Re: An observation on 3.2.1 spell checking
On 10/18/18 4:26 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: The document I'm now writing has many hyphenated words (e.g., Douglas-fir, near-surface) and all are questioned by the spelling checker. I don't recall seeing this before and don't know if its source is lyx or the spell checker being used (I don't recall whether it's aspell or ispell). No action is required on anyone's part but I find it interesting that these compound words are seen as being mis-spelled, even after I (supposedly) add them to the dictionary. Regards, Rich LyX is not the culprit. I just copied your first paragraph into a LyX document (and added a hyphenated word of my own, in case the hyphens in your email pasted in as some funky character). The spelling checker (Enchant, which probably means aspell doing the actual work) had no problem with any hyphenated words. It only bitched about "lyx" and "aspell" (but, curiously, not about "ispell"). Perhaps it's a configuration option in whichever engine you're using? If that's too much hassle, you might try going to Tools > Preferences... > Language Settings > Spellchecker and putting a hyphen in the "Escape characters" field. Maybe that will fix it? Paul
Re: An observation on 3.2.1 spell checking
Le 19/10/2018 à 15:05, Rich Shepard a écrit : I just looked at the SlackBuild script I've used for years (chaning only version numbers) and see nothing related to spell checkers in the configure section so I assume that all but ispell are in included. It depends actually of what development packages (header files) are available when configuring. JMarc
Re: An observation on 3.2.1 spell checking
On Fri, 19 Oct 2018, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: ispell is the one for oldtimers. aspell is the more modern ispell. hunspell is the more modern aspell enchant is a wrapper that canbe configured at system level to use whatever spell checker you have on your system (not sure where). JMarc, Thanks very much for the insight. I've not before paid any attention to this. It depends on what spell checkers have been compiled in when building LyX. I just looked at the SlackBuild script I've used for years (chaning only version numbers) and see nothing related to spell checkers in the configure section so I assume that all but ispell are in included. Interesting detail. Best regards, Rich
Re: An observation on 3.2.1 spell checking
Le 19/10/2018 à 14:33, Rich Shepard a écrit : Turns out lyx was set to use enchant (never knew of this before) where I used to use aspell or ispell. (Here, aspell, enchnat, ispell, and hunspell are all installed and I've no idea how, or why, they differ.) ispell is the one for oldtimers. aspell is the more modern ispell. hunspell is the more modern aspell enchant is a wrapper that canbe configured at system level to use whatever spell checker you have on your system (not sure where). Anyway, I was offered aspell as an option so I changed the spell checker to that. The option, 'accept compound words' was checked yet apparently not available in enchant. Because this non-acceptance was a chenge from the past lyx must have changed the default spell checker in a recent upgrade and I hadn't noticed. Probably because I didn't go looking for the reason. It depends on what spell checkers have been compiled in when building LyX. JMarc
Re: An observation on 3.2.1 spell checking
On Fri, 19 Oct 2018, Daniel wrote: Those words are not marked on my system. I use Hunspell on Windows (which is installed as default with LyX, I think). You can check your spell-checker via Preferences > Language Settings > Spellchecker Daniel, Well, well, well! I don't recall ever looking at that portion of settings in the many years I've used lyx (all on linux). Turns out lyx was set to use enchant (never knew of this before) where I used to use aspell or ispell. (Here, aspell, enchnat, ispell, and hunspell are all installed and I've no idea how, or why, they differ.) Anyway, I was offered aspell as an option so I changed the spell checker to that. The option, 'accept compound words' was checked yet apparently not available in enchant. Because this non-acceptance was a chenge from the past lyx must have changed the default spell checker in a recent upgrade and I hadn't noticed. Probably because I didn't go looking for the reason. Thanks very much for the lesson. Regards, Rich
Re: An observation on 3.2.1 spell checking
On 18/10/2018 22:26, Rich Shepard wrote: The document I'm now writing has many hyphenated words (e.g., Douglas-fir, near-surface) and all are questioned by the spelling checker. I don't recall seeing this before and don't know if its source is lyx or the spell checker being used (I don't recall whether it's aspell or ispell). No action is required on anyone's part but I find it interesting that these compound words are seen as being mis-spelled, even after I (supposedly) add them to the dictionary. Regards, Rich Those words are not marked on my system. I use Hunspell on Windows (which is installed as default with LyX, I think). You can check your spell-checker via Preferences > Language Settings > Spellchecker Best, Daniel
An observation on 3.2.1 spell checking
The document I'm now writing has many hyphenated words (e.g., Douglas-fir, near-surface) and all are questioned by the spelling checker. I don't recall seeing this before and don't know if its source is lyx or the spell checker being used (I don't recall whether it's aspell or ispell). No action is required on anyone's part but I find it interesting that these compound words are seen as being mis-spelled, even after I (supposedly) add them to the dictionary. Regards, Rich
