Re: Location of personal dictionary

[Matthias Schmidt]

Thank you very much for your help. I was able to solve the problem.
 
I use Windows 10. I found the file - in my case pwl_ngerman.dict - in the 
directory C:\user\'myname'\Appdata\Roaming\LyX2.3.
 
Matthias



Monday, July 15, 2024, 6:19:14 PM, schrieben Sie:

> Am Montag, dem 15.07.2024 um 11:58 -0400 schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck:
>> LyX does not handle this itself. Rather, it is using some other
>> backend spellchecker, like Hunspell (also used by Chrome, Firefox,
>> LibreOffice, etc). If you look under Tools> Preferences> Language
Settings>>> Spellchecker, you can find out what spell checker is being
>> used. Then try searching the web for info on where the personal
>> dictionary is stored.

> The spell checkers have their own files, yes.

> However, LyX also stores personal word lists under the name
> pwl_.dict (I am not sure it is used by all spell checker
> backends, but it is at least by aspell, hunspell and enchant).

> These files are located in your user directory (see Help > About LyX
> for where this is).

> On some OSes (Mac I think), each major version has its own user
> directory (with a version suffix). You might find your files in the one
> of 2.3 and then copy them to the 2.4 directory.

> Ideally, these files should be copied over by the installers on
> upgrading, as we do with other files.



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Re: Location of personal dictionary

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Am Montag, dem 15.07.2024 um 11:58 -0400 schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck:
> LyX does not handle this itself. Rather, it is using some other
> backend spellchecker, like Hunspell (also used by Chrome, Firefox,
> LibreOffice, etc). If you look under Tools> Preferences> Language
> Settings> Spellchecker, you can find out what spell checker is being
> used. Then try searching the web for info on where the personal
> dictionary is stored.

The spell checkers have their own files, yes.

However, LyX also stores personal word lists under the name
pwl_.dict (I am not sure it is used by all spell checker
backends, but it is at least by aspell, hunspell and enchant).

These files are located in your user directory (see Help > About LyX
for where this is).

On some OSes (Mac I think), each major version has its own user
directory (with a version suffix). You might find your files in the one
of 2.3 and then copy them to the 2.4 directory.

Ideally, these files should be copied over by the installers on
upgrading, as we do with other files.

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Re: Location of personal dictionary

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 7/15/24 10:08 AM, Matthias Schmidt wrote:


I have just updated my LyX from 2.3.8 to 2.4.1. In the process, my 
personal dictionary that I have built up over time in LyX 2.3 does not 
seem to have been transferred to Lyx 2.4.


I think I can copy this personal dictionary from LyX 2.3 to LyX 2.4, 
but I don't know where to find it.


My question: Does anyone know where this personal dictionary is stored 
in LyX 2.3?



The first question is going to be what OS you use.


LyX does not handle this itself. Rather, it is using some other backend 
spellchecker, like Hunspell (also used by Chrome, Firefox, LibreOffice, 
etc). If you look under Tools> Preferences> Language Settings> 
Spellchecker, you can find out what spell checker is being used. Then 
try searching the web for info on where the personal dictionary is stored.



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Location of personal dictionary

[Matthias Schmidt]

I have just updated my LyX from 2.3.8 to 2.4.1. In the process, my personal 
dictionary that I have built up over time in LyX 2.3 does not seem to have been 
transferred to Lyx 2.4.
 
I think I can copy this personal dictionary from LyX 2.3 to LyX 2.4, but I 
don't know where to find it.
 
My question: Does anyone know where this personal dictionary is stored in LyX 
2.3?
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Re: Personal dictionary

[Daniel]

On 2019-03-22 07:51, Guenter Milde wrote:

On 2019-03-21, Daniel wrote:

On 22/12/2018 18:36, Daniel wrote:

Hi,



Does someone know where the personal dictionary entries are saved under
Windows (10, Hunspell)?



Daniel



As I have recently learned, it's location is (hard coded) in the LyX
user directory.


With decently up-to-date LyX versions, you can see these locations in
Help>About LyX.


Thanks, I knew where to find the user directory. But my original 
question was not "Where is the user directory?" but "Where is my 
personal dictionary?". I guess I missed the file when checking my user 
directory or was too convinced that it must be placed elsewhere so that 
other applications that use the spelling engine can access it.


Daniel

Re: Personal dictionary

[Baris Erkus]

On 22-Dec-18 8:36 PM, Daniel wrote:
Hi,

Does someone know where the personal dictionary entries are saved under Windows 
(10, Hunspell)?

Daniel


Personal dictionaries are at:

C:\Users\**username**\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.3\

personal dictionaries are named as: pwl_**lang_name**.dict

You need to add a word to your dictionary for this file to appear. Otwerwise, 
it is not there by default.

This is the personal directory for windows, therefore it has other setting 
files as well.

LyX About window under Help shows the location of this folder:


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Re: Personal dictionary

[Guenter Milde]

On 2019-03-21, Daniel wrote:
> On 22/12/2018 18:36, Daniel wrote:
>> Hi,

>> Does someone know where the personal dictionary entries are saved under 
>> Windows (10, Hunspell)?

>> Daniel

> As I have recently learned, it's location is (hard coded) in the LyX 
> user directory.

With decently up-to-date LyX versions, you can see these locations in
Help>About LyX.

Günter

Re: Personal dictionary

[Daniel]

On 22/12/2018 18:36, Daniel wrote:

Hi,

Does someone know where the personal dictionary entries are saved under 
Windows (10, Hunspell)?


Daniel


As I have recently learned, it's location is (hard coded) in the LyX 
user directory.


Daniel

Personal dictionary

[Daniel]

Hi,

Does someone know where the personal dictionary entries are saved under 
Windows (10, Hunspell)?


Daniel

Re: remove word from personal dictionary....

[Charlie]

On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 16:27:25 +0200 Stephan mentioned this: 
Re: remove word from personal dictionary. 

> Am 01.07.2016 um 15:51 schrieb Charlie <ariest...@ipstarmail.com.au>:
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 11:13:38 +0200 Stephan mentioned this: 
> >     Re: remove word from personal dictionary. 
> >   
> >> There is no dialogue. It’s a right-button-click popup-menu.
> >> See attached snapshot…
> >>   
> >>> But accept or reject change isn't what I want. I would like
> >>> "keep added word in dictionary" or "remove added word in
> >>> dictionary" or something to that effect?
> >>> 
> >>> I want to remove a word I placed into the dictionary a couple of
> >>> hours ago.
> >>> 
> >>> I went to /usr/share/hunspell/ to the dictionaries there, but that
> >>> appears to be the list of words used, not the added words. I
> >>> looked for the word I misspelled and added by accident, but it
> >>> wasn't there.
> >>> 
> >>> I don't know where my "added to dictionary" words go? That would
> >>> be a help to know. I could then go in and edit the file.
> >> 
> >> It depends on the spell checker you’ve used. 
> >> For hunspell and aspell it’s a file named pwl_english.dict or
> >> similar in the directory $HOME/.lyx
> >>   
> >>> 
> >>> So when I read about the way to remove a word from the
> >>> dictionary, I thought I would give it a larrup.
> >>> 
> >>> So far no luck.
> >>> 
> >>> Thanks for your reply. I won't send a simple file with one
> >>> word.
> >> 
> >> Why not? Sometimes the concrete word matters. :)  
> > 
> >  From my keyboard:
> > 
> >   Hello Stephan,
> > 
> >  Here you have the screenshot. Did I say I was using Debian
> >  Jessie (testing)?  
> 
> No.
> 
> > 
> > Which of those commands in the drop down menu allow me to delete a
> > word word that I used several reboots ago in my added word list.
> > It's sort of my last hope. [see below] But I can live without
> > getting that word removed.
> > 
> > I did that before by the way. Checked the drop down menu, but
> > didn't see which entry to try as explained in my email.  
> 
> Obviously the description for personal dictionary management with LyX
> you’ve read in the LaTeX-forum is wrong for the Enchant spell checker.
> 
> > There is no .dict in the whole of my /home directory.
> > 
> > My spellchecker is Enchant.  
> 
> The enchant spell checker is another layer between LyX and the real
> function. LyX calls enchant functions. Enchant is doing what is
> configured there. Either myspell, ispell or something else.
> 
> See e.g. here: http://linux.die.net/man/1/enchant
> 
> According to this manual you may have a look in your home directory
> in .enchant
> 
> Stephan
> 


  From my keyboard:

   Hello Stephan,

  Thank you for your help. Had I known I should look into my
  ~/.config directory for enchant, I would have been right.

Joe had the answer and shared it. So I found the word and removed it.

My problem was not a big issue, however, just annoying to think I
couldn't grub it out when I checked my ~/.aspell.en.pws file even
before I posted my question.

Thanks both of you.

Be well,
Charlie

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Re: remove word from personal dictionary....

[Charlie]

On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 14:09:38 -0400 (EDT) Joe mentioned this: 
Re: remove word from personal dictionary. 

> It would appear that on Jul 1, Charlie did say:
> 
> > There is no .dict in the whole of my /home directory.
> >
> > My spellchecker is Enchant.
> >
> > So, just to be certain as I could be. Ran a search through the
> > entire hard drive, all directories, and came up with plenty
> > of .dict - 94 in fact, but none that showed me where I might find
> > the file I need.
> >
> > I'll just have to leave it as it is unless that drop down menu holds
> > the key.  
> 
> Hello Charlie. I may have a scrap of information that could help
> you...
> 
> I've been using LyX to write sci-fi stories for a while now and I
> needed to know where my spellchecker words were saved. So I could
> have the script that opens my story and related .lyx documents, swap
> out my regular spell checker file(s) for copies that included the
> fictional words that are part of my story just before it opens my
> story files with LyX. Then when I close that LyX session, my script
> swaps my regular spellchecker files back in, so I don't accidentally
> include one of my "fictional words" in a formal letter or something...
> 
> Anyway, since my copy of LyX 2.1.4 happens to be using enchant I
> checked my script for the pathname of the file:
> 
> ~/.config/enchant/en_US.dic
> 
> Then I fired up LyX 2.1.4 on a test file and added the non-word
> "blablabla" to my word list, closed LyX and opened the above file
> with vim... Where I found "blablabla" at the bottom of the file:
> ~/.config/enchant/en_US.dic
> 
> Needless to say, I promptly deleted that non-word from my word list.
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> --
> JtWdyP
> 


  From my keyboard:

   Hello Joe,

That does help. It's the answer. Thank you very much for taking the
time to supply it. Very much appreciated. Have removed the word. Wow.

No fictitious words in that email. :-)

For some reason I seldom think to to look in .config for various things,
unless prompted to do so. A mental block, something to do with age,
though I don't wish that to sound like an excuse.

  Thanks again,
Charlie

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Re: remove word from personal dictionary....

[Joe]

It would appear that on Jul 1, Charlie did say:

> There is no .dict in the whole of my /home directory.
>
> My spellchecker is Enchant.
>
> So, just to be certain as I could be. Ran a search through the entire
> hard drive, all directories, and came up with plenty of .dict - 94 in
> fact, but none that showed me where I might find the file I need.
>
> I'll just have to leave it as it is unless that drop down menu holds
> the key.

Hello Charlie. I may have a scrap of information that could help you...

I've been using LyX to write sci-fi stories for a while now and I needed to know
where my spellchecker words were saved. So I could have the script that opens 
my story
and related .lyx documents, swap out my regular spell checker file(s) for 
copies that
included the fictional words that are part of my story just before it opens my 
story
files with LyX. Then when I close that LyX session, my script swaps my regular
spellchecker files back in, so I don't accidentally include one of my "fictional
words" in a formal letter or something...

