Spelling

API Version: 1

Library Version: 0.4.9

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Spelling – 1

A GNOME library for spellchecking

Version	0.4.9
Authors	Christian Hergert
License	LGPL-2.1-or-later
Website	https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libspelling/
Source	https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libspelling/

Build

C headers	`libspelling.h`
pkg-config files	`libspelling-1`

Dependencies

GLib—2.0	The base type system library
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GObject—2.0	The base type system library
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Additional documentation

Classes

Checker	`SpellingChecker` is the core class of libspelling. It provides high-level APIs for spellchecking.
Dictionary	Abstract base class for spellchecking dictionaries.
Language	Represents a spellchecking language.
Provider	Abstract base class for spellchecking providers.
TextBufferAdapter	`SpellingTextBufferAdapter` implements helpers to easily add spellchecking capabilities to a `GtkSourceBuffer`.

Functions

init	Call this function before using any other libspelling functions in your applications. It will initialize everything needed to operate the library.

Function Macros

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