Hi I would be glad if you did point me in the right direction. It will be an interesting challenge for me to see this project through. I'm glad to hear you think the project could be useful
thank you for answering so quickly kobi On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 6:35 AM, Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 02:31:45PM +0200, kobi kolodner wrote: > > Hi > > > > I am writing a spellchecker based on google suggestions in python. > > how can I add it to lyx so it will appear as an option in > > Tools/Preferences/Language Settings/Spellchecker/Spellchecker engine > > > > I am very much a novice in writing code so any help\suggestion even if it > > seems obvious will be much appreciated > > Dear Kobi, > > Unless I'm mistaken (Stephan will correct me if so), it's not trivial to > just add a different spellchecker. You would have to add a significant > amount of C++ code and recompile. If you're willing to do that, we can > point you in the right direction. > > In the future, I think it would be great for LyX to allow such custom > spellcheckers. We just don't have that capability at the moment. > > Let me also say that your project sounds cool. It is scary to me how > accurate Google's corrections are. Best of luck with your project! > > Scott >
