On 4/25/07 2:02 PM, "Bennett Helm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Apr 25, 2007, at 3:41 PM, James wrote: > >> See comments below. >> >> James >> >>>> 3. spell checking doesn¹t function properly. If I choose >>>> ³reconfigure² then >>>> the spell checker works, but after I close and reopen Lyx, it is >>>> broken once >>>> again. >>> >>> Can you provide more details? (I can't confirm a problem here.) >>> >> >> I downloaded and unzipped the Lyx 1.5b2 from the ftp site. I then >> ran the >> program. When I ran spell check (via the gui button), I got the >> following >> message: >> "The spellchecker could not be started >> LyX: Failed to start ispell!" >> If I then choose Lyx->Reconfigure I can run spell check successfully. >> However, if I restart lyx, I have the same problem again. It seems >> that the >> reconfigure magic isn't sticking. > > Are you using ispell? aspell? Is the preference setting for the spell > checker correct (LyX > Preferences > Language Settings > > Spellchecker)? How did you install ispell/aspell? When spellchecking > fails, does anything show up in Console.app? ... > >>>> 4. Copy/paste from Lyx to another app doesn¹t work. This also was >>>> a problem >>>> in previous distributions. >>> >>> Again, can you provide details? Is it *all* other applications that >>> give you this problem -- including TextEdit.app, say -- or only some, >>> such as MS Word? >> >> It seems that I cannot even copy/past from one Lyx doc to another. >> I can >> only copy/past within a single Lyx doc. Note that I can copy from an >> external app and paste into a Lyx doc, but I cannot copy from a Lyx >> doc and >> paste anywhere except in that same Lyx doc. I have tried pasting >> into MS >> Word, a terminal, my mail client, other Lyx docs, etc. > > That's odd. I cannot confirm at all. (Anyone else having this problem?) > > Bennett Cannot confirm here either. No problem with ispell spellchecker. I can copy/paste to and from LyX to LyX, LyX to textedit, LyX to Pages, LyX to Mail, LyX to Terminal. However, I cannot copy from LyX to MS apps. Only copy/paste from MS apps to LyX. Bob Lounsbury
