[OS X TeX] Excalibur with MacTeX 2017 and High Sierra

[François Chaplais]

I have downloaded cocoAspell and when I open the spell preferences pane it fails to compile the english dictionary. I am on 10.12.6 (16G1212) with admin rights.. Moreover, its states that with a blocking modal dialog that renders the system preferences unusable. Do the dictionaries require XCode as there is a makefile in the dictionary folder?
Excalibur works right out of the box.
Best regards
François
> Le 19 févr. 2018 à 16:59, Richard Koch <koch at uoregon.edu> a écrit :
> 
> I do not know the answer to this question, since the author stopped updating it
> long ago. I recommend cocoAspell instead.
> 
> Excalibur is written with Carbon, a 32 bit library, and Apple is discouraging 32 bit apps
> in the latest High Sierra update (not yet released). This will continue for one or two years
> and then they will drop support for 32 bit apps.
> 
> We are discussing when to stop providing Excalibur. No conclusions yet.
> 
> Dick Koch
> koch at uoregon.edu
> 
> 
>> On Feb 19, 2018, at 4:53 AM, Hervé CHOPLIN <herve.choplin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> Is Excalibur (spell checker) is compatible with MacTeX 2017 and MacOs High Sierra.
>> A Colleague at University of Tours France had problems with it
>> 
>> Thank’s
>> 
>> Hervé CHOPLIN
>> 37100 TOURS - France
>> e-mail: herve.choplin at gmail.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
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