Anyway, since my copy of LyX 2.1.4 happens to be using enchant I checked my 
script
for the pathname of the file:

~/.config/enchant/en_US.dic

Then I fired up LyX 2.1.4 on a test file and added the non-word "blablabla" to 
my
word list, closed LyX and opened the above file with vim...
Where I found "blablabla" at the bottom of the file: ~/.config/enchant/en_US.dic

Needless to say, I promptly deleted that non-word from my word list.

Hope this helps

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Re: remove word from personal dictionary....

[Stephan Witt]

Am 01.07.2016 um 15:51 schrieb Charlie <ariest...@ipstarmail.com.au>:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 11:13:38 +0200 Stephan mentioned this: 
>   Re: remove word from personal dictionary. 
> 
>> There is no dialogue. It’s a right-button-click popup-menu.
>> See attached snapshot…
>> 
>>> But accept or reject change isn't what I want. I would like
>>> "keep added word in dictionary" or "remove added word in
>>> dictionary" or something to that effect?
>>> 
>>> I want to remove a word I placed into the dictionary a couple of
>>> hours ago.
>>> 
>>> I went to /usr/share/hunspell/ to the dictionaries there, but that
>>> appears to be the list of words used, not the added words. I looked
>>> for the word I misspelled and added by accident, but it wasn't
>>> there.
>>> 
>>> I don't know where my "added to dictionary" words go? That would be
>>> a help to know. I could then go in and edit the file.  
>> 
>> It depends on the spell checker you’ve used. 
>> For hunspell and aspell it’s a file named pwl_english.dict or similar
>> in the directory $HOME/.lyx
>> 
>>> 
>>> So when I read about the way to remove a word from the dictionary, I
>>> thought I would give it a larrup.
>>> 
>>> So far no luck.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your reply. I won't send a simple file with one word.  
>> 
>> Why not? Sometimes the concrete word matters. :)
> 
>  From my keyboard:
> 
>   Hello Stephan,
> 
>  Here you have the screenshot. Did I say I was using Debian
>  Jessie (testing)?

No.

> 
> Which of those commands in the drop down menu allow me to delete a word
> word that I used several reboots ago in my added word list. It's sort
> of my last hope. [see below] But I can live without getting that word
> removed.
> 
> I did that before by the way. Checked the drop down menu, but didn't see
> which entry to try as explained in my email.

Obviously the description for personal dictionary management with LyX you’ve
read in the LaTeX-forum is wrong for the Enchant spell checker.

> There is no .dict in the whole of my /home directory.
> 
> My spellchecker is Enchant.

The enchant spell checker is another layer between LyX and the real function.
LyX calls enchant functions. Enchant is doing what is configured there.
Either myspell, ispell or something else.

See e.g. here: http://linux.die.net/man/1/enchant

According to this manual you may have a look in your home directory in .enchant

Stephan

Re: remove word from personal dictionary....

[Charlie]

On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 11:13:38 +0200 Stephan mentioned this: 
Re: remove word from personal dictionary. 

> There is no dialogue. It’s a right-button-click popup-menu.
> See attached snapshot…
> 
> > But accept or reject change isn't what I want. I would like
> > "keep added word in dictionary" or "remove added word in
> > dictionary" or something to that effect?
> > 
> > I want to remove a word I placed into the dictionary a couple of
> > hours ago.
> > 
> > I went to /usr/share/hunspell/ to the dictionaries there, but that
> > appears to be the list of words used, not the added words. I looked
> > for the word I misspelled and added by accident, but it wasn't
> > there.
> > 
> > I don't know where my "added to dictionary" words go? That would be
> > a help to know. I could then go in and edit the file.  
> 
> It depends on the spell checker you’ve used. 
> For hunspell and aspell it’s a file named pwl_english.dict or similar
> in the directory $HOME/.lyx
> 
> > 
> > So when I read about the way to remove a word from the dictionary, I
> > thought I would give it a larrup.
> > 
> > So far no luck.
> > 
> > Thanks for your reply. I won't send a simple file with one word.  
> 
> Why not? Sometimes the concrete word matters. :)

  From my keyboard:

   Hello Stephan,

  Here you have the screenshot. Did I say I was using Debian
  Jessie (testing)?

Which of those commands in the drop down menu allow me to delete a word
word that I used several reboots ago in my added word list. It's sort
of my last hope. [see below] But I can live without getting that word
removed.

I did that before by the way. Checked the drop down menu, but didn't see
which entry to try as explained in my email.

There is no .dict in the whole of my /home directory.

My spellchecker is Enchant.

So, just to be certain as I could be. Ran a search through the entire
hard drive, all directories, and came up with plenty of .dict - 94 in
fact, but none that showed me where I might find the file I need. 

I'll just have to leave it as it is unless that drop down menu holds
the key.

Thanks anyway,
Charlie

East Gippsland Wildlife Rehabilitators Inc..
   http://www.egwildlife.com.au/

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Re: remove word from personal dictionary....

[Charlie]

On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 09:07:24 +0200
Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote:

> Am 01.07.2016 um 08:43 schrieb Charlie <ariest...@ipstarmail.com.au>:
> > 
> > 
> > From my keyboard:
> > 
> > 
> > I read this on
> > http://www.latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19=20782
> > 
> > Dated in 2012:
> > 
> > [quote]
> > 
> > You can remove an item from your personal word list with LyX. 
> > 
> > Place the cursor inside the word you want to delete and activate the
> > context menu (right mouse button). The context menu contains an
> > item to remove the word from your personal dictionary.
> > 
> > [end quote]
> > 
> > It doesn't work for me. Did it ever work? When was that feature
> > removed and if anyone knows why? Or is it something that I'm
> > misinterpreting?  
> 
> Hi Charlie,
> 
> yes, this worked before and it’s not removed. It should work.
> 
> The menu item shows up if the marked word is found in personal
> dictionary.
> 
> How did you add it to the personal dictionary? Are you able to
> provide a minimal example document to demonstrate the problem?
> 
> Stephan
> 
> > 
> > Be well,
> > Charlie

I used the ordinary F7 spellcheck option to spellcheck and then add the
word.

I see that if I highlight the word I want to remove, I get a different
dialogue. But accept or reject change isn't what I want. I would like
"keep added word in dictionary" or "remove added word in dictionary" or
something to that effect?

I want to remove a word I placed into the dictionary a couple of
hours ago.

I went to /usr/share/hunspell/ to the dictionaries there, but that
appears to be the list of words used, not the added words. I looked for
the word I misspelled and added by accident, but it wasn't there.

I don't know where my "added to dictionary" words go? That would be a
help to know. I could ten go in and edit the file.

So when I read about the way to remove a word from the dictionary, I
thought I would give it a larrup.

So far no luck.

Thanks for your reply. I won't send a simple file with one word.

Be well,

Charlie

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Re: remove word from personal dictionary....

[Stephan Witt]

Am 01.07.2016 um 08:43 schrieb Charlie <ariest...@ipstarmail.com.au>:
> 
>   
>   From my keyboard:
> 
> 
>   I read this on
> http://www.latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19=20782
> 
> Dated in 2012:
> 
> [quote]
> 
> You can remove an item from your personal word list with LyX. 
> 
> Place the cursor inside the word you want to delete and activate the
> context menu (right mouse button). The context menu contains an item to
> remove the word from your personal dictionary.
> 
> [end quote]
> 
> It doesn't work for me. Did it ever work? When was that feature removed
> and if anyone knows why? Or is it something that I'm misinterpreting?

Hi Charlie,

yes, this worked before and it’s not removed. It should work.

The menu item shows up if the marked word is found in personal dictionary.

How did you add it to the personal dictionary? Are you able to provide a 
minimal example document to demonstrate the problem?

Stephan

> 
> Be well,
> Charlie
> 
> 
>   East Gippsland Wildlife Rehabilitators Inc..
>  http://www.egwildlife.com.au/
> 
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>   the scholastic air any advantage? ..Henry David Thoreau
> 
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> 
>   Debian GNU/Linux - Magic indeed.
> 
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remove word from personal dictionary....

[Charlie]

From my keyboard:
   
 
I read this on
http://www.latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19=20782

Dated in 2012:

[quote]

You can remove an item from your personal word list with LyX. 

Place the cursor inside the word you want to delete and activate the
context menu (right mouse button). The context menu contains an item to
remove the word from your personal dictionary.

[end quote]

It doesn't work for me. Did it ever work? When was that feature removed
and if anyone knows why? Or is it something that I'm misinterpreting?

Be well,
Charlie


East Gippsland Wildlife Rehabilitators Inc..
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Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Stephan Witt]

Am 24.03.2014 um 00:55 schrieb Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com:

 On Mon, 24 Mar 2014, Charlie Schroeder wrote:
 
 I had a closer look now. I'm on a Mac but this shouldn't make a
 difference.
 
  Why not? There are serious differences between Linux and BSD-based OSX.
 That's why there are separate download directories for them for many
 applications.

Because it's handled by C++ code in LyX and this code is portable and platform 
independent.

 
 This said I have to admit - I cannot reproduce your problem.
 
  That removes empathy.

This sentence I don't understand.

 One thing I can imagine to create problems is having multiple instances of 
 LyX open.
 
  Heh! One instance is sufficient for me.
 
 Possibly not in Mac, but in Debian Jessie and the same was the case in
 wheezy, aspell has a list of users words added in the /home/user
 directory.

This feature of aspell is independent of LyX's personal word list.

 
  Here, in ~/.lyx/ is a file called pwl_english.dict; in the LyX preferences
 under Language Settings - Spellchecker the default in the top dropdown box
 is Aspell; the other choices are Enchant and Hunspell, neither of which are
 on my systems.

LyX's not using the system programs. LyX has the code for the available spell
checkers linked in as shared library references. These libraries are on your
systems or LyX wouldn't start, AFAICS.

  In ~/.lyx/pwl_english.dict are the words that I've added, including those
 in the current document. So they are present, but each time I finish a
 chapter and spell check the document those words are highlighted and the
 tool pauses for me to tell it to ignore all. And, it doesn't do the latter,
 either; I need to tell it to ignore each instance of the same word which is
 in the dict file.

Are you able to provide a minimal working example file? I'd like to have a
LyX document and the pwl_english.dict file.

Stephan

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 24 Mar 2014, Stephan Witt wrote:


Are you able to provide a minimal working example file? I'd like to have a
LyX document and the pwl_english.dict file.


Stephan,

  As this issue appeared only with the upgrade to the current version I will
see if it disappears with the next upgrade. I've been using lyx for more
than a decade and this has not before been an issue.

  And, I've no idea if a new, sample document would behave the same way.

Rich

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Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Stephan Witt]

Am 24.03.2014 um 00:55 schrieb Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com:

 On Mon, 24 Mar 2014, Charlie Schroeder wrote:
 
 I had a closer look now. I'm on a Mac but this shouldn't make a
 difference.
 
  Why not? There are serious differences between Linux and BSD-based OSX.
 That's why there are separate download directories for them for many
 applications.

Because it's handled by C++ code in LyX and this code is portable and platform 
independent.

 
 This said I have to admit - I cannot reproduce your problem.
 
  That removes empathy.

This sentence I don't understand.

 One thing I can imagine to create problems is having multiple instances of 
 LyX open.
 
  Heh! One instance is sufficient for me.
 
 Possibly not in Mac, but in Debian Jessie and the same was the case in
 wheezy, aspell has a list of users words added in the /home/user
 directory.

This feature of aspell is independent of LyX's personal word list.

