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Predelnik / DSpellCheck

Notepad++ Spell-checking Plug-in
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Question: How many custom words can be added before performance is affected? #265

Open Gitoffthelawn opened 3 years ago

Gitoffthelawn commented 3 years ago

Have you performed any metrics as to how many custom words can be added before performance is impacted?

Also, does the size of the text file open in Notepad++ make any difference to the answer?

I often work with 4-6MB text files and currently have about 6000 words I've added to my "custom word dictionary". I haven't noticed any big issues, but I'm wondering if I'm getting close or if I have plenty of room to grow.

BTW, for my primary dictionary I use the spelling dictionary included with Firefox. I wrote a little script to pull it out of omni.ja. The Mozilla dictionary is better than the Hunspell/Aspell dictionaries because it already includes a bunch of additional common words without having to create a dictionary with the SCOWL so large where it feels like almost every combinations of characters is recognized as a valid word. But even with those added words already added to the primary dictionary, my custom word list currents sits at around 6000 additional words.

Predelnik commented 3 years ago

I haven't measured but I use native hunspell mechanism for additional dictionary, so it should not be slower than regular dictionaries. I do think if any performance problems were to arise they should be addressed to Hunspell itself.