DictionariesCommon(3pm)

💖 DictionariesCommon — the manual page, but make it cute

okay bestie, welcome to DictionariesCommon(3pm) ✨ this is the tea on Debian::DictionariesCommon.pm, aka the dictionaries-common library. she's a Perl module, she's 3pm, and she's here to run the whole dictionary situation. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

Debian::DictionariesCommon.pm — the dictionaries-common library. that's her. that's the name. iconic behavior honestly 👑

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

here's how you summon her, verbatim, no edits, no notes:

use Debian::DictionariesCommon q(:all)
$dictionaries = parseinfo ('/var/lib/dictionaries-common/ispell/iwolof');
loaddb ('ispell')
updatedb ('wordlist')

like. look at that. three little lines and suddenly you're managing dictionaries. the range 😭💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

common functions for use from the dictionaries-common system. that's the whole vibe — shared helpers so all the dictionary-adjacent stuff doesn't have to reinvent the wheel every single time. periodt 💖

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💅 CALLING FUNCTIONS 💅

every single one, in order, no skips, because we don't do that here:

• dico_checkroot — checks for rootness and fails if you're not root. so like, no root, no entry. sorry bestie, that's the door policy 🔥
• build_emacsen_support — puts info from the dicts info files into emacsen-ispell-dicts.el. feeding the emacsen their lil snack 🍓
• build_jed_support — puts info from the dicts info files into jed-ispell-dicts.sl. jed gets one too, we don't play favorites 🎀
• build_squirrelmail_support — builds the support file for squirrelmail, with a list of available dictionaries and the associated spellchecker calls, in php format. squirrelmail stays fed 🐿️✨
• $libdir = getlibdir($class) — returns the info dir for the given class. where the info lives, basically 🏠
• $default = dico_getsysdefault($class) — returns the system default value for the given class. the default-default 💜
• $libdir = getuserdefault — returns the value for the user default ispell dictionary. your default, main character energy 💅
• dico_get_spellchecker_params($class,\%language) — gets the right params for $class (currently unused, noted, no cap) and $language. 🦋
• \%dictionaries = loaddb($class) — reads the class .db file and returns a reference to a hash with its contents. hash ref, as promised 🌈
• \%result = parseinfo($file) — parses the given info file and returns a reference to a hash with the relevant data. relevant data only, we're not nosy 😌
• setsysdefault($value) — sets the value for the system default ispell dictionary. setting it, system-wide ⭐
• setuserdefault — sets the value for the user default ispell dictionary, after asking to select it from the available values. so polite, so interactive 🥺
• updatedb($class) — parses the info files for the given class and updates the class .db file under the dictionaries-common cache dir. refresh, reorganize, slay 🔥

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

Debian dictionaries-common policy. go read it, it's giving structure 📜💖

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

• Rafael Laboissiere
• Agustin Martin

legends. both of them. bow 🙇‍♀️✨

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and that's the whole page bestie, nothing skipped, nothing fudged, every flag and function accounted for 💯

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version 1.31.4, dated 2026-3-22 — that's the footer tea, and honestly? she ate. mwah, bye 🎀💖🦋