Installing a Dictionary Into Sublime Text Via The Terminal

Intro

The default dictionary used by Sublime Text is utf-8-based and American English-centric. You can use different dictionaries, but they must be encoded in utf-8. For dictionary options, Sublime suggests looking at these dictionaries, available at OpenOffice.

Note: Every OpenOffice dictionary is a compressed file—with a .oxt extension—of a bundle of related files. One of those files is the actual dictionary, which ends in a .dic extension.

Mac Install *

For the following example, I’ll refer to a dictionary downloaded from the Internet called es_es.oxt. I’ll also assume you’re using Sublime Text 3.

1. Download your desired dictionary, which will likely have a .oxt extension.
2. Navigate to the directory containing the dictionary you just downloaded. I downloaded es_es.oxt into the Downloads folder:
   
   cd ~/Downloads
3. Change the extension of the dictionary file from .oxt to .zip:
   mv es_es.oxt es_es.zip
4. Create a new folder and use the name of the dictionary as the name of the folder:
   mkdir es_es
5. Move the ZIP file into the new folder:
   mv es_es.zip es_es
6. Navigate into the the new folder:
   cd es_es
7. Unzip the dictionary file:
   unzip es_es.zip
8. Delete the ZIP file:
   rm es_es.zip
9. Navigate to the parent folder:
   cd ..
10. Move the dictionary folder to Sublime’s User folder:
    mv es_es ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 3/Packages/User
11. The dictionary is now an option under the View menu. Select it by pointing your mouse at View ➞ Dictionary ➞ User. The es_es dictionary, in my case, is at View ➞ Dictionary ➞ User ➞ es_es.
12. Verify that you’ve installed the dictionary correctly. Look for the "dictionary" option in your preferences file.