> Cyrille> Hi, after upgrading to Debian 3.0r0, the spell checker ispell > Cyrille> does not run anymore in Lyx. When I press F7 or select it in > Cyrille> the menu, Lyx just waits for a couple of seconds and then > Cyrille> returns with no warning or error dialog. This occurred both > Cyrille> in 1.2.0 and 1.2.1. ispell is version 3.1.20 10/10/95, patch > Cyrille> 1. > > Cyrille> The document language was default (English), and a dictionary > Cyrille> for ispell/English is installed (aenglish). > > Since the dictionary is not named 'english' (this is what ispell looks > for), you need either to create a symlink english->aenglish, or in > prefs set 'use alternative language: aenglish'. >
Hi Jean-Marc, unfortunately, the first option did not work: Lyx still waits for ispell to time out. I was not sure where to apply the symlink, so I have not tried the second option. The contents of /usr/lib/ispell on my system is: /usr/lib/ispell# ls -l total 852 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5688 Apr 20 2002 american.aff lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Nov 8 14:34 american.hash -> americanmed+.hash -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 857536 Apr 20 2002 americanmed+.hash lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Nov 8 14:34 default.aff -> /etc/alternatives/ispell-dictionary.aff lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Nov 8 14:34 default.hash -> /etc/alternatives/ispell-dictionary.hash And the symlinks in /etc are: # ls -l /etc/alternatives/*spell* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Nov 8 14:34 /etc/alternatives/ispell-dictionary.aff -> /usr/lib/ispell/american.aff lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Nov 8 14:34 /etc/alternatives/ispell-dictionary.hash -> /usr/lib/ispell/american.hash -- Regards, Cyrille Artho http://artho.com/ - ETHZ, RZ J5 - Tel. +41 - [0]1 - 632 09 88 The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate. -- Marcus Terentius Varro
