Am Wednesday 12 January 2011 09:23:36 schrieb Guenter Milde: > On 2011-01-11, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: > > 2011/1/11 Stephan Witt <[email protected]>: > >> ok - LyX can find the thesaurus files. I presume the document > >> doc/Intro.lyx is not writable. Then the thesaurus (unfortunately) does > >> not work properly. Just like you describe it, the current word isn't > >> placed into thesaurus. > > ... > > > You were perfectly right about the write-protection of the help file. > > I have started a new file, typed some stupid words and selected one of > > them before igniting the thesaurus and it worked like a charm. I am > > still very ignorant in the intricacies of LyX, like the protection of > > the help files. I have not even thought that this would be the cause > > (but I was also ignoring that evoking the thesaurus would try to write > > in the file). > > In my view, it is correct to have the help files write-protected, but > it is a pity (or a bug) that the thesaurus does not work for them. > > Use case: When reading the Manual in a foreign language (maybe because > there is no translation to ones mothertongue) a thesaurus can help to get > the meaning of less common words. > > > Günter
But one could rename and save the help-file thus making it writable Wolfgang
