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by GJacobs
Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:22 am
Forum: LyX
Topic: Spell checking doesn't work in LyX 2.0.5.1 on OS X 10.6.8
Replies: 4
Views: 7140

Re: Spell checking doesn't work in LyX 2.0.5.1 on OS X 10.6.

I *think* have tracked the dictionary issue down.

I don't know enough of the internals to make full sense of this, but the issue appears to be a mix of an OS set up to prefer a variant of English and LyX "preferring" the default to be plain English. In this situation LyX seems to think (or reports ...
by GJacobs
Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:12 am
Forum: LyX
Topic: Spell checking doesn't work in LyX 2.0.5.1 on OS X 10.6.8
Replies: 4
Views: 7140

Re: Spell checking doesn't work in LyX 2.0.5.1 on OS X 10.6.

For what little it's worth, I have found a work-around is to use the spell-checking in Skim (and open/free PDF viewer). It's a little clumsy as I have to manually take note of the error and revert to LyX to fix it but at least it's there.

This reveals an ugly quirk of LyX, however.

Many (all ...
by GJacobs
Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:54 pm
Forum: LyX
Topic: Spell checking doesn't work in LyX 2.0.5.1 on OS X 10.6.8
Replies: 4
Views: 7140

Spell checking doesn't work in LyX 2.0.5.1 on OS X 10.6.8

Excuse me if this is a bit of an FAQ (I have searched already. A little reading suggests this has been a recurring problem for LyX but earlier notes indicate to my reading that developers thought they'd put it right in 2.0.3).

I've tried manually putting this right, but I'm out of time - I just can ...