<s>
MySpell	B-Application
is	O
a	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
that	O
was	O
formerly	O
included	O
with	O
OOo	B-Application
Writer	I-Application
of	O
the	O
free	B-Application
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
office	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
2.0.2	O
,	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
has	O
replaced	O
MySpell	B-Application
with	O
Hunspell	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MySpell	B-Application
was	O
started	O
by	O
Kevin	O
Hendricks	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
integrate	O
various	O
open-source	O
spelling	B-Application
checkers	I-Application
into	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
build	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
a	O
little	O
prodding	O
from	O
Kevin	O
Atkinson	O
,	O
the	O
author	O
of	O
Pspell	B-Application
and	O
Aspell	B-Language
,	O
a	O
new	O
spelling	B-Application
checker	I-Application
(	O
MySpell	B-Application
)	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
that	O
supported	O
affix	O
compression	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Ispell	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
locale	B-Device
(	O
language	O
for	O
a	O
specific	O
territory	O
)	O
can	O
have	O
files	O
for	O
spelling	O
,	O
hyphenation	O
and	O
a	O
thesaurus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
spell	B-Application
checking	I-Application
is	O
done	O
using	O
the	O
.aff	O
file	O
for	O
the	O
locale	B-Device
together	O
with	O
the	O
.dic	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
not	O
enough	O
to	O
copy	O
the	O
files	O
for	O
a	O
locale	B-Device
into	O
the	O
folder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
there	O
are	O
multiple	O
locales	B-Device
,	O
automatic	O
loading	O
of	O
all	O
dictionaries	O
would	O
cause	O
a	O
considerable	O
overhead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hence	O
only	O
those	O
locales	B-Device
listed	O
in	O
dictionary.lst	O
are	O
accessible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
dictionary.lst	O
can	O
be	O
edited	O
with	O
a	O
simple	O
text	O
editor	O
,	O
but	O
front	O
ends	O
provide	O
a	O
more	O
user-friendly	O
way	O
of	O
adding	O
new	O
locales	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
MySpell	B-Application
is	O
currently	O
used	O
by	O
other	O
programs	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Aegisub	B-Language
2.0	O
can	O
use	O
a	O
dictionary	O
created	O
for	O
MySpell	B-Application
by	O
adding	O
AFF	O
and	O
DIC	O
files	O
to	O
the	O
Dictionary	O
folder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NXT	O
,	O
a	O
CAT	B-Application
suite	O
from	O
the	O
Swiss	B-Protocol
firm	O
,	O
can	O
optionally	O
use	O
MySpell	B-Application
dictionaries	O
for	O
spell-checking	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aspell	B-Language
and	O
Vim	B-Application
7	O
can	O
now	O
use	O
a	O
dictionary	O
created	O
for	O
MySpell	B-Application
.	O
</s>
