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 <laidl...@hotkey.net.au> wrote: > 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 > close > enough. > > Bewdy, mate! > > Doug. > > On Monday 09 February 2009 11:13:29 am Doug Laidlaw wrote: >> 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 any further. >> >> Doug. >> >> On Monday 09 February 2009 12:11:39 am Konrad Hofbauer wrote: >> > 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 having the relevant dictionaries installed, I >> > see in LyX 1.6.1, Document Settings-> Language >> > >> > English >> > English (Canada) >> > English (UK) >> > English (USA) >> > (the first accpets both UK and US spelling). >> > >> > In LyX 1.5.7, these are called: >> > American >> > British >> > Canadian >> > English >> > >> > > Is there any way of getting around this >> > >> > Yes, make sure your aspell installation is alright. >> > >> > /Konrad > > > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com I will give you Tacos, such Tacos as you have never seen. Oh-one-one-eight-nine-nine-nine Eight-eight-one-nine-nine, nine-one-ONE-nine-seven-two-fi~ve. Three
