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From: "Andreas Kofod-Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 6:16 AM
Subject: Spell checking multiple languages?
Hi
I have read that it's possible to spell check a multiple language, but the
statement that it is possible have never been accompanied by a guide on to
how to do it, so this is what I ask now.
Regards
Andreas
P.S. I use Lyx in Windows with Aspell as the spell checker.
C:\Aspell. Aspell has a mailing list and a manual. I found an entry,
under extra-dicts, which I thought would work for English/French.
But IIRC, that only worked for Linux. So I created a Master dict.
using text word lists from both languages which had shortcomings.
There is a new version available for Windows, .60, not easy to get
which maybe has gooten to implementing extra-dicts for Windows.
Kevin Atkinson is the guru of the Aspell-user mailing list. I read:
"Aspell doesn't have a per document dictionary mainly because there is no
real good way to store them and also because it will add more complexity
to the user interface. However, if you wish you can have a per-document
personal dictionary and also use your normal personal dictionary by doing
the following:
>
> aspell --add-extra-dicts=~/.aspell.english.pws --personal=<per-doc-dict>
> ...
Bingo, that's what I needed. I was really thinking of this for use with
LyX,
and if there's some standard way to add extra dictionaries on the command
line, then the LyX crew can work out the other bit of the problem."
SH: But that was in 2001. Perhaps the French or German LyX
users have figured out multiple dicts by now. I am curious too.
Regards,
Stephen
