Re: "Spell checker has no dictionaries"
I just installed 4 or 5 spellchecker dictionaries using the standard sudu apt-get install command in Ubuntu. Of course, I installed the hunspell-en-ca dictionary that spells things like colour correctly On Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 2:12:49 p.m. EDT, Paul A. Rubin wrote: On 10/23/18 12:33 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > Fellow writers: > > This is an unintended consequence of my changing the default dictionary > engine from enchant to hunspell. I must have missed a step somewhere and > want to learn what that was. > > LyX-2.3.1 running here. > > Tools -> Preferences -> Language Settings -> Spellchecker has > Spellchecker > engine: Hunspell (found in /usr/bin/hunspell). > > I ran reconfigure after making the change but still no joy. > > A cluestick is needed. > > TIA, > > Rich Rich, Hunspell uses its own set of dictionaries, such as Hunspell-en-us (U.S. English), Hunspell-en-gb (English with unnecessary extra letters), Hunspell-de-med (medical terms in German) etc. Looks like you have to install one or more of them. Assuming your default language is U.S. English, you'll need Hunspell-en-us for sure. With Ubuntu and Mint, you can do this through Synaptic or (at least in Mint) the Software Sources app. I forget what distro you use, but if has a package manager I would start there. Paul
Re: "Spell checker has no dictionaries" [RESOLVED]
On Tue, 23 Oct 2018, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Hunspell uses its own set of dictionaries, such as Hunspell-en-us (U.S. English), Paul, Well that would certainly explain the problem. I forget what distro you use, but if has a package manager I would start there. Sure enough, SlackBuilds.org has an English language package which provides five dictionaries of English usage - Australian, Canadian, United States, and two forms of British English. As the package maintainer explains, "he reason I've included two forms of British English dictionaries are: "1. The -ise suffix is more commonly used by British speakers and all other forms such as en_DK, en_IE, en_IN, etc are symbolic links to en_GB-ise. "2. the en_GB-ize/en_GB-oxendict which uses the -ize suffix is known as Oxford English Dictionary Spelling and is generally favored for academic, formal, and technical writing." I modified the build script to limit it to US_en as that's the only flavor I speak/write. Thanks for the pointer, Rich
Re: "Spell checker has no dictionaries"
On 10/23/18 12:33 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: Fellow writers: This is an unintended consequence of my changing the default dictionary engine from enchant to hunspell. I must have missed a step somewhere and want to learn what that was. LyX-2.3.1 running here. Tools -> Preferences -> Language Settings -> Spellchecker has Spellchecker engine: Hunspell (found in /usr/bin/hunspell). I ran reconfigure after making the change but still no joy. A cluestick is needed. TIA, Rich Rich, Hunspell uses its own set of dictionaries, such as Hunspell-en-us (U.S. English), Hunspell-en-gb (English with unnecessary extra letters), Hunspell-de-med (medical terms in German) etc. Looks like you have to install one or more of them. Assuming your default language is U.S. English, you'll need Hunspell-en-us for sure. With Ubuntu and Mint, you can do this through Synaptic or (at least in Mint) the Software Sources app. I forget what distro you use, but if has a package manager I would start there. Paul
Re: Spell checker has no dictionaries
Am 18.01.2013 um 00:20 schrieb Junchao Zhang : > Hi, Stephan, >I find I just need to put dictionary files under $(HOME)/.lyx/dicts/ Hi Junchao, yes, that's your user directory. LyX is looking for dictionaries in: 1) preference specified directory 2) user directory + dicts 3) lyx binary directory + dicts 4) /usr/share/myspell/dicts You don't have to set the DICTIONARY environment. LyX tries to find the appropriate dictionary matching the language of the text inside your document. That's e.g. en_US if your document language is set to English(US) and/or you have the language of some text set to it. Regards, Stephan > That is, the dictionaries need to be found by LyX, not just hunspell. > > Thanks > --Junchao Zhang > On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Stephan Witt wrote: > Am 17.01.2013 um 20:07 schrieb Junchao Zhang : > > > Dear all, > > I installed