From cb01efd267c6ab4d9e15693abf6d1b2aa03e7a4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Fainberg <mail@daniel.fainberg.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:14:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(dictionaries): add hunspell dictionary module

---
 modules/dictionaries.nix | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 modules/home.nix         |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 modules/dictionaries.nix

diff --git a/modules/dictionaries.nix b/modules/dictionaries.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..786349b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/dictionaries.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# Hunspell dictionaries, joined into one directory so anything needing a
+# dictionary *path* can be pointed at a single store path.
+#
+# Two consumers, two mechanisms:
+#   - LibreOffice needs nothing beyond the package being installed: its wrapper
+#     scans `share/hunspell` in every NIX_PROFILES entry.
+#   - Gecko apps (LibreWolf, Thunderbird) need `spellchecker.dictionary_path`
+#     set explicitly — there is no /usr/share/hunspell on NixOS and wrapFirefox
+#     wires up nothing itself. Point that pref at `local.dictionaries.path`.
+#
+# Chromium-based browsers are NOT served by this: they ignore hunspell and
+# fetch their own dictionaries, selected by enterprise policy.
+#
+# Which languages is a personal choice, so the default is empty; a consumer sets
+# `local.dictionaries.packages = [ pkgs.hunspellDicts.de_DE ];`. en-US ships
+# inside Firefox/Thunderbird already and does not need listing for those.
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.local.dictionaries;
+
+  joined = pkgs.symlinkJoin {
+    name = "hunspell-dicts";
+    paths = cfg.packages;
+  };
+in
+{
+  options.local.dictionaries = {
+    packages = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.package;
+      default = [ ];
+      example = lib.literalExpression "[ pkgs.hunspellDicts.de_DE ]";
+      description = ''
+        Hunspell dictionary packages to install and expose via
+        `local.dictionaries.path`.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    path = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      readOnly = true;
+      description = ''
+        Directory holding every `packages` dictionary. Feed this to
+        `spellchecker.dictionary_path` in Gecko apps.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    local.dictionaries.path = "${joined}/share/hunspell";
+    home.packages = lib.optional (cfg.packages != [ ]) joined;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/home.nix b/modules/home.nix
index 29067b0..761ab34 100644
--- a/modules/home.nix
+++ b/modules/home.nix
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ let
   '';
 in
 {
-  imports = [ ./gpg.nix ./media.nix ./texlive.nix ./librewolf.nix ./mc.nix ./mime.nix ./hyprland-workspaces.nix ./nvim.nix ];
+  imports = [ ./gpg.nix ./media.nix ./texlive.nix ./librewolf.nix ./mc.nix ./mime.nix ./hyprland-workspaces.nix ./nvim.nix ./dictionaries.nix ];
 
   # Put ~/.local/bin (the XDG user-bin dir) on PATH so hand-dropped scripts run
   # by name without wiring each through nix.