On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 Sam Russell wrote:
> You should note that there are approximately six versions of en-gb, at
> least one of which approximates Australian standard use. Better
> results could be had he you lobbied Macquarie Dictionary for an aspell
> en-au
is it possible to select any of the si
You should note that there are approximately six versions of en-gb, at
least one of which approximates Australian standard use. Better
results could be had he you lobbied Macquarie Dictionary for an aspell
en-au
On 2/19/09, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> Further to this, I installed Version 1.6.1 from the
Further to this, I installed Version 1.6.1 from the tarball. I can select
British English now. I don't usually complain about a version earlier than
the current one, but this did seem to be an aspell problem. Fauir enough
about there not being a separate dictionary for Australian. British is
Not wrong. Different. My eyes are not deceiving me; neither are yours.
Because Mandriva won't configure to use DVIs, it clearly has other problems.
So I tried in SimplyMepis. The version is newer, but the language selection
is identical.
In the circumstances, it is useless taking the point
Doug Laidlaw wrote:
The authors of aspell must be really parochial. To them, "English"
means "American", Canadian is a distinct language, and British English just
does not exist. There are dictionaries for languages with a smaller user
base than British English.
Wrong. Using aspell and hav
On Sun, 8 Feb 2009, Doug Laidlaw engaged keyboard and shared this with us all:
>--} That isn't what is in the drop-down spelling config. I can have
> "English" --} or "Canadian". If I choose English, I get U.S. spellings,
> and British is --} flagged as errors. That is certainly not enough.
> P
That isn't what is in the drop-down spelling config. I can have "English"
or "Canadian". If I choose English, I get U.S. spellings, and British is
flagged as errors. That is certainly not enough. Perhaps aspell can be
influenced by my Locale settings, but LyX blocks that. Certainly I can ha
Le 4 févr. 09 à 06:10, Doug Laidlaw a écrit :
The authors of aspell must be really parochial. To them, "English"
means "American", Canadian is a distinct language, and British
English just
does not exist. There are dictionaries for languages with a
smaller user
base than British English.
I use ispell with the british dictionary. In LyX 1.6.1 (on ubuntu
intrepid) you can set this in
Tools->Preferences->Language_Settings->Spellchecker. Just select ispell
from the Spellchecker executable at the top, then type in "british" in
the "Alternative language" textbox.
You probably need to ha
The authors of aspell must be really parochial. To them, "English"
means "American", Canadian is a distinct language, and British English just
does not exist. There are dictionaries for languages with a smaller user
base than British English.
I am writing a family history in Australian Englis
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