Web Author Learn Words Plugin

Plugin for adding learned/forbidden words functionality to Web Author spellchecking.

How it works

The list of words is stored in a file with the following structure:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Dictionary>
    <Learned>
        <Language code="en">
            <w>wordexample</w>
            <w>worda</w>
            <w>longword</w>
            <w>learned word</w>
        </Language>
        <Language code="fr">
            <w>worta</w>
            <w>wortb</w>
        </Language>
    </Learned>
    <Forbidden>
        <Language code="en">
            <w>some</w>
            <w>forbidden</w>
            <w>words</w>
        </Language>
        <Language code="de">
            <w>verboten</w>
        </Language>
    </Forbidden>
</Dictionary>

The file is loaded either from a the server's local file system, or from an external HTTP server (GET request).

When a user chooses to learn a word the following action happens:

1. If the plugin is configured to use a local file, the new word is added to that file.
2. If the plugin is configured to load the file from an HTTP server, a POST request is sent to the URL of the file with the following form parameters:

Parameter name	Parameter value
mode	One of learned or forbidden
lang	The language for which the word is added, e.g. en
word	The word to be added

Installation

To install this plugin, download one of the releases (link) and upload it in your Web Author deployment.

Configuration through Administration page.

The plugin can be configured from the Web Author Administration Page. You can set:

• the number of suggestions to be shown from the learned words list. They will always be shown at the top of the list of suggestions.
• the read-only mode, enabled by default. If turned off, a "Learn word" action is added to the contextual menu and any user can add words to the learned words list.
• the dictionary. It may be a local file, or an HTTP server able to serve the list of learned words(GET) and add new learn words(POST).

Configuration through options.xml file

The plugin can also be configured by customizing options in Web Author's options.xml:

• the number of suggestions to be shown from the learned words list

<entry>
    <String>PLUGIN_CUSTOM_OPTIONS.suggestions-no.name</String>
    <String>2</String>
</entry>

• the read-only mode

<entry>
    <String>PLUGIN_CUSTOM_OPTIONS.lw.read-only-mode</String>
    <String>off</String>
</entry>

• use a local dictionary file

<!--Use local file-->
<entry>
    <String>PLUGIN_CUSTOM_OPTIONS.file-selected.name</String>
    <String>on</String>
</entry>
<entry>
    <String>PLUGIN_CUSTOM_OPTIONS.file-path.name</String>
    <String>PATH_TO_FILE</String>
</entry>

• OR use an HTTP server

<!--Use URL to connect to an HTTP server-->  
<entry>
    <String>PLUGIN_CUSTOM_OPTIONS.url-selected.name</String>
    <String>on</String>
</entry>
<entry>
    <String>PLUGIN_CUSTOM_OPTIONS.url.name</String>
    <String>http://EXAMPLEURL</String>
</entry>

Copyright and License

Copyright 2021 Syncro Soft SRL.

This project is licensed under Apache License 2.0