Hi all, I just spellchecked a 108,000 word book (371 pages), so I have an immediate familiarity with the task under LyX. Here are some of my findings:
1) At least as relates to storing new words in the personal dictionary, my LyX 1.6.4 ignores the personal dictionary at Tools->Settings->Spellchecker- >Personal_dictionary. 2) I set it, removed it, and then it came back. Ugh! 3) Checking "Accept Compound Words" appeared to do nothing, although I don't know what it's supposed to do. 4) Spellchecker always flags plurals of words ending in s, such as "peoples' problems" or "all the buildings' furnaces" -- anything ending in an aposterphe. However, when you send that word to the personal dictionary, it doesn't go in. 5) When you change something at Tools->Settings->Spellchecker- >Personal_dictionary, it's hard to say what needs to be done in order that it take effect. It thus presents as an intermittent. Detailed documentation is needed. 6) YMMV, but I could get only aspell to work with LyX -- ispell and hspell errored out. Thanks SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt