[Aspell-user] compile dictionary list with wordlists containing non-alphanumeric characters

[Xiang, Jiayan X]

Hi:

 

I am trying to compile a custom dictionary with words like:

 

A's
A+D
A-Fil
A-Hist
A-Hydrocort
A-Methapred
A-bomb
A-bomb's
A-bombs
A-bombs'
A-one
A.A.
A.B.
A.B.A.
A.D.
A.F.L.-C.I.O.
A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s

 

I tried to use the command:

 

aspell --lang=en create master ./meditest < mywords.txt

 

and it errors out for every word that has non-alphanumeric characters like '+-, etc.  What's the best way of dealing with this?  Do I have to remove all these characters for it to work? 

 

I am doing this to create a dictionary specific to Pathlogist; the current medical dictionary on Aspell doesn't have much words in that particualr area.

 

Thanks.

 

Jon

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