[OS X TeX] TeXShop, Cocoaspell, and MacOS 10.13.2

[Murray Eisenberg]

Hmm… something very wrong: spell checking is not working at all in TeXShop source window, either with Check spelling command or Check spelling while typing!


> On 4 Jan2018, at 6:30 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Jan 4, 2018, at 5:22 PM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com <mailto:murrayeisenberg at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> With TeXShop still closed, I used the System Preferences > Spelling window to select (clicked on) English (United States) [w_accents], then quit System Preferences.
>> 
>> At that point I opened TeXShop and its Preferences > Source panel. No "English (United States) [w_accents]” there, just “English (United States)” along with the usual list “Automatic Language”, “en”, etc.
>> 
>> So I cannot see "English (United States) [w_accents]”  to select in the TeXShop > Source Dictionary selection list.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 4 Jan2018, at 5:54 PM, Richard Koch <koch at uoregon.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 4, 2018, at 2:41 PM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I’m also running TeXShop 3.95 and MacTeX-2017 under macOS 10.13.2. 
>>>> 
>>>> After your steps a) and b), when I go to the TeXShop Preferences > Source tab, in the Dictionary pull-down menu, I do NOT see English (United States) [w_accents], although I do see English (United States).
>>>> 
>>>> What’s wrong?
>>> 
>>> Did you quit and restart TeXShop after step 2)?
>>> 
>>> Dick
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> On 4 Jan2018, at 4:50 PM, Richard Koch <koch at uoregon.edu> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Raul Martinez,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I postponed installing High Sierra on my primary machine until a couple of weeks ago. When I finally installed, I did a clean installed: I partitioned the disk, and then installed High Sierra on a new partition.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Until I read your message, I hadn't installed CocoAspell. Just now, I did, without problems. Here's what I did:
>>>>> 
>>>>> a) This year for the first time, we supplied the CocoAspell install package in /Applications/TeX with MacTeX-2017. I found it there and installed with no problems,
>>>>> 
>>>>> b) Then I opened Apple's System Preferences and selected the new Spelling preference pane at the bottom. In the first column, I checked the first entry, English (United States) [w_accents]. On the right side, I checked the URL and TeX/LaTeX filters.
>>>>> 
>>>>> c) Next I ran TeXShop. In TeXShop Preferences, under the Source Tab, in the Dictionary pull down menu, I selected
>>>>> English (United States) [w_accents] and clicked OK.
>>>>> 
>>>>> d) Then I restarted TeXShop. One of my documents automatically loaded, and tex command words were not marked as misspelled.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dick Koch 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jan 4, 2018, at 1:33 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Jan 4, 2018, at 2:37 PM, R Martinez <rm.tech at mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I’m using TeXShop 3.95 and High Sierra (macOS 10.13.2). I use a top-of-the-line 2016 MacBook Pro.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Before I updated to 10.13.2, I was successfully using cocoaspell with TeXShop 3.9x. After updating the OS, I’ve lost the connection to  cocoaspell, so I have no spell checking. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Of course, before writing to the list I performed my due diligence to no avail.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I’ll appreciate suggestions.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Raúl Martínez
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Howdy,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> What exactly do you mean When you say that you've ``lost the connection to cocoAspell''? Did you already have cocoAspell installed when you switched to High Sierra or did you install it on a new system? Can you access the Spelling Preference Pane in System Preferences? 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Good Luck,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Herb Schulz
>>>>>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>>> Murray Eisenberg			murrayeisenberg at gmail.com <mailto:murrayeisenberg at gmail.com>
>>>> 503 King Farm Blvd #101	Home (240)-246-7240
>>>> Rockville, MD 20850-6667	Mobile (413)-427-5334
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> That may be ok... check to see if commands are skipped if you spell-check a document.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
> 
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Murray Eisenberg			murrayeisenberg at gmail.com
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