <Boolean>

If true, this key instructs the spelling checker to reset its list of skipped words when the user closes the spelling check box. The default is true.

resetSkippedWordsWhenBoxCloses = true
resetSkippedWordsWhenBoxCloses = false

smartQuotes

smartQuotes = <Boolean>

If true, this key instructs the text object to use "smart quotes," quotation marks that curl themselves appropriately to their positions when typed. If this key is false, standard typewriter-style quotation marks will be used. The default is false; this is settable by the user in the Preferences manager application.

smartQuotes = true
smartQuotes = false

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