 
  Here, in ~/.lyx/ is a file called pwl_english.dict; in the LyX preferences
 under Language Settings - Spellchecker the default in the top dropdown box
 is Aspell; the other choices are Enchant and Hunspell, neither of which are
 on my systems.

LyX's not using the system programs. LyX has the code for the available spell
checkers linked in as shared library references. These libraries are on your
systems or LyX wouldn't start, AFAICS.

  In ~/.lyx/pwl_english.dict are the words that I've added, including those
 in the current document. So they are present, but each time I finish a
 chapter and spell check the document those words are highlighted and the
 tool pauses for me to tell it to ignore all. And, it doesn't do the latter,
 either; I need to tell it to ignore each instance of the same word which is
 in the dict file.

Are you able to provide a minimal working example file? I'd like to have a
LyX document and the pwl_english.dict file.

Stephan

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 24 Mar 2014, Stephan Witt wrote:


Are you able to provide a minimal working example file? I'd like to have a
LyX document and the pwl_english.dict file.


Stephan,

  As this issue appeared only with the upgrade to the current version I will
see if it disappears with the next upgrade. I've been using lyx for more
than a decade and this has not before been an issue.

  And, I've no idea if a new, sample document would behave the same way.

Rich

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Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Stephan Witt]

Am 24.03.2014 um 00:55 schrieb Rich Shepard :

> On Mon, 24 Mar 2014, Charlie Schroeder wrote:
> 
>>> I had a closer look now. I'm on a Mac but this shouldn't make a
>>> difference.
> 
>  Why not? There are serious differences between Linux and BSD-based OSX.
> That's why there are separate download directories for them for many
> applications.

Because it's handled by C++ code in LyX and this code is portable and platform 
independent.

> 
>>> This said I have to admit - I cannot reproduce your problem.
> 
>  That removes empathy.

This sentence I don't understand.

>>> One thing I can imagine to create problems is having multiple instances of 
>>> LyX open.
> 
>  Heh! One instance is sufficient for me.
> 
>> Possibly not in Mac, but in Debian Jessie and the same was the case in
>> wheezy, aspell has a list of users words added in the /home/user
>> directory.

This feature of aspell is independent of LyX's personal word list.

> 
>  Here, in ~/.lyx/ is a file called pwl_english.dict; in the LyX preferences
> under Language Settings -> Spellchecker the default in the top dropdown box
> is Aspell; the other choices are Enchant and Hunspell, neither of which are
> on my systems.

LyX's not using the system programs. LyX has the code for the available spell
checkers linked in as shared library references. These libraries are on your
systems or LyX wouldn't start, AFAICS.

>  In ~/.lyx/pwl_english.dict are the words that I've added, including those
> in the current document. So they are present, but each time I finish a
> chapter and spell check the document those words are highlighted and the
> tool pauses for me to tell it to ignore all. And, it doesn't do the latter,
> either; I need to tell it to ignore each instance of the same word which is
> in the dict file.

Are you able to provide a minimal working example file? I'd like to have a
LyX document and the pwl_english.dict file.

Stephan

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 24 Mar 2014, Stephan Witt wrote:


Are you able to provide a minimal working example file? I'd like to have a
LyX document and the pwl_english.dict file.


Stephan,

  As this issue appeared only with the upgrade to the current version I will
see if it disappears with the next upgrade. I've been using lyx for more
than a decade and this has not before been an issue.

  And, I've no idea if a new, sample document would behave the same way.

Rich

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Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Stephan Witt]

Am 02.03.2014 um 00:01 schrieb Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com:

 On Sat, 1 Mar 2014, Stephan Witt wrote:
 
 What's your platform and which spell checker are you using?
 
 Stephan,
 
  Slackware. Aspell (apparently the default).
 
 Rich

Hi Rich,

I had a closer look now. I'm on a Mac but this shouldn't make a difference.

At first some facts about the feature:
* It's not possible to use Aspells own private word list. Aspell has no
  interface for removing a word from it's list. So LyX doesn't add any word
  to Aspells private word list but to a self maintained list.
* LyX maintains separate lists per language.
* These lists are stored as text files in the user directory, one file per 
language.
* The list for a given language is read on the first attempt of spell check.
* The list is modified in memory and saved to disk on exit of LyX.
* The list is shared by all open documents.

This said I have to admit - I cannot reproduce your problem.

One thing I can imagine to create problems is having multiple instances of LyX 
open.

Stephan

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Charlie Schroeder]

- Original Message -
From: Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net
To: Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org lyx lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 04:50:34 +1100 (EST)
Subject: Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

Hi Rich,

I had a closer look now. I'm on a Mac but this shouldn't make a difference.

At first some facts about the feature:
* It's not possible to use Aspells own private word list. Aspell has no
  interface for removing a word from it's list. So LyX doesn't add any word
  to Aspells private word list but to a self maintained list.
* LyX maintains separate lists per language.
* These lists are stored as text files in the user directory, one file per 
language.
* The list for a given language is read on the first attempt of spell check.
* The list is modified in memory and saved to disk on exit of LyX.
* The list is shared by all open documents.

This said I have to admit - I cannot reproduce your problem.

One thing I can imagine to create problems is having multiple instances of LyX 
open.

Stephan

Possibly not in Mac, but in Debian Jessie and the same was the case in wheezy, 
aspell has a list of users words added in the /home/user directory.

Being only an English language user, I don't have a list of private words or 
user added words text list in /home/.lyx, so maybe it differs in Debian?

Be well,
Charlie

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Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 24 Mar 2014, Charlie Schroeder wrote:


I had a closer look now. I'm on a Mac but this shouldn't make a
difference.


  Why not? There are serious differences between Linux and BSD-based OSX.
That's why there are separate download directories for them for many
applications.


This said I have to admit - I cannot reproduce your problem.


  That removes empathy.


One thing I can imagine to create problems is having multiple instances of LyX 
open.


  Heh! One instance is sufficient for me.


Possibly not in Mac, but in Debian Jessie and the same was the case in
wheezy, aspell has a list of users words added in the /home/user
directory.


  Here, in ~/.lyx/ is a file called pwl_english.dict; in the LyX preferences
under Language Settings - Spellchecker the default in the top dropdown box
is Aspell; the other choices are Enchant and Hunspell, neither of which are
on my systems.

  In ~/.lyx/pwl_english.dict are the words that I've added, including those
in the current document. So they are present, but each time I finish a
chapter and spell check the document those words are highlighted and the
tool pauses for me to tell it to ignore all. And, it doesn't do the latter,
either; I need to tell it to ignore each instance of the same word which is
in the dict file.

Rich

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Charlie Schroeder]

- Original Message -
From: Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org lyx lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 10:55:03 +1100 (EST)
Subject: Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]


   Here, in ~/.lyx/ is a file called pwl_english.dict; in the LyX preferences
under Language Settings - Spellchecker the default in the top dropdown box
is Aspell; the other choices are Enchant and Hunspell, neither of which are
on my systems.

   In ~/.lyx/pwl_english.dict are the words that I've added, including those
in the current document. So they are present, but each time I finish a
chapter and spell check the document those words are highlighted and the
tool pauses for me to tell it to ignore all. And, it doesn't do the latter,
either; I need to tell it to ignore each instance of the same word which is
in the dict file.

Rich

I don't have ~/.lyx/pwl_english.dict on my Jessie system.

Is that possibly the problem? What happens if you comment it out and see if the 
problem persists?

Charlie

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Stephan Witt]

Am 02.03.2014 um 00:01 schrieb Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com:

 On Sat, 1 Mar 2014, Stephan Witt wrote:
 
 What's your platform and which spell checker are you using?
 
 Stephan,
 
  Slackware. Aspell (apparently the default).
 
 Rich

Hi Rich,

I had a closer look now. I'm on a Mac but this shouldn't make a difference.

At first some facts about the feature:
* It's not possible to use Aspells own private word list. Aspell has no
  interface for removing a word from it's list. So LyX doesn't add any word
  to Aspells private word list but to a self maintained list.
* LyX maintains separate lists per language.
* These lists are stored as text files in the user directory, one file per 
language.
* The list for a given language is read on the first attempt of spell check.
* The list is modified in memory and saved to disk on exit of LyX.
* The list is shared by all open documents.

This said I have to admit - I cannot reproduce your problem.

One thing I can imagine to create problems is having multiple instances of LyX 
open.

Stephan

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Charlie Schroeder]

- Original Message -
From: Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net
To: Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org lyx lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 04:50:34 +1100 (EST)
Subject: Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

Hi Rich,

I had a closer look now. I'm on a Mac but this shouldn't make a difference.

At first some facts about the feature:
* It's not possible to use Aspells own private word list. Aspell has no
  interface for removing a word from it's list. So LyX doesn't add any word
  to Aspells private word list but to a self maintained list.
* LyX maintains separate lists per language.
* These lists are stored as text files in the user directory, one file per 
language.
* The list for a given language is read on the first attempt of spell check.
* The list is modified in memory and saved to disk on exit of LyX.
* The list is shared by all open documents.

This said I have to admit - I cannot reproduce your problem.

One thing I can imagine to create problems is having multiple instances of LyX 
open.

Stephan

Possibly not in Mac, but in Debian Jessie and the same was the case in wheezy, 
aspell has a list of users words added in the /home/user directory.

Being only an English language user, I don't have a list of private words or 
user added words text list in /home/.lyx, so maybe it differs in Debian?

Be well,
Charlie

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***

He who knows others is wise; He who know himself is
enlightened. ---Lao-tzu

***
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___

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 24 Mar 2014, Charlie Schroeder wrote:


I had a closer look now. I'm on a Mac but this shouldn't make a
difference.


  Why not? There are serious differences between Linux and BSD-based OSX.
That's why there are separate download directories for them for many
applications.


This said I have to admit - I cannot reproduce your problem.


  That removes empathy.


One thing I can imagine to create problems is having multiple instances of LyX 
open.


  Heh! One instance is sufficient for me.


Possibly not in Mac, but in Debian Jessie and the same was the case in
wheezy, aspell has a list of users words added in the /home/user
directory.


  Here, in ~/.lyx/ is a file called pwl_english.dict; in the LyX preferences
under Language Settings - Spellchecker the default in the top dropdown box
is Aspell; the other choices are Enchant and Hunspell, neither of which are
on my systems.

  In ~/.lyx/pwl_english.dict are the words that I've added, including those
in the current document. So they are present, but each time I finish a
chapter and spell check the document those words are highlighted and the
tool pauses for me to tell it to ignore all. And, it doesn't do the latter,
either; I need to tell it to ignore each instance of the same word which is
in the dict file.

Rich

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Charlie Schroeder]

- Original Message -
From: Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org lyx lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 10:55:03 +1100 (EST)
Subject: Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]


   Here, in ~/.lyx/ is a file called pwl_english.dict; in the LyX preferences
under Language Settings - Spellchecker the default in the top dropdown box
is Aspell; the other choices are Enchant and Hunspell, neither of which are
on my systems.

   In ~/.lyx/pwl_english.dict are the words that I've added, including those
in the current document. So they are present, but each time I finish a
chapter and spell check the document those words are highlighted and the
tool pauses for me to tell it to ignore all. And, it doesn't do the latter,
either; I need to tell it to ignore each instance of the same word which is
in the dict file.

Rich

I don't have ~/.lyx/pwl_english.dict on my Jessie system.

Is that possibly the problem? What happens if you comment it out and see if the 
problem persists?

Charlie

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Stephan Witt]

Am 02.03.2014 um 00:01 schrieb Rich Shepard :

> On Sat, 1 Mar 2014, Stephan Witt wrote:
> 
>> What's your platform and which spell checker are you using?
> 
> Stephan,
> 
>  Slackware. Aspell (apparently the default).
> 
> Rich

Hi Rich,

I had a closer look now. I'm on a Mac but this shouldn't make a difference.