hunspell, then I installed Lyx. > > Dear Junchao, > > hunspell and LyX are two independent programs. LyX has builtin hunspell > support or not. > > > When I configured Lyx, I could see Lyx found hunspell. > > I understand this as: you can see hunspell as available spell checker in > preferences, right? > > > I set > > export DICPATH=/home/jczhang/usr/share/dict/ > > export DICTIONARY=en_US > > in my bashrc > > > > If I invoke hunspell -D, it will give > > AVAILABLE DICTIONARIES (path is not mandatory for -d option): > > /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict//en_US > > /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict//en_AU > > /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict//en_CA > > ... > > LOADED DICTIONARY: > > /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict//en_US.aff > > /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict//en_US.dic > > Hunspell 1.3.2 > > > > I choose the spellchecker engine in Lyx as hunspell. > > However, when I do spellcheck in Lyx, it just pops a window "Spell > > checker has no dictionaries", and no other clues. > > LyX does not find the dictionaries in your home directory. > You have to point it there in LyX path's preferences. > Try to enter /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict and see if it helps. > > Regards, > Stephan > > > > -- > Junchao Zhang
Re: Spell checker has no dictionaries
Hi, Stephan, I find I just need to put dictionary files under $(HOME)/.lyx/dicts/ That is, the dictionaries need to be found by LyX, not just hunspell. Thanks --Junchao Zhang On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Stephan Witt wrote: > Am 17.01.2013 um 20:07 schrieb Junchao Zhang : > > > Dear all, > > I installed hunspell, then I installed Lyx. > > Dear Junchao, > > hunspell and LyX are two independent programs. LyX has builtin hunspell > support or not. > > > When I configured Lyx, I could see Lyx found hunspell. > > I understand this as: you can see hunspell as available spell checker in > preferences, right? > > > I set > > export DICPATH=/home/jczhang/usr/share/dict/ > > export DICTIONARY=en_US > > in my bashrc > > > > If I invoke hunspell -D, it will give > > AVAILABLE DICTIONARIES (path is not mandatory for -d option): > > /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict//en_US > > /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict//en_AU > > /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict//en_CA > > ... > > LOADED DICTIONARY: > > /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict//en_US.aff > > /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict//en_US.dic > > Hunspell 1.3.2 > > > > I choose the spellchecker engine in Lyx as hunspell. > > However, when I do spellcheck in Lyx, it just pops a window "Spell > checker has no dictionaries", and no other clues. > > LyX does not find the dictionaries in your home directory. > You have to point it there in LyX path's preferences. > Try to enter /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict and see if it helps. > > Regards, > Stephan -- Junchao Zhang
Re: Spell checker has no dictionaries
Am 17.01.2013 um 20:07 schrieb Junchao Zhang : > Dear all, > I installed hunspell, then I installed Lyx. Dear Junchao, hunspell and LyX are two independent programs. LyX has builtin hunspell support or not. > When I configured Lyx, I could see Lyx found hunspell. I understand this as: you can see hunspell as available spell checker in preferences, right? > I set > export DICPATH=/home/jczhang/usr/share/dict/ > export DICTIONARY=en_US > in my bashrc > > If I invoke hunspell -D, it will give > AVAILABLE DICTIONARIES (path is not mandatory for -d option): > /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict//en_US > /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict//en_AU > /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict//en_CA > ... > LOADED DICTIONARY: > /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict//en_US.aff > /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict//en_US.dic > Hunspell 1.3.2 > > I choose the spellchecker engine in Lyx as hunspell. > However, when I do spellcheck in Lyx, it just pops a window "Spell checker > has no dictionaries", and no other clues. LyX does not find the dictionaries in your home directory. You have to point it there in LyX path's preferences. Try to enter /home/jczhang/usr/share/dict and see if it helps. Regards, Stephan
