I just installed 4 or 5 spellchecker dictionaries using the standard sudu
apt-get install command in Ubuntu.
Of course, I installed the hunspell-en-ca dictionary that spells things like
colour correctly
On Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 2:12:49 p.m. EDT, Paul A. Rubin
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 10/23/18 12:33 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> Fellow writers:
>
> This is an unintended consequence of my changing the default dictionary
> engine from enchant to hunspell. I must have missed a step somewhere and
> want to learn what that was.
>
> LyX-2.3.1 running here.
>
> Tools -> Preferences -> Language Settings -> Spellchecker has
> Spellchecker
> engine: Hunspell (found in /usr/bin/hunspell).
>
> I ran reconfigure after making the change but still no joy.
>
> A cluestick is needed.
>
> TIA,
>
> Rich
Rich,
Hunspell uses its own set of dictionaries, such as Hunspell-en-us (U.S.
English), Hunspell-en-gb (English with unnecessary extra letters),
Hunspell-de-med (medical terms in German) etc. Looks like you have to
install one or more of them. Assuming your default language is U.S.
English, you'll need Hunspell-en-us for sure. With Ubuntu and Mint, you
can do this through Synaptic or (at least in Mint) the Software Sources
app. I forget what distro you use, but if has a package manager I would
start there.
Paul