At first some facts about the feature:
* It's not possible to use Aspells own "private word list". Aspell has no
  interface for removing a word from it's list. So LyX doesn't add any word
  to Aspells "private word list" but to a self maintained list.
* LyX maintains separate lists per language.
* These lists are stored as text files in the user directory, one file per 
language.
* The list for a given language is read on the first attempt of spell check.
* The list is modified in memory and saved to disk on exit of LyX.
* The list is shared by all open documents.

This said I have to admit - I cannot reproduce your problem.

One thing I can imagine to create problems is having multiple instances of LyX 
open.

Stephan

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Charlie Schroeder]

- Original Message -
From: Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net>
To: Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com>
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org lyx <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
Sent: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 04:50:34 +1100 (EST)
Subject: Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

Hi Rich,

I had a closer look now. I'm on a Mac but this shouldn't make a difference.

At first some facts about the feature:
* It's not possible to use Aspells own "private word list". Aspell has no
  interface for removing a word from it's list. So LyX doesn't add any word
  to Aspells "private word list" but to a self maintained list.
* LyX maintains separate lists per language.
* These lists are stored as text files in the user directory, one file per 
language.
* The list for a given language is read on the first attempt of spell check.
* The list is modified in memory and saved to disk on exit of LyX.
* The list is shared by all open documents.

This said I have to admit - I cannot reproduce your problem.

One thing I can imagine to create problems is having multiple instances of LyX 
open.

Stephan

Possibly not in Mac, but in Debian Jessie and the same was the case in wheezy, 
aspell has a list of users words added in the /home/user directory.

Being only an English language user, I don't have a list of "private" words or 
user added words text list in /home/.lyx, so maybe it differs in Debian?

Be well,
Charlie

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***

He who knows others is wise; He who know himself is
enlightened. ---Lao-tzu

***
Debian GNU/Linux - just the best way to create magic
___

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 24 Mar 2014, Charlie Schroeder wrote:


I had a closer look now. I'm on a Mac but this shouldn't make a
difference.


  Why not? There are serious differences between Linux and BSD-based OSX.
That's why there are separate download directories for them for many
applications.


This said I have to admit - I cannot reproduce your problem.


  That removes empathy.


One thing I can imagine to create problems is having multiple instances of LyX 
open.


  Heh! One instance is sufficient for me.


Possibly not in Mac, but in Debian Jessie and the same was the case in
wheezy, aspell has a list of users words added in the /home/user
directory.


  Here, in ~/.lyx/ is a file called pwl_english.dict; in the LyX preferences
under Language Settings -> Spellchecker the default in the top dropdown box
is Aspell; the other choices are Enchant and Hunspell, neither of which are
on my systems.

  In ~/.lyx/pwl_english.dict are the words that I've added, including those
in the current document. So they are present, but each time I finish a
chapter and spell check the document those words are highlighted and the
tool pauses for me to tell it to ignore all. And, it doesn't do the latter,
either; I need to tell it to ignore each instance of the same word which is
in the dict file.

Rich

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Charlie Schroeder]

- Original Message -
From: Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com>
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org lyx <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
Sent: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 10:55:03 +1100 (EST)
Subject: Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]


   Here, in ~/.lyx/ is a file called pwl_english.dict; in the LyX preferences
under Language Settings -> Spellchecker the default in the top dropdown box
is Aspell; the other choices are Enchant and Hunspell, neither of which are
on my systems.

   In ~/.lyx/pwl_english.dict are the words that I've added, including those
in the current document. So they are present, but each time I finish a
chapter and spell check the document those words are highlighted and the
tool pauses for me to tell it to ignore all. And, it doesn't do the latter,
either; I need to tell it to ignore each instance of the same word which is
in the dict file.

Rich

I don't have ~/.lyx/pwl_english.dict on my Jessie system.

Is that possibly the problem? What happens if you comment it out and see if the 
problem persists?

Charlie

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Stephan Witt]

Am 27.02.2014 um 17:11 schrieb Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com:

 On Thu, 27 Feb 2014, John Kane wrote:
 
 I am not sure but could it be that LyX only sees it for new documents? 
 
  If that's the case it should be a fixable bug. I don't recall experiencing
 this behavior before, but I might well have forgotten. Perhaps someone
 running a version earlier than 2.0.7 could run your test on that earlier
 version in an attempt to isolate the cause.


What's your platform and which spell checker are you using?

Stephan

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 1 Mar 2014, Stephan Witt wrote:


What's your platform and which spell checker are you using?


Stephan,

  Slackware. Aspell (apparently the default).

Rich

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Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Stephan Witt]

Am 27.02.2014 um 17:11 schrieb Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com:

 On Thu, 27 Feb 2014, John Kane wrote:
 
 I am not sure but could it be that LyX only sees it for new documents? 
 
  If that's the case it should be a fixable bug. I don't recall experiencing
 this behavior before, but I might well have forgotten. Perhaps someone
 running a version earlier than 2.0.7 could run your test on that earlier
 version in an attempt to isolate the cause.


What's your platform and which spell checker are you using?

Stephan

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 1 Mar 2014, Stephan Witt wrote:


What's your platform and which spell checker are you using?


Stephan,

  Slackware. Aspell (apparently the default).

Rich

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Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Stephan Witt]

Am 27.02.2014 um 17:11 schrieb Rich Shepard :

> On Thu, 27 Feb 2014, John Kane wrote:
> 
>> I am not sure but could it be that LyX only sees it for new documents? 
> 
>  If that's the case it should be a fixable bug. I don't recall experiencing
> this behavior before, but I might well have forgotten. Perhaps someone
> running a version earlier than 2.0.7 could run your test on that earlier
> version in an attempt to isolate the cause.


What's your platform and which spell checker are you using?

Stephan

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 1 Mar 2014, Stephan Witt wrote:


What's your platform and which spell checker are you using?


Stephan,

  Slackware. Aspell (apparently the default).

Rich

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 Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[John Kane]

I am not sure but could it be that LyX only sees it for new documents?  

I tried an example with adding a word in a new document , closed the document 
and tried to spell check in an older document ---no luck it got flaggd.  Quit 
LyX, repeated test wtih older document---got flagged. 

Opened new document--no flag, word accepted.  Not the behaviour I'd expect.

Added word in old document, saved, restarted LyX ---no flag

No that's not correct, it got picked up in another document. Weird





On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 2:01:12 PM, Rich Shepard 
rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:
 
On Wed, 26 Feb 2014, Rich Shepard wrote:

  I see a dictionary in ~/.lyx (pwl_english.dict) but wonder why words have
 not been added.

   Oops! Looking at that list I see that the words added from the currently
worked on document are in there. So the question becomes: why doesn't lyx
see them in the list?

Thanks,


Rich

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 27 Feb 2014, John Kane wrote:


I am not sure but could it be that LyX only sees it for new documents? 


  If that's the case it should be a fixable bug. I don't recall experiencing
this behavior before, but I might well have forgotten. Perhaps someone
running a version earlier than 2.0.7 could run your test on that earlier
version in an attempt to isolate the cause.

Thanks,

Rich

--
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Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.   |
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[John Kane]

I am not sure but could it be that LyX only sees it for new documents?  

I tried an example with adding a word in a new document , closed the document 
and tried to spell check in an older document ---no luck it got flaggd.  Quit 
LyX, repeated test wtih older document---got flagged. 

Opened new document--no flag, word accepted.  Not the behaviour I'd expect.

Added word in old document, saved, restarted LyX ---no flag

No that's not correct, it got picked up in another document. Weird





On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 2:01:12 PM, Rich Shepard 
rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:
 
On Wed, 26 Feb 2014, Rich Shepard wrote:

  I see a dictionary in ~/.lyx (pwl_english.dict) but wonder why words have
 not been added.

   Oops! Looking at that list I see that the words added from the currently
worked on document are in there. So the question becomes: why doesn't lyx
see them in the list?

Thanks,


Rich

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 27 Feb 2014, John Kane wrote:


I am not sure but could it be that LyX only sees it for new documents? 


  If that's the case it should be a fixable bug. I don't recall experiencing
this behavior before, but I might well have forgotten. Perhaps someone
running a version earlier than 2.0.7 could run your test on that earlier
version in an attempt to isolate the cause.

Thanks,

Rich

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Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.  |  Have knowledge, will travel.
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.   |
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[John Kane]

I am not sure but could it be that LyX only sees it for new documents?  

I tried an example with adding a word in a new document , closed the document 
and tried to spell check in an older document ---no luck it got flaggd.  Quit 
LyX, repeated test wtih older document---got flagged. 

Opened new document--no flag, word accepted.  Not the behaviour I'd expect.

Added word in old document, saved, restarted LyX ---no flag

No that's not correct, it got picked up in another document. Weird





On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 2:01:12 PM, Rich Shepard 
 wrote:
 
On Wed, 26 Feb 2014, Rich Shepard wrote:

>  I see a dictionary in ~/.lyx (pwl_english.dict) but wonder why words have
> not been added.

   Oops! Looking at that list I see that the words added from the currently
worked on document are in there. So the question becomes: why doesn't lyx
see them in the list?

Thanks,


Rich

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 27 Feb 2014, John Kane wrote:


I am not sure but could it be that LyX only sees it for new documents? 


  If that's the case it should be a fixable bug. I don't recall experiencing
this behavior before, but I might well have forgotten. Perhaps someone
running a version earlier than 2.0.7 could run your test on that earlier
version in an attempt to isolate the cause.

Thanks,

Rich

--
Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.  |  Have knowledge, will travel.
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.   |
 Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Words not added to personal dictionary?

[Rich Shepard]

  When I spell check a document I often click the 'Add' button so that word
is added to my personal dictionary and accepted as correct from then on.
However, these words are not being added to my dictionary (lyx-2.0.7)
because they are flagged each time I check spelling.

  I see a dictionary in ~/.lyx (pwl_english.dict) but wonder why words have
not been added.

Thoughts?

Rich

--
Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.  |  Have knowledge, will travel.
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.   |
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 26 Feb 2014, Rich Shepard wrote:


 I see a dictionary in ~/.lyx (pwl_english.dict) but wonder why words have
not been added.


  Oops! Looking at that list I see that the words added from the currently
worked on document are in there. So the question becomes: why doesn't lyx
see them in the list?

Thanks,

Rich

Words not added to personal dictionary?

[Rich Shepard]

  When I spell check a document I often click the 'Add' button so that word
is added to my personal dictionary and accepted as correct from then on.
However, these words are not being added to my dictionary (lyx-2.0.7)
because they are flagged each time I check spelling.

  I see a dictionary in ~/.lyx (pwl_english.dict) but wonder why words have
not been added.

Thoughts?

Rich

--
Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.  |  Have knowledge, will travel.
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.   |
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 26 Feb 2014, Rich Shepard wrote:


 I see a dictionary in ~/.lyx (pwl_english.dict) but wonder why words have
not been added.


  Oops! Looking at that list I see that the words added from the currently
worked on document are in there. So the question becomes: why doesn't lyx
see them in the list?

Thanks,

Rich

Words not added to personal dictionary?

[Rich Shepard]

  When I spell check a document I often click the 'Add' button so that word
is added to my personal dictionary and accepted as correct from then on.
However, these words are not being added to my dictionary (lyx-2.0.7)
because they are flagged each time I check spelling.

  I see a dictionary in ~/.lyx (pwl_english.dict) but wonder why words have
not been added.

Thoughts?

