Am 11.05.2014 um 12:38 schrieb Kornel Benko <kor...@lyx.org>: > Am Sonntag, 11. Mai 2014 um 11:55:38, schrieb Abdelrazak Younes > <you...@lyx.org> >> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org> wrote: >> >>> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 5:16 AM, Abdelrazak Younes <you...@lyx.org> wrote: >>>> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Kornel Benko <kor...@lyx.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hunspell is installed on my system, why don't we pick that >>>>>> automatically? >>>>> >>>>> Good question. But which one to select, if also the other are installed? >>>>> There may be a reason why someone does not want a specific lib. >>>> >>>> >>>> I would say by order of preference check hunspell, then enchant, then >>>> aspell. >>> >>> Regardless of the order (e.g. even if Enchant is prioritized), it >>> would be nice to fill in the path in Preferences > Paths so that if >>> the user wants to use Hunspell all he has to do is change the >>> spellchecker. >>> >> >> Indeed, AFAIR we can compile concurrent support for all 3 spellers so if >> the development packages are found we should use them. > > If that is the consent, OK. But what to do, if no spellchecker is found? > * Abort > * Drop a message only > * Silently ignore
Is it possible to abort if no command line switch is given to disable them? Many users are asking for spell checker support but don't install any developer package for spell checking and are baffled later about getting no spell checker. It would be good to abort then with a helpful error message, IMHO. Stephan
