Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 Sam Russell wrote: You should note that there are approximately six versions of en-gb, at least one of which approximates Australian standard use. Better results could be had he you lobbied Macquarie Dictionary for an aspell en-au is it possible to select any of the six

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 Sam Russell wrote: You should note that there are approximately six versions of en-gb, at least one of which approximates Australian standard use. Better results could be had he you lobbied Macquarie Dictionary for an aspell en-au is it possible to select any of the six

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 Sam Russell wrote: > You should note that there are approximately six versions of en-gb, at > least one of which approximates Australian standard use. Better > results could be had he you lobbied Macquarie Dictionary for an aspell > en-au is it possible to select any of the

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

Further to this, I installed Version 1.6.1 from the tarball. I can select British English now. I don't usually complain about a version earlier than the current one, but this did seem to be an aspell problem. Fauir enough about there not being a separate dictionary for Australian. British

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

You should note that there are approximately six versions of en-gb, at least one of which approximates Australian standard use. Better results could be had he you lobbied Macquarie Dictionary for an aspell en-au On 2/19/09, Doug Laidlaw laidl...@hotkey.net.au wrote: Further to this, I installed

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

Further to this, I installed Version 1.6.1 from the tarball. I can select British English now. I don't usually complain about a version earlier than the current one, but this did seem to be an aspell problem. Fauir enough about there not being a separate dictionary for Australian. British

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

You should note that there are approximately six versions of en-gb, at least one of which approximates Australian standard use. Better results could be had he you lobbied Macquarie Dictionary for an aspell en-au On 2/19/09, Doug Laidlaw laidl...@hotkey.net.au wrote: Further to this, I installed

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

Further to this, I installed Version 1.6.1 from the tarball. I can select British English now. I don't usually complain about a version earlier than the current one, but this did seem to be an aspell problem. Fauir enough about there not being a separate dictionary for Australian. British

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

You should note that there are approximately six versions of en-gb, at least one of which approximates Australian standard use. Better results could be had he you lobbied Macquarie Dictionary for an aspell en-au On 2/19/09, Doug Laidlaw wrote: > Further to this, I

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

Doug Laidlaw wrote: The authors of aspell must be really parochial. To them, English means American, Canadian is a distinct language, and British English just does not exist. There are dictionaries for languages with a smaller user base than British English. Wrong. Using aspell and having

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

Not wrong. Different. My eyes are not deceiving me; neither are yours. Because Mandriva won't configure to use DVIs, it clearly has other problems. So I tried in SimplyMepis. The version is newer, but the language selection is identical. In the circumstances, it is useless taking the

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

Doug Laidlaw wrote: The authors of aspell must be really parochial. To them, English means American, Canadian is a distinct language, and British English just does not exist. There are dictionaries for languages with a smaller user base than British English. Wrong. Using aspell and having

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

Not wrong. Different. My eyes are not deceiving me; neither are yours. Because Mandriva won't configure to use DVIs, it clearly has other problems. So I tried in SimplyMepis. The version is newer, but the language selection is identical. In the circumstances, it is useless taking the

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

Doug Laidlaw wrote: The authors of aspell must be really parochial. To them, "English" means "American", Canadian is a distinct language, and British English just does not exist. There are dictionaries for languages with a smaller user base than British English. Wrong. Using aspell and

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

Not wrong. Different. My eyes are not deceiving me; neither are yours. Because Mandriva won't configure to use DVIs, it clearly has other problems. So I tried in SimplyMepis. The version is newer, but the language selection is identical. In the circumstances, it is useless taking the

Spellchecking in Australian English

The authors of aspell must be really parochial. To them, English means American, Canadian is a distinct language, and British English just does not exist. There are dictionaries for languages with a smaller user base than British English. I am writing a family history in Australian English,

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

I use ispell with the british dictionary. In LyX 1.6.1 (on ubuntu intrepid) you can set this in Tools-Preferences-Language_Settings-Spellchecker. Just select ispell from the Spellchecker executable at the top, then type in british in the Alternative language textbox. You probably need to have the

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

Le 4 févr. 09 à 06:10, Doug Laidlaw a écrit : The authors of aspell must be really parochial. To them, English means American, Canadian is a distinct language, and British English just does not exist. There are dictionaries for languages with a smaller user base than British English.

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

That isn't what is in the drop-down spelling config. I can have English or Canadian. If I choose English, I get U.S. spellings, and British is flagged as errors. That is certainly not enough. Perhaps aspell can be influenced by my Locale settings, but LyX blocks that. Certainly I can have

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

On Sun, 8 Feb 2009, Doug Laidlaw engaged keyboard and shared this with us all: --} That isn't what is in the drop-down spelling config.  I can have English --} or Canadian.  If I choose English, I get U.S. spellings, and British is --} flagged as errors.  That is certainly not enough.  Perhaps

Spellchecking in Australian English

The authors of aspell must be really parochial. To them, English means American, Canadian is a distinct language, and British English just does not exist. There are dictionaries for languages with a smaller user base than British English. I am writing a family history in Australian English,

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

I use ispell with the british dictionary. In LyX 1.6.1 (on ubuntu intrepid) you can set this in Tools-Preferences-Language_Settings-Spellchecker. Just select ispell from the Spellchecker executable at the top, then type in british in the Alternative language textbox. You probably need to have the

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

Le 4 févr. 09 à 06:10, Doug Laidlaw a écrit : The authors of aspell must be really parochial. To them, English means American, Canadian is a distinct language, and British English just does not exist. There are dictionaries for languages with a smaller user base than British English.

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

That isn't what is in the drop-down spelling config. I can have English or Canadian. If I choose English, I get U.S. spellings, and British is flagged as errors. That is certainly not enough. Perhaps aspell can be influenced by my Locale settings, but LyX blocks that. Certainly I can have

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

On Sun, 8 Feb 2009, Doug Laidlaw engaged keyboard and shared this with us all: --} That isn't what is in the drop-down spelling config.  I can have English --} or Canadian.  If I choose English, I get U.S. spellings, and British is --} flagged as errors.  That is certainly not enough.  Perhaps

Spellchecking in Australian English

The authors of aspell must be really parochial. To them, "English" means "American", Canadian is a distinct language, and British English just does not exist. There are dictionaries for languages with a smaller user base than British English. I am writing a family history in Australian

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

I use ispell with the british dictionary. In LyX 1.6.1 (on ubuntu intrepid) you can set this in Tools->Preferences->Language_Settings->Spellchecker. Just select ispell from the Spellchecker executable at the top, then type in "british" in the "Alternative language" textbox. You probably need to

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

Le 4 févr. 09 à 06:10, Doug Laidlaw a écrit : The authors of aspell must be really parochial. To them, "English" means "American", Canadian is a distinct language, and British English just does not exist. There are dictionaries for languages with a smaller user base than British

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

That isn't what is in the drop-down spelling config. I can have "English" or "Canadian". If I choose English, I get U.S. spellings, and British is flagged as errors. That is certainly not enough. Perhaps aspell can be influenced by my Locale settings, but LyX blocks that. Certainly I can

Re: Spellchecking in Australian English

On Sun, 8 Feb 2009, Doug Laidlaw engaged keyboard and shared this with us all: >--} That isn't what is in the drop-down spelling config.  I can have > "English" --} or "Canadian".  If I choose English, I get U.S. spellings, > and British is --} flagged as errors.  That is certainly not enough. >