Joost Verburg wrote:
Paul A. Rubin wrote:
1. It installed a bunch of Aspell files to C:\Program
Files\Aspell\lib\aspell-0.60. I already had Aspell installed (at
C:\Aspell). I thought that Aspell *had* to be installed to C:\Aspell.
Has this changed?
The Aspell installer, which defaults to C:\Aspell, is used to install
the Aspell files. If you have previously installed Aspell in C:\Program
Files\Aspell and moved the files manually, the path in your registry is
wrong.
I think that was in fact the case. I uninstalled 1.4svn, manually
edited the registry to change all instances of C:\Program
Files\Aspell\... to C:\Aspell\..., then ran the 1.4svn installer again.
I'll create a new Aspell installer with a command line switch to force
it to C:\Aspell.
2. When downloading the Aspell dictionaries, I got messages that the
installer was unable to make a connection, and did I want to try
again. Each time, the second attempt worked fine. The connection
failure messages came up so quickly, I wonder if perhaps the installer
needs a programmed wait to give servers more time to respond?
What is the error message? Do you have any special firewall or proxy
servers?
I have a personal firewall, but it passes all http and ftp traffic. I
don't have a proxy server. However, I was on a WiFi connection in a
coffee shop, so I can't attest to the behavior of their router.
Anyway, when I reinstalled just now,the problem did not repeat.
Connections were immediate.
3. I had your installer download English and German dictionaries.
The English dictionary installed fine. The German dictionary appeared
to unpack correctly, but then your installer issued a message saying
that the German dictionary had not fully installed, and did I want to
try again. I opted for a second attempt, and this time watched the
details. The installer for the German dictionary issued a message
saying it was done, but your installer again said it had failed. This
time I opted to continue. (Boy, there has got to be a way to say that
without using the root "install" every third word! :-)
This is related to issue 1. If the Aspell path in the registry is wrong
the dictionaries will also be installed in the wrong location.
That tracks with what happened on the retry -- installation was smooth.
4. LyX 1.4.svn appeared to configure correctly, and it found my 1.4.1
preferences, but the spellchecker is disabled. Is this a known bug?
The spellchecker still works in 1.3.7 and 1.4.1.
I think this is also related to your other Aspell issues.
Sadly, it's still the case, after fixing the registry and reinstalling
LyX, that spell checking is disabled (the Tools menu entry is grayed
out, and F7 generates a "command disabled" status message). Aspell must
be installed correctly, since it works with both LyX 1.3.7 and LyX 1.4.1
(including the German dictionaries).
By the way, I noticed a couple of things when I uninstalled 1.4svn.
First, the installer creates only a program menu entry for LyX itself --
no entry for the uninstall command. (Angus's installers created a
folder for LyX, with links to both LyX and the uninstall executable).
So I used Add/Remove Programs to uninstall it. That apparently did not
do a complete job, because when I reran the installer, it said that LyX
1.4svn date 20060531 was already installed (I checked the box to
overwrite the installation), and it remembered the directory name I'd
used the first time.
/Paul