Rich

--
Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.  |  Have knowledge, will travel.
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.   |
<http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Words not added to personal dictionary? [UPDATE]

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 26 Feb 2014, Rich Shepard wrote:


 I see a dictionary in ~/.lyx (pwl_english.dict) but wonder why words have
not been added.


  Oops! Looking at that list I see that the words added from the currently
worked on document are in there. So the question becomes: why doesn't lyx
see them in the list?

Thanks,

Rich

Lyx not saving words to personal dictionary

[Alfredo Maldonado Guerra]

Hello,

I'm using LyX 2.0.3 under Ubuntu 13.04. (The 2.0.3 version is the latest 
available in the Ubuntu repositories at the moment).

I'm using the default spellchecker engine (Enchant), language = English (UK).

When I add a word not recognised by the spellchecker to my personal dictionary 
LyX stops highlighting it in red, as expected. However, when I close the 
program and open it again, I notice that all of the words that I added to the 
personal dictionary are again highlighted in red, making me believe that they 
were not added to my personal dictionary. Of course, adding words every time I 
start a new LyX session is quite cumbersome. 

How can I make LyX remember words added to the personal dictionary between 
sessions? 

Thanks for your help in advance.

Alfredo

Re: Lyx not saving words to personal dictionary

[David L. Johnson]

On 09/09/2013 10:29 AM, Alfredo Maldonado Guerra wrote:

Hello,

I'm using LyX 2.0.3 under Ubuntu 13.04. (The 2.0.3 version is the 
latest available in the Ubuntu repositories at the moment).


I'm using the default spellchecker engine (Enchant), language = 
English (UK).


When I add a word not recognised by the spellchecker to my personal 
dictionary LyX stops highlighting it in red, as expected. However, 
when I close the program and open it again, I notice that all of the 
words that I added to the personal dictionary are again highlighted in 
red, making me believe that they were not added to my personal 
dictionary. Of course, adding words every time I start a new LyX 
session is quite cumbersome.


How can I make LyX remember words added to the personal dictionary 
between sessions?


My words are saved under $HOME/.config/enchant/en_US.dic .  My system is 
slightly different (debian testing, lyx-2.0.6 --- which, by the way, you 
can install in Ubuntu since it comes from debian).


Check to make sure those directories are present (well, of course, with 
that other language...), and that they are writable.   Permissions 
problems used to be more common, but still occur occasionally.


--

David L. Johnson

Some people used to claim that, if enough monkeys sat in front of
enough typewriters and typed long enough, eventually one of them would
reproduce the collected works of Shakespeare.  The internet has
proven this not to be the case.

Re: Lyx not saving words to personal dictionary

[Alfredo Maldonado Guerra]

Hi David, 

Thanks for your help. Indeed the problem was due to a permission issue in the 
$HOME/.config/enchant directory. The directory and its contents were owned by 
root. I changed ownership to myself and I'm able to save words to the personal 
dictionary (which is a file inside this directory).

Thanks again!
Alfredo

Re: Lyx not saving words to personal dictionary

[stefano franchi]

On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:43 AM, David L. Johnson
david.john...@lehigh.eduwrote:

  On 09/09/2013 10:29 AM, Alfredo Maldonado Guerra wrote:

 Hello,

 I'm using LyX 2.0.3 under Ubuntu 13.04. (The 2.0.3 version is the latest
 available in the Ubuntu repositories at the moment).

 I'm using the default spellchecker engine (Enchant), language = English
 (UK).

 When I add a word not recognised by the spellchecker to my personal
 dictionary LyX stops highlighting it in red, as expected. However, when I
 close the program and open it again, I notice that all of the words that I
 added to the personal dictionary are again highlighted in red, making me
 believe that they were not added to my personal dictionary. Of course,
 adding words every time I start a new LyX session is quite cumbersome.

 How can I make LyX remember words added to the personal dictionary between
 sessions?


 My words are saved under $HOME/.config/enchant/en_US.dic .  My system is
 slightly different (debian testing, lyx-2.0.6 --- which, by the way, you
 can install in Ubuntu since it comes from debian).

 Check to make sure those directories are present (well, of course, with
 that other language...), and that they are writable.   Permissions problems
 used to be more common, but still occur occasionally.

 Hmm, so I have had the same problem for a long time, but with hunspell.
David's message prompted to check its man page and indeed, tha page says
that the personal dictionary is saved in
$HOME/.hunspell_default

which did not exist in my case. Creating it not solve the problem, however.
It remains empty after I save words to the personal dictionary from within
LyX. Anyone has any clue on how to fix this? The wiki page is silent on the
issue.

Cheers,

Stefano

-- 
__
Stefano Franchi
Associate Research Professor
Department of Hispanic StudiesPh:   +1 (979) 845-2125
Texas AM University  Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
College Station, Texas, USA

stef...@tamu.edu
http://stefano.cleinias.org

Lyx not saving words to personal dictionary

[Alfredo Maldonado Guerra]

Hello,

I'm using LyX 2.0.3 under Ubuntu 13.04. (The 2.0.3 version is the latest 
available in the Ubuntu repositories at the moment).

I'm using the default spellchecker engine (Enchant), language = English (UK).

When I add a word not recognised by the spellchecker to my personal dictionary 
LyX stops highlighting it in red, as expected. However, when I close the 
program and open it again, I notice that all of the words that I added to the 
personal dictionary are again highlighted in red, making me believe that they 
were not added to my personal dictionary. Of course, adding words every time I 
start a new LyX session is quite cumbersome. 

How can I make LyX remember words added to the personal dictionary between 
sessions? 

Thanks for your help in advance.

Alfredo

Re: Lyx not saving words to personal dictionary

[David L. Johnson]

On 09/09/2013 10:29 AM, Alfredo Maldonado Guerra wrote:

Hello,

I'm using LyX 2.0.3 under Ubuntu 13.04. (The 2.0.3 version is the 
latest available in the Ubuntu repositories at the moment).


I'm using the default spellchecker engine (Enchant), language = 
English (UK).


When I add a word not recognised by the spellchecker to my personal 
dictionary LyX stops highlighting it in red, as expected. However, 
when I close the program and open it again, I notice that all of the 
words that I added to the personal dictionary are again highlighted in 
red, making me believe that they were not added to my personal 
dictionary. Of course, adding words every time I start a new LyX 
session is quite cumbersome.


How can I make LyX remember words added to the personal dictionary 
between sessions?


My words are saved under $HOME/.config/enchant/en_US.dic .  My system is 
slightly different (debian testing, lyx-2.0.6 --- which, by the way, you 
can install in Ubuntu since it comes from debian).


Check to make sure those directories are present (well, of course, with 
that other language...), and that they are writable.   Permissions 
problems used to be more common, but still occur occasionally.


--

David L. Johnson

Some people used to claim that, if enough monkeys sat in front of
enough typewriters and typed long enough, eventually one of them would
reproduce the collected works of Shakespeare.  The internet has
proven this not to be the case.

Re: Lyx not saving words to personal dictionary

[Alfredo Maldonado Guerra]

Hi David, 

Thanks for your help. Indeed the problem was due to a permission issue in the 
$HOME/.config/enchant directory. The directory and its contents were owned by 
root. I changed ownership to myself and I'm able to save words to the personal 
dictionary (which is a file inside this directory).

Thanks again!
Alfredo

Re: Lyx not saving words to personal dictionary

[stefano franchi]

On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:43 AM, David L. Johnson
david.john...@lehigh.eduwrote:

  On 09/09/2013 10:29 AM, Alfredo Maldonado Guerra wrote:

 Hello,

 I'm using LyX 2.0.3 under Ubuntu 13.04. (The 2.0.3 version is the latest
 available in the Ubuntu repositories at the moment).

 I'm using the default spellchecker engine (Enchant), language = English
 (UK).

 When I add a word not recognised by the spellchecker to my personal
 dictionary LyX stops highlighting it in red, as expected. However, when I
 close the program and open it again, I notice that all of the words that I
 added to the personal dictionary are again highlighted in red, making me
 believe that they were not added to my personal dictionary. Of course,
 adding words every time I start a new LyX session is quite cumbersome.

 How can I make LyX remember words added to the personal dictionary between
 sessions?


 My words are saved under $HOME/.config/enchant/en_US.dic .  My system is
 slightly different (debian testing, lyx-2.0.6 --- which, by the way, you
 can install in Ubuntu since it comes from debian).

 Check to make sure those directories are present (well, of course, with
 that other language...), and that they are writable.   Permissions problems
 used to be more common, but still occur occasionally.

 Hmm, so I have had the same problem for a long time, but with hunspell.
David's message prompted to check its man page and indeed, tha page says
that the personal dictionary is saved in
$HOME/.hunspell_default

which did not exist in my case. Creating it not solve the problem, however.
It remains empty after I save words to the personal dictionary from within
LyX. Anyone has any clue on how to fix this? The wiki page is silent on the
issue.

Cheers,

Stefano

-- 
__
Stefano Franchi
Associate Research Professor
Department of Hispanic StudiesPh:   +1 (979) 845-2125
Texas AM University  Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
College Station, Texas, USA

stef...@tamu.edu
http://stefano.cleinias.org

Lyx not saving words to personal dictionary

[Alfredo Maldonado Guerra]

Hello,

I'm using LyX 2.0.3 under Ubuntu 13.04. (The 2.0.3 version is the latest 
available in the Ubuntu repositories at the moment).

I'm using the default spellchecker engine (Enchant), language = English (UK).

When I add a word not recognised by the spellchecker to my personal dictionary 
LyX stops highlighting it in red, as expected. However, when I close the 
program and open it again, I notice that all of the words that I added to the 
personal dictionary are again highlighted in red, making me believe that they 
were not added to my personal dictionary. Of course, adding words every time I 
start a new LyX session is quite cumbersome. 

How can I make LyX remember words added to the personal dictionary between 
sessions? 

Thanks for your help in advance.

Alfredo

Re: Lyx not saving words to personal dictionary

[David L. Johnson]

On 09/09/2013 10:29 AM, Alfredo Maldonado Guerra wrote:

Hello,

I'm using LyX 2.0.3 under Ubuntu 13.04. (The 2.0.3 version is the 
latest available in the Ubuntu repositories at the moment).


I'm using the default spellchecker engine (Enchant), language = 
English (UK).


When I add a word not recognised by the spellchecker to my personal 
dictionary LyX stops highlighting it in red, as expected. However, 
when I close the program and open it again, I notice that all of the 
words that I added to the personal dictionary are again highlighted in 
red, making me believe that they were not added to my personal 
dictionary. Of course, adding words every time I start a new LyX 
session is quite cumbersome.


How can I make LyX remember words added to the personal dictionary 
between sessions?


My words are saved under $HOME/.config/enchant/en_US.dic .  My system is 
slightly different (debian testing, lyx-2.0.6 --- which, by the way, you 
can install in Ubuntu since it comes from debian).


Check to make sure those directories are present (well, of course, with 
that other language...), and that they are writable.   Permissions 
problems used to be more common, but still occur occasionally.


--

David L. Johnson

Some people used to claim that, if enough monkeys sat in front of
enough typewriters and typed long enough, eventually one of them would
reproduce the collected works of Shakespeare.  The internet has
proven this not to be the case.

Re: Lyx not saving words to personal dictionary

[Alfredo Maldonado Guerra]

Hi David, 

Thanks for your help. Indeed the problem was due to a permission issue in the 
$HOME/.config/enchant directory. The directory and its contents were owned by 
root. I changed ownership to myself and I'm able to save words to the personal 
dictionary (which is a file inside this directory).

