Index: gc_lang/fr/dictionnaire/genfrdic.py
==================================================================
--- gc_lang/fr/dictionnaire/genfrdic.py
+++ gc_lang/fr/dictionnaire/genfrdic.py
@@ -524,15 +524,10 @@
     def writeGrammarCheckerLexicon (self, spfDst, version):
         echo(' * Lexique simplifié >> [ {} ] '.format(spfDst))
         with open(spfDst[:-4]+".lex", 'w', encoding='utf-8', newline="\n") as hDst:
             hDst.write(MPLHEADER)
             hDst.write("# Lexique simplifié pour Grammalecte v{}\n# Licence : MPL v2.0\n\n".format(version))
-            hDst.write("## LangCode: fr\n")
-            hDst.write("## LangName: Français\n")
-            hDst.write("## DicName: fr.commun\n")
-            hDst.write("## Description: Français commun (toutes variantes)\n")
-            hDst.write("## Author: Olivier R.\n\n")
             hDst.write(Flexion.simpleHeader())
             for oFlex in self.lFlexions:
                 hDst.write(oFlex.getGrammarCheckerRepr())
 
     def createFiles (self, spDst, lDictVars, nMode, bSimplified):

Index: graphspell/dawg.py
==================================================================
--- graphspell/dawg.py
+++ graphspell/dawg.py
@@ -20,20 +20,30 @@
 
 from . import str_transform as st
 from .progressbar import ProgressBar
 
 
+
+dLexiconData = {}
 
 def readFile (spf):
     "generator: read file <spf> and return for each line a list of elements separated by a tabulation."
     print(" < Read lexicon: " + spf)
     if os.path.isfile(spf):
+        dLexiconData.clear()
         with open(spf, "r", encoding="utf-8") as hSrc:
             for sLine in hSrc:
                 sLine = sLine.strip()
-                if sLine and not sLine.startswith("#"):
+                if sLine.startswith("##") :
+                    m = re.match("## *(\\w+) *:(.*)$", sLine)
+                    if m:
+                        dLexiconData[m.group(1)] = m.group(2).strip()
+                elif sLine and not sLine.startswith("#"):
                     yield sLine.split("\t")
+        if dLexiconData:
+            print("Data from dictionary:")
+            print(dLexiconData)
     else:
         raise OSError("# Error. File not found or not loadable: " + spf)
 
 
 
@@ -120,10 +130,15 @@
         self.sFileName = src  if type(src) is str  else "[None]"
         self.sLangCode = sLangCode
         self.sLangName = sLangName
         self.sDicName = sDicName
         self.sDescription = sDescription
+        if dLexiconData:
+            self.sLangCode = dLexiconData.get("LangCode", self.sLangCode)
+            self.sLangName = dLexiconData.get("LangName", self.sLangName)
+            self.sDicName = dLexiconData.get("DicName", self.sDicName)
+            self.sDescription = dLexiconData.get("Description", self.sDescription)
         self.nEntry = len(lWord)
         self.aPreviousEntry = []
         DawgNode.resetNextId()
         self.oRoot = DawgNode()
         self.lUncheckedNodes = []  # list of nodes that have not been checked for duplication.

Index: lexicons/French.lex
==================================================================
--- lexicons/French.lex
+++ lexicons/French.lex
@@ -3,16 +3,10 @@
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 # Lexique simplifié pour Grammalecte v7.0
 # Licence : MPL v2.0
 
-## LangCode: fr
-## LangName: Français
-## DicName: fr.commun
-## Description: Français commun (toutes variantes)
-## Author: Olivier R.
-
 # :POS ;LEX ~SEM =FQ /DIC
 de	de	:G:D:e:i/*
 de	de	:G:R:Rv/*
 et	et	:G:Cc/*
 à	à	:G:R:Rv/*