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Chapter 5: Dictionaries
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when exiting emacs). If nil, any unsaved modifications will be lost unless the
dictionary is saved manually. See Section 5.2 [Loading and Saving Dictionaries],
page 22.
5.2 Loading and Saving Dictionaries
predictive-load-dict
Load a dictionary by name, and add it to the list of dictionaries used by the
current buffer. The dictionary will be included when learning from the buffer,
see Section 5.5.1 [Learning from Buffers and Files], page 25, and if its autosave
flag is set (see Section 5.1 [Creating Dictionaries], page 20), it will automatically
be saved when the buffer is killed. The dictionary file must be in your loadpath.
You should never normally need to use this command interactively, since predictive mode loads and unloads dictionaries automatically, as needed.
dictree-load
Load a dictionary from file. The name of the loaded dictionary is the same as
the file name, with the extension removed. This will not add it to the list of
dictionaries used by the current buffer (see predictive-load-dict, above).
predictive-unload-dict
Remove a dictionary from the list of dictionaries used by the current buffer. If
the dictionary is no longer used by any other buffer, this also unloads it from
Emacs. In that case, if its autosave flag is set, the dictionary will be saved
before being unloaded (see Section 5.1 [Creating Dictionaries], page 20), unless
this is overridden by supplying a prefix argument.
You should never normally need to use this command interactively, since predictive mode loads and unloads dictionaries automatically, as needed.
dictree-unload
You probably don’t want to do this! Unloading a dictionary that’s still in use
will cripple predictive mode, resulting in it spewing out incomprehensible Lisp
errors. This command unconditionally unloads a dictionary. If the dictionary’s
autosave flag is set, this will also save it (see Section 5.1 [Creating Dictionaries],
page 20), unless overridden by supplying a prefix argument.
predictive-save-dict
Save a dictionary to its associated file. Prompt for a file name if there is none
associated with the dictionary.
predictive-write-dict
Write a dictionary to a file specified via the mini-buffer. This also associates
the dictionary with that file. If a prefix argument is supplied, you will not be
asked to confirm if over-writing an existing file.
predictive-save-modified-dicts
Save all modified dictionaries that have a non-nil autosave flag. If a prefix
argument is supplied, prompt for confirmation before saving each dictionary.