Feature request: detect, add abbreviation to existing phrase

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I use Autokey mainly as a global spell-corrector, and I have a simple script 
(attached) to read a string of the form "<misspelled> # <corrected>" which 
replaces <misspelled> with <corrected> and adds a new phrase to Autokey to 
automatically make the replacement in the future.

It would be nice if, in addition, the script could (1) detect if there is 
already a phrase with the same name, and (2) *add* an abbreviation for it, 
rather than creating a new phrase each time.  (I tend to mis-type words in many 
ways.)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by justin.y...@gmail.com on 5 Nov 2012 at 4:35

Attachments:

• [Spelling correction.py](https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-attachments/autokey/issue-225/comment-0/Spelling correction.py)

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You should be able to do this by checking the contents of the folder object. 
This is only partially tested, but it would be something along these lines:

folder = engine.get_folder("Spelling")
if title not in [ x.description for x in folder.items ]:
    ....

Hope that is helpful.

Original comment by Titan8...@gmail.com on 1 Mar 2013 at 5:38

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I am new to this. I used AHK for spell checking in the past using this 
script:http://www.autohotkey.com/download/AutoCorrect.ahk

I know there is a way to do this on Autokey, and I think this script would be 
great for it. 

The only thing is I have no idea where to start. Any insight?

Original comment by ryanrod...@gmail.com on 18 Apr 2013 at 4:33