On Oct 18, 2005, at 9:05 AM, Alexander Gahr wrote:
Ok i tried this.
I opened the preference in Lyx and entered a file. The Problem:
Lyx will not create a new file personal dic file.
I can only choose .ispell files. But I am using aspell.
How do i get a new personal dictionary?????
Let me be more explicit. In LyX > Preferences > Language settings >
Spellchecker > Personal dictionary, enter a path and filename. (I
have "/Users/bennett/Documents/bennett.ispell" in there, but you can
use anything, with or without the .ispell ending. When you click on
the "Browse" button next to the Personal dictionary field, LyX
filters out all files except for .ispell files, which is why I have
chosen to keep the .ispell extension in my preferences. But that's
not necessary.) Click on the "Save" button.
No new file will be created yet, however. For that, you need to
spellcheck a document and add a new word. Then that file will be
created containing that word, and new words will be appended to the
file whenever you add them.
Note that the file is simply a plain text file; it doesn't matter
that you're using aspell with a personal dictionary that has
".ispell" in it or ".txt" or even no extension at all. That this file
is plain text means that you can open it in any text editor to check
your list, and even modify it if you like.
Bennett
