Dear Stephan, Thanks for your quick response. What option do I provide lyx with in order to compile with enchant/hunspell etc.? I cannot find this information in the README, INSTALL etc.,
Until I do this, I cannot provide a path for Hunspell as the path section is greyed out, and I cannot select the Enchant engine. -Ben On 17 January 2014 13:11, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote: > Am 17.01.2014 um 13:44 schrieb Ben Lowe <ben.lowe...@googlemail.com>: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm using redhat 6; I've tried downloading the latest source and >> following these steps: >> http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/CreatingLyXRPM#toc3 >> >> And also tried creating an RPM package, however the dictionary choice >> in preferences > language settings > spellchecker; all options are >> greyed out, and I cannot provide a hunspell path under preferences >>> paths as this is greyed out. I have relevant hunspell dictionary >> files in the ~/.lyx/dicts/ folder and they are named correctly. >> >> This a common issue with linux due to not compiling it with >> spellchecking support, and a fix is apparently to use 'Enchant' engine >> instead, however I have the Enchant package, and I still cannot select >> any spellchecker engines from the spellchecker menu. >> >> Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can compile lyx on Redhat >> with spell checking support? > > Hi, > > you have to provide the developer packages of the spell checker of your > choice at compile time (of LyX). In case it's enchant you have to configure > enchant, in case it's hunspell you may provide the path for the dictionary > files under preferences if they're not found automatically. > > Stephan
