belahcene wrote: > Hi, > I want to check the spelling for a french document, I want to use aspell > ( because there is aspell-fr package) but the lyx always chosses the > ispell ( I coudn't find ispell for french). > thanks for help > bela
Hi, Bela. LyX uses two different ways to try and check your document. 1. If your version of LyX was compiled to use the 'pspell' package, then it will use the pspell library routines unconditionally. In the LyX 1.3.x series, you'll need to state explicitly that you want to use pspell when you configure the build process: $ ./configure --help | grep spell --with-pspell use PSpell libraries --with-pspell-include where the pspell.h is located --with-pspell-lib where the libpspell.a is located You can check whether your version of LyX was compiled in this way with: $ ldd <path to your executable>/lyx If 'libpspell' is in the output then that is what you'll use. 2. The rest of us must communicate with an external executable named either "ispell" or "aspell" (or if you speak Hebrew, hspell). You can set this name from the Edit->Preferences dialog. (Language settings->Spellchecker pane.) This option is not available to Windows users because the way LyX currently communicates with external processes is definitely unix-centric. That is, spellchecking on Windows currently requires the pspell libraries (which is the better way to go anyway.) HTH, -- Angus