Hi James, No, I haven't made the jump to Snow Leopard yet, but TeXShop is just fine in Leopard. I had to use a program that wasn't upgraded to Snow Leopard so I delayed upgrading my system. I was trying out a recently released freeware program called "Language Switcher":
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/home_learning/languageswitcher.html This is interesting, and it's a way to open specific applications in a language that you select, but I think I managed to alter some of my preferences files when I ran this, and I need to clear that up before upgrading. There are some oddities when running Language Switcher with VoiceOver, since I think you're supposed to select the application you want is to click on a visually selected item in a scrolling area. With VoiceOver, you should just interact with the toolbar and type in the (first letters of the) application you want, then VO-Right arrow to hear the current application announced and the number of languages that are supported, then select your language on the pop-up button. I would start by navigating to the Edit menu bar and selecting "Show Apps", which brings up a dialog window of all the apps in your Applications Directory. Uncheck the ones you don't want to switch languages to (i.e. most of them). The first of your checked apps to show up in alphabetical order appears as the startup selection. I had a little difficulty unchecking items in multiple sessions. It can also act oddly if you happen to have a file that is not an application in your apps directory (like a script). If you're feeling adventurous you can give this a shot. It opens up mail, TextEdit, etc. with a specific language localization, so that the window names, spell checker, etc. are set to that language. For instance, if you open up TextEdit in French, your window will be named "Sans titre" instead of "Untitled". And it will only show you languages that have localizations for these apps -- if you've stripped out the other language support at installation, or if an app does not come with localization in a particular language, you won't see that language as an option. Cheers, Esther James & Nash wrote: > > Hi Esther, > > Do you use it with Snow Leopard or Leopard please? I've not upgraded > yetas > I'm waiting for some third-party applications and some issues to be > fixed > hopefully in the latest update release. > > Thanks > > Take care > > James > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Esther" <mori...@mac.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:14 PM > Subject: Re: Multi-language spell checking in Snow Leopard [was Re: > About > nisus writer and spell checking] > > >> >> Hi Mark, >> >> I use TextEdit and TeXShop. I've started using Pages, but that's >> mostly because other people have started asking questions about how >> to >> use features under Pages. TeX is probably serious overkill for most >> users and has a steep initial learning curve. It was developed to >> offset the high cost of publishing mathematics texts, so you can >> design and control the layout of publication quality documents, and >> is available free, and cross-platform, with multi-language support >> and >> spell-checking. TeXShop is the GUI-based interface. James has used >> this package, as has Greg Kearney. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> M. Taylor wrote: >> >>> >>> Esther, >>> >>> What word processor do you use on your Mac? >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther >>> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:34 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Multi-language spell checking in Snow Leopard [was Re: >>> About nisus >>> writer and spell checking] >>> >>> >>> Hello James and Annie, >>> >>> I don't use Nisus Writer Pro, but I've read that there are a few >>> bugs >>> in the spell checking under Snow Leopard that will be sorted in the >>> next beta release, in case Annie is using Snow Leopard. >>> >>> I've also read that Snow Leopard itself supports multiple language >>> spell checking, based on the languages you check to have it check >>> under System Preferences in "Language & Text". Danish is one of the >>> languages. This doesn't work for all applications, but it works in >>> TextEdit and Safari, for example. >>> >>> Here's the link to the TUAW article on "Unsung Snow Leopard feature: >>> multiple language spell-checker": >>> http://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/04/unsung-snow-leopard-feature-multiple-language >>> -spell-checker/ >>> >>> This seems like a great feature for people who work with multiple >>> languages in the same document. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> James & Nash wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi Annie, >>>> >>>> Yes there is a Danish localization. It should be possible to spell >>>> in check >>>> in Danish but you ay need to set the dictionary to Danish. >>>> >>>> HTH >>>> >>>> Take care >>>> >>>> James >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Annie Skov Nielsen" <annieskovniel...@gmail.com> >>>> To: "MacVisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:01 AM >>>> Subject: About nisus writer and spell checking >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi. >>>>> >>>>> I have downloaded a trial of nisus writer. I really like that >>>>> program. >>>>> But I can not find out how to spell check in danish. It works fine >>>>> in >>>>> english. Do anybody know if it is possible to spell check in >>>>> danish, >>>>> and how I can do it. >>>>> >>>>> Best regards Annie. >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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