From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   > On 02/10/2013 06:37 AM, Jim Beard wrote:   
   >      Does anyone know how to do this, back up the work   
   > and add the modified dictionary to a new installation?   
      
   I don't know of any all-purpose answer.  Generally when upgrading a   
   program to a newer version of the same program, the "personal   
   dictionary" automatically gets copied over.   
      
   >      I have been thru the same hassle myself as my   
   > posts to several list use specialised jargon and for   
   > example medical terminology.  Adding to the dictionary   
   > seems to be broken.  There seems to be no way to   
   > permanently add words in proper spellings to the   
   > things.   
      
   I don't think there's any general procedure if you're migrating to a   
   different program.  What /might/ work is finding the file with your   
   existing "personal dictionary" (usually *dic*), loading it into the new   
   program as a text document, and using the new program to add all the   
   words to its dictionary.  Of course if you can't add all those words as   
   a group, adding several hundred or more words individually could be   
   painful.  I haven't tried that as I stick to the same two programs that   
   use spell check, but it /might/ work.   
      
   Oops, I see I misunderstood you.  If the "add to dictionary" function of   
   whatever program you're using doesn't work, that sounds like either a   
   bug in the program or a permissions problem.  Does user "bobbie" (or   
   whoever) have permission to write to the dictionary files and their   
   directories?  For both programs that I use, there's a system dictionary   
   writable only by root usually under /usr, and a "personal dictionary" in   
   each user's home directory.   
      
   Adam   
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