Wolfgang Engelmann informed me regarding: Re: Spellcheck on
Sat, 14 Nov 2020 14:56:43 +0100
> Am 14.11.20 um 14:26 schrieb Baris Erkus:
> > On 14-Nov-20 3:19 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Am 14.11.20 um 09:38 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann:
> >>> I haven't found a more detailed description for spellchecking in
> >>> the help files of LyX.
> >>>
> >>> In the User Guide 6.14 Spell Checking
> >>> It says:
> >>> With Linux one needs to install the packages for the desired
> >>> language. The number of these packages vary depending on the
> >>> Linux distribution, but in most cases these are aspell-xx,
> >>> hunspell-xx, myspell-xx, etc., where xx is the language code.
> >>>
> >>> In my LyX Version 2.3.5.2
> >>> (Thursday, June 25, 2020)
> >>> Library directory: /usr/share/lyx/
> >>> User directory: ~/.lyx/
> >>> Qt Version (run-time): 5.14.2
> >>> Qt Version (compile-time): 5.14.2
> >>> (and I am using Debian Bullseye)
> >>>
> >>> there is only enchant as the spellchecker engine listed.
> >>> It is in ./.config/enchant
> >>> but there is no hunspell, e.g.
> >>> It is mentioned to get it from
> >>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/files/hunspell/
> >>> #### > Where do I place it (and other spellcheckers)
> >>> #### > And how do I get a personal spellchecker invoked?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for pointers
> >>> Wolfgang
> >>
> >> I found this
> >> https://www.lyx.org/AdditionalSoftware
> >> and it states that enchant calls other spellcheckers.
> >>
> >> So my remaining question is
> >> how do I get a personal spellchecker
> >>
> >> Wolfgang
> >
> > You can tell LyX to record the words that will be recognized as
> > correct by "Add to personal dictionary" . These are saved as text
> > files in the personal folder with a name e.g. pwl_english.dict.
> Thanks, Baris.
> I see, by clicking ADD I get the personal spellchecker and can save
> to it. But how do I find this one?
> Mind you, I am under Linux (Debian)
> Wolfgang
> >
> > If you want to use a new dictionary with .dic and .aff files,
> > rather than the default dictionary files, you should place those
> > files to \resources\dicts\ folder of LyX.
> >
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Replied thus:
Wolgang,
Debian Bullseye
~/.config/enchant might be what you want.
Charlie
East Gippsland Wildlife Rehabilitators Inc..
http://www.egwildlife.com.au/
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