On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Lagaffe Gaston <maboiteapourr...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello Lyx people, > > There is an annoying behavior in my Lyx spell checking utility (for French > language), I'd like to be able to change it or make a suggestion to > developers. > This spell checking utility doesn't ignore words beginning with an upper case, > so all proper nouns are marked as incorrect. > > > Another problematic behavior is that it doesn't consider composed words > (separated with an "-") as one. So the prepositions used in composed words are > marked as incorrect (example : socio in socio-technique, etc). > > With other minor flaws, it makes that 9 on 10 "errors" detected by this > utility > are false positives, making spell checking inefficient, time-wasting and > irritating. > > And obviously, it would be a great feature to have on-the-fly spell checking, > highlighting incorrect words when written. > LyX 2.0 does this. Liviu
> I don't know exactly how does work the spell checking system and dictionary in > Lyx, perhaps it is common for various software on my OS, if it is an > independent > piece of software please redirect me to the right project and people. > > ----- > My configuration : I'm running Lyx 1.6.7 in Ubuntu 10.10. In the Lyx settings, > the "enchant" dictionary is selected. > > ----- > > Except this problem, Lyx is an outstanding software for writing academic > papers > and it has been a pleasure to write since I switched from my old WYSIWYG > program, so thanks for that ! > > Sincerely yours, > > GL > > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail