On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 22:47 +1000, Adrian Try wrote: > > I'm baffled by this one. Selecting a word and pressing Ctrl+F7 (or > > using the menu) calls up the Thesaurus, but it +never+ suggests any > > words. I have reinstalled and updated the dictionaries, to no avail. > > English is the selected language. > > A few versions ago, I noticed that if you have UK English (or some other > English variant other than UK), the thesaurus doesn't work. That is > because the English thesaurus is identified as US English. > > Changing the language setting to US English is one option, and several > other options have been mentioned on the list over the years. (Can't > remember them at the moment.) > > I think this might be the cause of your problem, and hope this helps. > > A quick test might be to temporarily change your language settings to US > English, and see if the thesaurus jumps to life. > > Adrian
The following worked for me, but YMMV. As Root/Administrator user, run the "Install new dictionaries" wizard. Select the "spell checker", "hyphenation" and "thesaurus" for your dialect of English. Just before the wizard starts the download, uncheck the "Do not download ... (No upgrade)" option and allow the wizard to overwrite any of these components you already have installed. It appears that the only English thesaurus currently available is US English, but I have found that the above process resets the "Dict/Hypen/Thes" language configuration, so that the US thesaurus appears as the selected English variant (in my case Australian). It is possible to directly edit the configuration file, but the above process is easier to explain and I have found it to be more reliable. Hope this helps. Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
