Re: LyX Mac Spell checker
A symbolic link is the UNIX equivalent of the alias in the Finder. (Unfortunately, the UNIX part of OSX can't properly handle Finder aliases.) To do what you want open the terminal application and type the following commands: cd /usr/local/bin sudo ln -s /Library/PreferencePanes/Spelling.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/cocoAspell aspell Note the second command requires you to have administrator privileges, and you will be asked to enter your password. This should create a symbolic link file called aspell in the /usr/local/bin directory that points back to the cocoAspell file. To make sure you have done this correctly, from the /usr/local/bin directory, type: ls -la | more In the output that follows, look for the line for aspell, if it is configured correctly, the line should contain: aspell - /Library/PreferencePanes/Spelling.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/cocoAspell Then, go into LyX preferences and specify aspell as the spell checker. This should do it. Tn On Jan 23, 2005, at 11:27 PM, James Bennett wrote: Hi, I'm just a beginner trying to set up LyX on my Mac (OS 10.3.7), which I recently downloaded from the wiki.lyx site. The problem is that I can't figure out how to make cocoAspell (the recommended spellchecker) work with LyX. The instruction on the wiki.lyx site is to make a symbolic link from /Library/PreferencePanes/Spelling.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/cocoAspell to /usr/local/bin/aspell I'm not sure how to do this, or if it's even possible - any pointers? James Bennett
Re: LyX Mac Spell checker
A symbolic link is the UNIX equivalent of the alias in the Finder. (Unfortunately, the UNIX part of OSX can't properly handle Finder aliases.) To do what you want open the terminal application and type the following commands: cd /usr/local/bin sudo ln -s /Library/PreferencePanes/Spelling.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/cocoAspell aspell Note the second command requires you to have administrator privileges, and you will be asked to enter your password. This should create a symbolic link file called aspell in the /usr/local/bin directory that points back to the cocoAspell file. To make sure you have done this correctly, from the /usr/local/bin directory, type: ls -la | more In the output that follows, look for the line for aspell, if it is configured correctly, the line should contain: aspell - /Library/PreferencePanes/Spelling.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/cocoAspell Then, go into LyX preferences and specify aspell as the spell checker. This should do it. Tn On Jan 23, 2005, at 11:27 PM, James Bennett wrote: Hi, I'm just a beginner trying to set up LyX on my Mac (OS 10.3.7), which I recently downloaded from the wiki.lyx site. The problem is that I can't figure out how to make cocoAspell (the recommended spellchecker) work with LyX. The instruction on the wiki.lyx site is to make a symbolic link from /Library/PreferencePanes/Spelling.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/cocoAspell to /usr/local/bin/aspell I'm not sure how to do this, or if it's even possible - any pointers? James Bennett
Re: LyX Mac Spell checker
A symbolic link is the UNIX equivalent of the alias in the Finder. (Unfortunately, the UNIX part of OSX can't properly handle Finder aliases.) To do what you want open the terminal application and type the following commands: cd /usr/local/bin sudo ln -s /Library/PreferencePanes/Spelling.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/cocoAspell aspell Note the second command requires you to have administrator privileges, and you will be asked to enter your password. This should create a symbolic link file called aspell in the /usr/local/bin directory that points back to the cocoAspell file. To make sure you have done this correctly, from the /usr/local/bin directory, type: ls -la | more In the output that follows, look for the line for aspell, if it is configured correctly, the line should contain: aspell -> /Library/PreferencePanes/Spelling.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/cocoAspell Then, go into LyX preferences and specify aspell as the spell checker. This should do it. Tn On Jan 23, 2005, at 11:27 PM, James Bennett wrote: Hi, I'm just a beginner trying to set up LyX on my Mac (OS 10.3.7), which I recently downloaded from the wiki.lyx site. The problem is that I can't figure out how to make cocoAspell (the recommended spellchecker) work with LyX. The instruction on the wiki.lyx site is to "make a symbolic link from /Library/PreferencePanes/Spelling.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/cocoAspell to /usr/local/bin/aspell" I'm not sure how to do this, or if it's even possible - any pointers? James Bennett
