On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 06:42:49AM +0000, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> Am Freitag, den 22.09.2017, 10:22 +1000 schrieb Peter Drummond:
> > `Package babel Error: Unknown language `english'. Either you have'
> >
> > In the next pane, I have:
> >
> > `\selectlanguage{english}
> > You may proceed, but expect unexpected results'
> >
> > In the Document Settings, I find the Language package is always set
> > to 'Automatic'. If I then reset this to 'Always Babel', the error
> > goes away. I discovered this by trial and error. It is certainly not
> > remotely obvious. Why would a babel package error go away when one
> > sets the language package to 'babel'? I would have expected that if
> > the language package was set to 'Automatic', then it would either
> > choose 'babel' or some other package. If it chose 'babel', I might
> > get 'babel' errors, but they would surely remain if I set the option
> > to 'Always Babel'!
>
> That's strange indeed. The only expected thing that might happen with
> automatic is that polyglossia is used rather than babel if you use
> "non-TeX fonts" and specific languages.
>
> How does the LaTeX preamble (in View Source) in the two variants look
> like? Also the LaTeX log could be revealing.
>
> > A related problem is that if I type in an incorrectly spelled word
> > like 'testx', it will be flagged by the spell-checker, but no
> > alternative is suggested. Note that these errors occur in a
> > completely new Lyx file, just created, with only one word in it, and
> > only default settings.
>
> Other users have reported issues with the spell checker on the Mac.
> This might be related:
> http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9351Hi Peter, I just wanted to make sure you received the above message. Best, Scott
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