Thanks again!
Alfredo

Re: Lyx not saving words to personal dictionary

[stefano franchi]

On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:43 AM, David L. Johnson
<david.john...@lehigh.edu>wrote:

>  On 09/09/2013 10:29 AM, Alfredo Maldonado Guerra wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm using LyX 2.0.3 under Ubuntu 13.04. (The 2.0.3 version is the latest
> available in the Ubuntu repositories at the moment).
>
> I'm using the default spellchecker engine (Enchant), language = English
> (UK).
>
> When I add a word not recognised by the spellchecker to my personal
> dictionary LyX stops highlighting it in red, as expected. However, when I
> close the program and open it again, I notice that all of the words that I
> added to the personal dictionary are again highlighted in red, making me
> believe that they were not added to my personal dictionary. Of course,
> adding words every time I start a new LyX session is quite cumbersome.
>
> How can I make LyX remember words added to the personal dictionary between
> sessions?
>
>
> My words are saved under $HOME/.config/enchant/en_US.dic .  My system is
> slightly different (debian testing, lyx-2.0.6 --- which, by the way, you
> can install in Ubuntu since it comes from debian).
>
> Check to make sure those directories are present (well, of course, with
> that other language...), and that they are writable.   Permissions problems
> used to be more common, but still occur occasionally.
>
> Hmm, so I have had the same problem for a long time, but with hunspell.
David's message prompted to check its man page and indeed, tha page says
that the personal dictionary is saved in
$HOME/.hunspell_default

which did not exist in my case. Creating it not solve the problem, however.
It remains empty after I save words to the personal dictionary from within
LyX. Anyone has any clue on how to fix this? The wiki page is silent on the
issue.

Cheers,

Stefano

-- 
__
Stefano Franchi
Associate Research Professor
Department of Hispanic StudiesPh:   +1 (979) 845-2125
Texas A University  Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
College Station, Texas, USA

stef...@tamu.edu
http://stefano.cleinias.org

Re: Personal Dictionary File Location in Windows 7?

[Stephan Witt]

Am 16.11.2011 um 00:05 schrieb Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez:

 Hello!. My first message! 
 
 I work with documents with Lyx 2.0.1 in Windows 7 in Spanish.  It works very 
 well. :). Thanks! It is fantastic. xD
 
  But could you tell me where is the personal dictionary (default spellchecker 
 engine - hunspell)? :/  What is the file name? Is it possible modify it 
 manually?  Thank you! :)

The personal dictionary is located in %userhome%\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.0 and its 
name is pwl_%languagename%.dict.
E. g. C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.0\pwl_ngerman.dict.

Yes, you may modify it. It's a simple text file with UTF-8 encoding containing 
one word per line.
But it's cached by LyX and (over)written to disk on exit. You should change it 
only after quitting LyX.

Regards,
Stephan

Re: Personal Dictionary File Location in Windows 7?

[Olivier Ripoll]

On 16.11.2011 00:05, Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez wrote:

Hello!. My first message!

I work with documents with Lyx 2.0.1 in Windows 7 in Spanish.  It works
very well. :). Thanks! It is fantastic. xD

  But could you tell me where is the personal dictionary (default
spellchecker engine - hunspell)? :/  What is the file name? Is it
possible modify it manually?  Thank you! :)


It is in the LyX user folder: Got to your personal directory, something like
C:\Users\yourlogin

then to the hidden AppData subfolder (if your hidden folders are not 
visible, you can type its name in the location bar, I don't know the 
official name), then Roaming folder: that where applications store the 
user settings.

Finally, open the lyx20 folder.

I use Bristish english, the file is called pwl_british.dict for me.

Best regards,

Olivier.



JC


Sorry for my poor English!

Re: Personal Dictionary File Location in Windows 7?

[Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez]

Stephan , Olivier Thank you very much! :) It works perfectly!

P.S: a real Portable Lyx will be amazing. XD


2011/11/15 Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez jcarlos.ci...@gmail.com

 Hello!. My first message!

 I work with documents with Lyx 2.0.1 in Windows 7 in Spanish.  It works
 very well. :). Thanks! It is fantastic. xD

  But could you tell me where is the personal dictionary (default
 spellchecker engine - hunspell)? :/  What is the file name? Is it possible
 modify it manually?  Thank you! :)

 JC


 Sorry for my poor English!




-- 
-- 
Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez

Institute for Cybernetics

Computer Science Department

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Campus de Tafira, E35017 Las Palmas, Spain

Email:
   jrodrig...@dis.ulpgc.es
   jcarlos.ci...@dis.ulpgc.es

Voice: +34 928457107 / +34 928458750 / +34 928457109 / +34 928457108

Re: Personal Dictionary File Location in Windows 7?

[Stephan Witt]

Am 16.11.2011 um 00:05 schrieb Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez:

 Hello!. My first message! 
 
 I work with documents with Lyx 2.0.1 in Windows 7 in Spanish.  It works very 
 well. :). Thanks! It is fantastic. xD
 
  But could you tell me where is the personal dictionary (default spellchecker 
 engine - hunspell)? :/  What is the file name? Is it possible modify it 
 manually?  Thank you! :)

The personal dictionary is located in %userhome%\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.0 and its 
name is pwl_%languagename%.dict.
E. g. C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.0\pwl_ngerman.dict.

Yes, you may modify it. It's a simple text file with UTF-8 encoding containing 
one word per line.
But it's cached by LyX and (over)written to disk on exit. You should change it 
only after quitting LyX.

Regards,
Stephan

Re: Personal Dictionary File Location in Windows 7?

[Olivier Ripoll]

On 16.11.2011 00:05, Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez wrote:

Hello!. My first message!

I work with documents with Lyx 2.0.1 in Windows 7 in Spanish.  It works
very well. :). Thanks! It is fantastic. xD

  But could you tell me where is the personal dictionary (default
spellchecker engine - hunspell)? :/  What is the file name? Is it
possible modify it manually?  Thank you! :)


It is in the LyX user folder: Got to your personal directory, something like
C:\Users\yourlogin

then to the hidden AppData subfolder (if your hidden folders are not 
visible, you can type its name in the location bar, I don't know the 
official name), then Roaming folder: that where applications store the 
user settings.

Finally, open the lyx20 folder.

I use Bristish english, the file is called pwl_british.dict for me.

Best regards,

Olivier.



JC


Sorry for my poor English!

Re: Personal Dictionary File Location in Windows 7?

[Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez]

Stephan , Olivier Thank you very much! :) It works perfectly!

P.S: a real Portable Lyx will be amazing. XD


2011/11/15 Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez jcarlos.ci...@gmail.com

 Hello!. My first message!

 I work with documents with Lyx 2.0.1 in Windows 7 in Spanish.  It works
 very well. :). Thanks! It is fantastic. xD

  But could you tell me where is the personal dictionary (default
 spellchecker engine - hunspell)? :/  What is the file name? Is it possible
 modify it manually?  Thank you! :)

 JC


 Sorry for my poor English!




-- 
-- 
Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez

Institute for Cybernetics

Computer Science Department

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Campus de Tafira, E35017 Las Palmas, Spain

Email:
   jrodrig...@dis.ulpgc.es
   jcarlos.ci...@dis.ulpgc.es

Voice: +34 928457107 / +34 928458750 / +34 928457109 / +34 928457108

Re: Personal Dictionary File Location in Windows 7?

[Stephan Witt]

Am 16.11.2011 um 00:05 schrieb Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez:

> Hello!. My first message! 
> 
> I work with documents with Lyx 2.0.1 in Windows 7 in Spanish.  It works very 
> well. :). Thanks! It is fantastic. xD
> 
>  But could you tell me where is the personal dictionary (default spellchecker 
> engine - hunspell)? :/  What is the file name? Is it possible modify it 
> manually?  Thank you! :)

The personal dictionary is located in %userhome%\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.0 and its 
name is pwl_%languagename%.dict.
E. g. C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.0\pwl_ngerman.dict.

Yes, you may modify it. It's a simple text file with UTF-8 encoding containing 
one word per line.
But it's cached by LyX and (over)written to disk on exit. You should change it 
only after quitting LyX.

Regards,
Stephan

Re: Personal Dictionary File Location in Windows 7?

[Olivier Ripoll]

On 16.11.2011 00:05, Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez wrote:

Hello!. My first message!

I work with documents with Lyx 2.0.1 in Windows 7 in Spanish.  It works
very well. :). Thanks! It is fantastic. xD

  But could you tell me where is the personal dictionary (default
spellchecker engine - hunspell)? :/  What is the file name? Is it
possible modify it manually?  Thank you! :)


It is in the LyX user folder: Got to your personal directory, something like
C:\Users\yourlogin

then to the hidden "AppData" subfolder (if your hidden folders are not 
visible, you can type its name in the location bar, I don't know the 
official name), then "Roaming" folder: that where applications store the 
user settings.

Finally, open the "lyx20" folder.

I use Bristish english, the file is called "pwl_british.dict" for me.

Best regards,

Olivier.



JC


Sorry for my poor English!

Re: Personal Dictionary File Location in Windows 7?

[Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez]

Stephan , Olivier Thank you very much! :) It works perfectly!

P.S: a real Portable Lyx will be amazing. XD


2011/11/15 Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez <jcarlos.ci...@gmail.com>

> Hello!. My first message!
>
> I work with documents with Lyx 2.0.1 in Windows 7 in Spanish.  It works
> very well. :). Thanks! It is fantastic. xD
>
>  But could you tell me where is the personal dictionary (default
> spellchecker engine - hunspell)? :/  What is the file name? Is it possible
> modify it manually?  Thank you! :)
>
> JC
>
>
> Sorry for my poor English!
>



-- 
-- 
Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez

Institute for Cybernetics

Computer Science Department

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Campus de Tafira, E35017 Las Palmas, Spain

Email:
   jrodrig...@dis.ulpgc.es
   jcarlos.ci...@dis.ulpgc.es

Voice: +34 928457107 / +34 928458750 / +34 928457109 / +34 928457108

Personal Dictionary File Location in Windows 7?

[Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez]

Hello!. My first message!

I work with documents with Lyx 2.0.1 in Windows 7 in Spanish.  It works
very well. :). Thanks! It is fantastic. xD

 But could you tell me where is the personal dictionary (default
spellchecker engine - hunspell)? :/  What is the file name? Is it possible
modify it manually?  Thank you! :)

JC


Sorry for my poor English!

Personal Dictionary File Location in Windows 7?

[Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez]

Hello!. My first message!

I work with documents with Lyx 2.0.1 in Windows 7 in Spanish.  It works
very well. :). Thanks! It is fantastic. xD

 But could you tell me where is the personal dictionary (default
spellchecker engine - hunspell)? :/  What is the file name? Is it possible
modify it manually?  Thank you! :)

JC


Sorry for my poor English!

Personal Dictionary File Location in Windows 7?

[Jose Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez]

Hello!. My first message!

I work with documents with Lyx 2.0.1 in Windows 7 in Spanish.  It works
very well. :). Thanks! It is fantastic. xD

 But could you tell me where is the personal dictionary (default
spellchecker engine - hunspell)? :/  What is the file name? Is it possible
modify it manually?  Thank you! :)

JC


Sorry for my poor English!

Personal Dictionary - Hunspell - Linux

[Rob Oakes]

Dear LyX Users,

Does anyone happen to know where the personal dictionary for Hunspell
lives?  I've been trying to do a write-up of the new spell-checking
features in LyX 2, and have found that while I can add words to a
personal dictionary while I keep the program open, they aren't getting
stored between sessions (e.g., close the program and then re-open it).

The only explanation that I've been able to come up with is that my
system dictionaries are in a folder which my user account doesn't have
read/write permissions to.

