Dear list, I am sorry, but I read every topic in the mailinglist about the well known aspell problem (still with LyX 1.5.1) under windows. I do not get the reason why this problem exists:
Simply aspell does never find a dictionary although it is installed correctly. And correctly means: for every user of the computer, since I chose the same kind of installation with LyX. Therefore the suggested solution in the mailinglists do not succeed, I must admit. Under Linux there is not even a shadow of this problem. Under Windows -- of course -- it kills you half a day. Where does LyX *search* for the dicts? It is not said anywhere in the documentation, as far as I found out. It seems to search for files with the extension *.pws, but the dicts under Windows have the extension *.rws. To help newbies to install LyX under Windows there should be a hint in the installer that you have to download the dictionary from the web. When it is called LyX bundle, you do not expect that it is *not* the whole thing. Since there is no hint from which address the download will be taken, ther the danger of virusses occur (I made the bad experience with a server in Germany where I fetched one dict). Therefore there should be a possibility to installe aspell and the dicts manually -- and it is very easy to get a success. But LyX does not find anything. The problem is familiar since a long time, I am afraid. More clear information about the paths which are searched by LyX would be a good idea. Or am I wrong? If you have time to give me any hint for the solution, although it is well known, would be a great thing. Thanks a lot Heiko -- Heiko Schroeder Praha, Ceska Republica http://home.foni.net/~heikos http://www.od.shuttle.de/evb-1
