[Tex/LaTex] Installing a dictionary: file’s extension .oxt

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I'm trying to install a dictionary in texmaker. All the sites I've found so far tell me that the dictionary is the same type one can find for LibreOffice, OOo, etc.

However, when I try to download that file, it comes with extension .oxt , and from what I could gather I need files with extension .dic and .aff . So, how do I do this?

Any help would be appreciated.

Best Answer

Oxt files are just zip files with a different extension. Unzip it (rename if necessary) and you'll find the dic and aff files inside.

Bonus: if you are on a Mac or on Linux you can run

file file.oxt

And it will tell you what in earth this is. Very handy little tool.

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