Does anyone know if there is a hunspell user dictionary stored in
the /home/ folder that I should be using instead?  (I've already gotten
the same thing to work with aspell.)

Thanks,

Rob Oakes

Personal Dictionary - Hunspell - Linux

[Rob Oakes]

Dear LyX Users,

Does anyone happen to know where the personal dictionary for Hunspell
lives?  I've been trying to do a write-up of the new spell-checking
features in LyX 2, and have found that while I can add words to a
personal dictionary while I keep the program open, they aren't getting
stored between sessions (e.g., close the program and then re-open it).

The only explanation that I've been able to come up with is that my
system dictionaries are in a folder which my user account doesn't have
read/write permissions to.

Does anyone know if there is a hunspell user dictionary stored in
the /home/ folder that I should be using instead?  (I've already gotten
the same thing to work with aspell.)

Thanks,

Rob Oakes

Personal Dictionary - Hunspell - Linux

[Rob Oakes]

Dear LyX Users,

Does anyone happen to know where the personal dictionary for Hunspell
lives?  I've been trying to do a write-up of the new spell-checking
features in LyX 2, and have found that while I can add words to a
"personal dictionary" while I keep the program open, they aren't getting
stored between sessions (e.g., close the program and then re-open it).

The only explanation that I've been able to come up with is that my
system dictionaries are in a folder which my user account doesn't have
read/write permissions to.

Does anyone know if there is a hunspell user dictionary stored in
the /home/ folder that I should be using instead?  (I've already gotten
the same thing to work with aspell.)

Thanks,

Rob Oakes

Re: where is the personal dictionary located on linux machines?

[stephen's mailinglist account]

On 7 May 2010 22:07, John B j200...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hello:

 I would like to save new spellcheck words in a personal dictionary. I
 use a fresh install of Ubuntu 64 bit and Lyx 1.6.5. I have added a path
 and filename (/home/mydic) in the tools|preferences|spellchecker|
 personal dictionary box of Lyx.  If I spellcheck a document and Lyx
 finds a new word, the mouse over message for the add button says add to
 personal dictionary. Everything seems to work fine, except that after I
 close the document there is no file called mydic where I instructed Lyx
 to put it (there is no file with that name anywhere on my computer).  So
 where does Lyx put saved words?  And can I edit them?

 Related to this, I have a list of 50,000 or so medical words from
 openmedspel that I would like to include in a lyx-accessible dictionary.
 Is it reasonable to just put those words in my personal dictionary (once
 I find it)?  Or do I need to compile an aspell file and put it in the
 aspell folder?  Any suggestions/procedures would be very welcome.

 Thanks,  John



try .aspell.en.pws in your home directory that is where mine seems to
be. (Or similar for languages other than english presumably)

-- 
Stephen

Re: where is the personal dictionary located on linux machines?

[Paul Rubin]

I just confirmed that on Mint (Linux), LyX 1.6.4 ignores the personal dictionary
setting when using aspell.  (I did not try any other spelling checkers.)  There
also appear to be a couple of other bugs involving the associated dialog.  I've
reported all the bugs.  Meanwhile, as Stephen said, ~/.aspell.en.pws should work
as a personal dictionary.

/Paul

Re: where is the personal dictionary located on linux machines?

[stephen's mailinglist account]

On 7 May 2010 22:07, John B j200...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hello:

 I would like to save new spellcheck words in a personal dictionary. I
 use a fresh install of Ubuntu 64 bit and Lyx 1.6.5. I have added a path
 and filename (/home/mydic) in the tools|preferences|spellchecker|
 personal dictionary box of Lyx.  If I spellcheck a document and Lyx
 finds a new word, the mouse over message for the add button says add to
 personal dictionary. Everything seems to work fine, except that after I
 close the document there is no file called mydic where I instructed Lyx
 to put it (there is no file with that name anywhere on my computer).  So
 where does Lyx put saved words?  And can I edit them?

 Related to this, I have a list of 50,000 or so medical words from
 openmedspel that I would like to include in a lyx-accessible dictionary.
 Is it reasonable to just put those words in my personal dictionary (once
 I find it)?  Or do I need to compile an aspell file and put it in the
 aspell folder?  Any suggestions/procedures would be very welcome.

 Thanks,  John



try .aspell.en.pws in your home directory that is where mine seems to
be. (Or similar for languages other than english presumably)

-- 
Stephen

Re: where is the personal dictionary located on linux machines?

[Paul Rubin]

I just confirmed that on Mint (Linux), LyX 1.6.4 ignores the personal dictionary
setting when using aspell.  (I did not try any other spelling checkers.)  There
also appear to be a couple of other bugs involving the associated dialog.  I've
reported all the bugs.  Meanwhile, as Stephen said, ~/.aspell.en.pws should work
as a personal dictionary.

/Paul

Re: where is the personal dictionary located on linux machines?

[stephen's mailinglist account]

On 7 May 2010 22:07, John B <j200...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I would like to save new spellcheck words in a personal dictionary. I
> use a fresh install of Ubuntu 64 bit and Lyx 1.6.5. I have added a path
> and filename (/home/mydic) in the tools|preferences|spellchecker|
> personal dictionary box of Lyx.  If I spellcheck a document and Lyx
> finds a new word, the mouse over message for the add button says "add to
> personal dictionary". Everything seems to work fine, except that after I
> close the document there is no file called mydic where I instructed Lyx
> to put it (there is no file with that name anywhere on my computer).  So
> where does Lyx put saved words?  And can I edit them?
>
> Related to this, I have a list of 50,000 or so medical words from
> openmedspel that I would like to include in a lyx-accessible dictionary.
> Is it reasonable to just put those words in my personal dictionary (once
> I find it)?  Or do I need to compile an aspell file and put it in the
> aspell folder?  Any suggestions/procedures would be very welcome.
>
> Thanks,  John
>
>

try .aspell.en.pws in your home directory that is where mine seems to
be. (Or similar for languages other than english presumably)

-- 
Stephen

Re: where is the personal dictionary located on linux machines?

[Paul Rubin]

I just confirmed that on Mint (Linux), LyX 1.6.4 ignores the personal dictionary
setting when using aspell.  (I did not try any other spelling checkers.)  There
also appear to be a couple of other bugs involving the associated dialog.  I've
reported all the bugs.  Meanwhile, as Stephen said, ~/.aspell.en.pws should work
as a personal dictionary.

/Paul

where is the personal dictionary located on linux machines?

[John B]

Hello: 
Pardon me if this is a duplicate.  My first message sent days ago did
not seem to get to the list.   

I would like to save new spellcheck words in a personal dictionary. I
use a fresh install of Ubuntu 64 bit and Lyx 1.6.5. I have added a path
and filename (/home/mydic) in the tools|preferences|spellchecker|
personal dictionary box of Lyx.  If I spellcheck a document and Lyx
finds a new word, the mouse over message for the add button says add to
personal dictionary. Everything seems to work fine, except that after I
close the document there is no file called mydic where I instructed Lyx
to put it (there is no file with that name anywhere on my computer).  So
where does Lyx put saved words?  And can I edit them?  

Related to this, I have a list of 50,000 or so medical words from
openmedspel that I would like to include in a lyx-accessible dictionary.
Is it reasonable to just put those words in my personal dictionary (once
I find it)?  Or do I need to compile an aspell file and put it in the
aspell folder?  Any suggestions/procedures would be very welcome.  

Thanks,  John  

where is the personal dictionary located on linux machines?

[John B]

Hello: 
Pardon me if this is a duplicate.  My first message sent days ago did
not seem to get to the list.   

I would like to save new spellcheck words in a personal dictionary. I
use a fresh install of Ubuntu 64 bit and Lyx 1.6.5. I have added a path
and filename (/home/mydic) in the tools|preferences|spellchecker|
personal dictionary box of Lyx.  If I spellcheck a document and Lyx
finds a new word, the mouse over message for the add button says add to
personal dictionary. Everything seems to work fine, except that after I
close the document there is no file called mydic where I instructed Lyx
to put it (there is no file with that name anywhere on my computer).  So
where does Lyx put saved words?  And can I edit them?  

Related to this, I have a list of 50,000 or so medical words from
openmedspel that I would like to include in a lyx-accessible dictionary.
Is it reasonable to just put those words in my personal dictionary (once
I find it)?  Or do I need to compile an aspell file and put it in the
aspell folder?  Any suggestions/procedures would be very welcome.  

Thanks,  John  

where is the personal dictionary located on linux machines?

[John B]

Hello: 
Pardon me if this is a duplicate.  My first message sent days ago did
not seem to get to the list.   

I would like to save new spellcheck words in a personal dictionary. I
use a fresh install of Ubuntu 64 bit and Lyx 1.6.5. I have added a path
and filename (/home/mydic) in the tools|preferences|spellchecker|
personal dictionary box of Lyx.  If I spellcheck a document and Lyx
finds a new word, the mouse over message for the add button says "add to
personal dictionary". Everything seems to work fine, except that after I
close the document there is no file called mydic where I instructed Lyx
to put it (there is no file with that name anywhere on my computer).  So
where does Lyx put saved words?  And can I edit them?  

Related to this, I have a list of 50,000 or so medical words from
openmedspel that I would like to include in a lyx-accessible dictionary.
Is it reasonable to just put those words in my personal dictionary (once
I find it)?  Or do I need to compile an aspell file and put it in the
aspell folder?  Any suggestions/procedures would be very welcome.  

Thanks,  John  

Re: (coco) Aspell and Lyx - how to add a Personal Dictionary file?

[Joachim K . Rennstich]

Thanks for all your help! None of these suggestions did the trick for me, 
however :-( I got a number or emails asking me to post a solution if I 
should ever find one, well, here goes:

This solution assumes, that you got the aspell installation to work. 
The easiest way to do this is to use Cocoaspell. See the Lyx Mac Wiki for
more instructions. The wiki now also states the critical advice 
that if

If at this point you are unable to save new words to the personal 
dictionary you will need to edit the file at /usr/local/etc/aspell.conf. 
Remove the line home-dir $HOME/Library/Preferences/aspell 
(line 38 including blanks), or disable it by adding a # sign at 
the begining.

I didn't really know how to do this, however, so here's my step-by-step
guide:

1) Start Terminal. Copy or type the following line: 
open /usr/local/etc/aspell.conf

This will open the hidden file in your predefined text editor 
(most likely TextEdit, unless you have donwloaded 
some editor).

(2) Go to line 38 or look for the line 
home-dir $HOME/Library/Preferences/aspel

(3) Add a # in front of the line

(4) Chose File  Open from the menu to view the file aspell.conf and 
click once on the file in the dialog box to select it (do not double click)

(5) Apple + I (press the key with the Apple logo or command key and 
the i key together). This brings up the About... box. 
At the very bottom, click on the lock symbol to be able to make 
changes. It will ask you for your administrative password. 
Now you can change the file to read and write 
in all three instance (just above the lock symbol).

(6) After you have made the changes in your text editor (see (2) and (3)), 
save the file (which you now can. If you haven't done step (4) and (5) you 
will get the notification read only.

(7) Make sure, that in Lyx you have left the path in 
Preferences  Languages Settings  Spellchecker empty. 
If you have installed Aspell through Cocoaspell, then make 
sure that you have 
/Library/Application Support/cocoAspell/aspell6-en-6.0-0/english.alias
in your Alternative Language path. All the other paths need to be empty.

(8) Restart Lyx. Try the spelling checker now and learn some words. 
Check the file again. 

For me, this did the trick. Hope it will too, for you!

Re: (coco) Aspell and Lyx - how to add a Personal Dictionary file?

[Joachim K . Rennstich]

Thanks for all your help! None of these suggestions did the trick for me, 
however :-( I got a number or emails asking me to post a solution if I 
should ever find one, well, here goes:

This solution assumes, that you got the aspell installation to work. 
The easiest way to do this is to use Cocoaspell. See the Lyx Mac Wiki for
more instructions. The wiki now also states the critical advice 
that if

If at this point you are unable to save new words to the personal 
dictionary you will need to edit the file at /usr/local/etc/aspell.conf. 
Remove the line home-dir $HOME/Library/Preferences/aspell 
(line 38 including blanks), or disable it by adding a # sign at 
the begining.

I didn't really know how to do this, however, so here's my step-by-step
guide:

1) Start Terminal. Copy or type the following line: 
open /usr/local/etc/aspell.conf

This will open the hidden file in your predefined text editor 
(most likely TextEdit, unless you have donwloaded 
some editor).

(2) Go to line 38 or look for the line 
home-dir $HOME/Library/Preferences/aspel

(3) Add a # in front of the line

(4) Chose File  Open from the menu to view the file aspell.conf and 
click once on the file in the dialog box to select it (do not double click)

(5) Apple + I (press the key with the Apple logo or command key and 
the i key together). This brings up the About... box. 
At the very bottom, click on the lock symbol to be able to make 
changes. It will ask you for your administrative password. 
Now you can change the file to read and write 
in all three instance (just above the lock symbol).

(6) After you have made the changes in your text editor (see (2) and (3)), 
save the file (which you now can. If you haven't done step (4) and (5) you 
will get the notification read only.

(7) Make sure, that in Lyx you have left the path in 
Preferences  Languages Settings  Spellchecker empty. 
If you have installed Aspell through Cocoaspell, then make 
sure that you have 
/Library/Application Support/cocoAspell/aspell6-en-6.0-0/english.alias
in your Alternative Language path. All the other paths need to be empty.

(8) Restart Lyx. Try the spelling checker now and learn some words. 
Check the file again. 

For me, this did the trick. Hope it will too, for you!

Re: (coco) Aspell and Lyx - how to add a Personal Dictionary file?

[Joachim K . Rennstich]

Thanks for all your help! None of these suggestions did the trick for me, 
however :-( I got a number or emails asking me to post a solution if I 
should ever find one, well, here goes:

This solution assumes, that you got the aspell installation to work. 
The easiest way to do this is to use Cocoaspell. See the Lyx Mac Wiki for
more instructions. The wiki now also states the critical advice 
that if

If at this point you are unable to save new words to the personal 
dictionary you will need to edit the file at /usr/local/etc/aspell.conf. 
Remove the line "home-dir $HOME/Library/Preferences/aspell" 
(line 38 including blanks), or disable it by adding a "#" sign at 
the begining.

I didn't really know how to do this, however, so here's my step-by-step
guide:

1) Start Terminal. Copy or type the following line: 
open /usr/local/etc/aspell.conf

This will open the hidden file in your predefined text editor 
(most likely TextEdit, unless you have donwloaded 
some editor).

(2) Go to line 38 or look for the line 
home-dir $HOME/Library/Preferences/aspel

(3) Add a # in front of the line

(4) Chose "File > Open" from the menu to view the file aspell.conf and 
click once on the file in the dialog box to select it (do not double click)

(5) Apple + I (press the key with the Apple logo or command key and 
the "i" key together). This brings up the "About..." box. 
At the very bottom, click on the lock symbol to be able to make 
changes. It will ask you for your administrative password. 
Now you can change the file to "read and write" 
in all three instance (just above the lock symbol).

(6) After you have made the changes in your text editor (see (2) and (3)), 
save the file (which you now can. If you haven't done step (4) and (5) you 
will get the notification "read only."

(7) Make sure, that in Lyx you have left the path in 
"Preferences > Languages Settings > Spellchecker" empty. 
If you have installed Aspell through Cocoaspell, then make 
sure that you have 
/Library/Application Support/cocoAspell/aspell6-en-6.0-0/english.alias
in your "Alternative Language" path. All the other paths need to be empty.

(8) Restart Lyx. Try the spelling checker now and learn some words. 
Check the file again. 

For me, this did the trick. Hope it will too, for you!

(coco) Aspell and Lyx - how to add a Personal Dictionary file?

[Dr . Joachim K . Rennstich]

I am successfully working with Lyx 1.6.1 and my installation of coco- 
Aspell on my Mac with OS X 10.5.6. I have not been able to get the  
spelling checker to ever learn a word. Under Preferences  Language  
Settings  Spellchecker I have an option to add a Personal Dictionary  
Other than the default - since this default doesn't seem to work,  
how can manually add personal dictionary? What kind of file do I need  
to create that will show in the dialog box as a selectable file? A  
simple .txt file (e.g., personaldict.txt) won't work.


Any suggestions would be most welcome - thanks in advance!

-Joachim

Re: (coco) Aspell and Lyx - how to add a Personal Dictionary file?

[Bennett Helm]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Dr. Joachim K. Rennstich
rennst...@fordham.edu wrote:
 I am successfully working with Lyx 1.6.1 and my installation of coco-Aspell
 on my Mac with OS X 10.5.6. I have not been able to get the spelling checker
 to ever learn a word. Under Preferences  Language Settings  Spellchecker
 I have an option to add a Personal Dictionary Other than the default -
 since this default doesn't seem to work, how can manually add personal
 dictionary? What kind of file do I need to create that will show in the
 dialog box as a selectable file? A simple .txt file (e.g., personaldict.txt)
 won't work.

 Any suggestions would be most welcome - thanks in advance!

cocoAspell seems to want user dictionaries to be placed in
~/Library/Spelling. It should work, therefore, if you enter
~/Library/Spelling/mydictionary (or whatever filename you want) into
LyX  Preferences  Language Settings  Spelling  Personal
Dictionary.

Bennett

Re: (coco) Aspell and Lyx - how to add a Personal Dictionary file?

[Dr. Joachim K. Rennstich]

Unfortunately, that didn't do the trick. I typed in the path (from  
User/ on). Maybe that was wrong? I assume, I don't have to actually  
create any file?


Thanks again for the fast response!


On Jan 15, 2009, at 4:03 PM, Bennett Helm wrote:


On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Joachim K. Rennstich
 wrote:
I am successfully working with Lyx 1.6.1 and my installation of  
coco-Aspell
on my Mac with OS X 10.5.6. I have not been able to get the  
spelling checker
to ever learn a word. Under Preferences  Language Settings   
Spellchecker
I have an option to add a Personal Dictionary Other than the  
default -
since this default doesn't seem to work, how can manually add  
personal
dictionary? What kind of file do I need to create that will show in  
the
dialog box as a selectable file? A simple .txt file (e.g.,  
personaldict.txt)

won't work.

Any suggestions would be most welcome - thanks in advance!


cocoAspell seems to want user dictionaries to be placed in
~/Library/Spelling. It should work, therefore, if you enter
~/Library/Spelling/mydictionary (or whatever filename you want) into
LyX  Preferences  Language Settings  Spelling  Personal
Dictionary.

Bennett

Re: (coco) Aspell and Lyx - how to add a Personal Dictionary file?

[Bennett Helm]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Dr. Joachim K. Rennstich
rennst...@fordham.edu wrote:
 Unfortunately, that didn't do the trick. I typed in the path (from User/
 on). Maybe that was wrong? I assume, I don't have to actually create any
 file?

 Thanks again for the fast response!

(Please don't top post: it makes it hard for others to follow along.)

You don't need to create the file first.

What I gave you works for me and fits the cocoAspell FAQ. There is a
webpage 
(http://jann.is/daily/archives/822-Location-of-the-personal-dictionary-aspellcocoAspell.html)
that says the personal dictionary can be found at
~/Library/Preferences/cocoAspell/[dictionaryname].pws. You might try
putting it there; if that doesn't work, you could try contacting the
author of cocoAspell for advice.

Bennett

(coco) Aspell and Lyx - how to add a Personal Dictionary file?

[Dr . Joachim K . Rennstich]

I am successfully working with Lyx 1.6.1 and my installation of coco- 
Aspell on my Mac with OS X 10.5.6. I have not been able to get the  
spelling checker to ever learn a word. Under Preferences  Language  
Settings  Spellchecker I have an option to add a Personal Dictionary  
Other than the default - since this default doesn't seem to work,  
how can manually add personal dictionary? What kind of file do I need  
to create that will show in the dialog box as a selectable file? A  
simple .txt file (e.g., personaldict.txt) won't work.


Any suggestions would be most welcome - thanks in advance!

-Joachim

Re: (coco) Aspell and Lyx - how to add a Personal Dictionary file?

[Bennett Helm]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Dr. Joachim K. Rennstich
rennst...@fordham.edu wrote:
 I am successfully working with Lyx 1.6.1 and my installation of coco-Aspell
 on my Mac with OS X 10.5.6. I have not been able to get the spelling checker
 to ever learn a word. Under Preferences  Language Settings  Spellchecker
 I have an option to add a Personal Dictionary Other than the default -
 since this default doesn't seem to work, how can manually add personal
 dictionary? What kind of file do I need to create that will show in the
 dialog box as a selectable file? A simple .txt file (e.g., personaldict.txt)
 won't work.

 Any suggestions would be most welcome - thanks in advance!

cocoAspell seems to want user dictionaries to be placed in
~/Library/Spelling. It should work, therefore, if you enter
~/Library/Spelling/mydictionary (or whatever filename you want) into
LyX  Preferences  Language Settings  Spelling  Personal
Dictionary.

Bennett

Re: (coco) Aspell and Lyx - how to add a Personal Dictionary file?

[Dr. Joachim K. Rennstich]

Unfortunately, that didn't do the trick. I typed in the path (from  
User/ on). Maybe that was wrong? I assume, I don't have to actually  
create any file?


Thanks again for the fast response!


On Jan 15, 2009, at 4:03 PM, Bennett Helm wrote:


On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Joachim K. Rennstich
 wrote:
I am successfully working with Lyx 1.6.1 and my installation of  
coco-Aspell
on my Mac with OS X 10.5.6. I have not been able to get the  
spelling checker
to ever learn a word. Under Preferences  Language Settings   
Spellchecker
I have an option to add a Personal Dictionary Other than the  
default -
since this default doesn't seem to work, how can manually add  
personal
dictionary? What kind of file do I need to create that will show in  
the
dialog box as a selectable file? A simple .txt file (e.g.,  
personaldict.txt)

won't work.

Any suggestions would be most welcome - thanks in advance!


cocoAspell seems to want user dictionaries to be placed in
~/Library/Spelling. It should work, therefore, if you enter
~/Library/Spelling/mydictionary (or whatever filename you want) into
LyX  Preferences  Language Settings  Spelling  Personal
Dictionary.

Bennett

Re: (coco) Aspell and Lyx - how to add a Personal Dictionary file?

[Bennett Helm]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Dr. Joachim K. Rennstich
rennst...@fordham.edu wrote:
 Unfortunately, that didn't do the trick. I typed in the path (from User/
 on). Maybe that was wrong? I assume, I don't have to actually create any
 file?

 Thanks again for the fast response!

(Please don't top post: it makes it hard for others to follow along.)

You don't need to create the file first.

What I gave you works for me and fits the cocoAspell FAQ. There is a
webpage 
(http://jann.is/daily/archives/822-Location-of-the-personal-dictionary-aspellcocoAspell.html)
that says the personal dictionary can be found at
~/Library/Preferences/cocoAspell/[dictionaryname].pws. You might try
putting it there; if that doesn't work, you could try contacting the
author of cocoAspell for advice.

Bennett