[OS X TeX] Spell checking

[Roussanka Loukanova]

Best Regards,
Roussanka




On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 3:49 PM Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com>
wrote:

> On Sep 5, 2020, at 9:37 AM, Roussanka Loukanova <rl.stpuu at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> How do I get English(Aspell)?
>
> I do not see it in the list:
> TeXShop's Edit->Show Spelling and Grammar (Cmd-:)
>
> I do not have the Spell icon in the System Preferences.
>
> I used to have Aspell, but after attempts to update it, I lost Aspell and
> the Preference Pane Spell (icon) in the System Preferences. I tried to
> reinstall it, from scratch, by following instructions from:
> CocoAspell from <http://cocoaspell.leuski.net>
> https://people.ict.usc.edu/leuski/cocoaspell//public_html/
> I asked Leuski by email address that was on that website, but I've never
> got any answer.
>
> Best Regards,
> Roussanka
>
> On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 1:14 PM Themis Matsoukas via MacOSX-TeX <
> macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu> wrote:
> Hi Herb,
>
> > That, of course, will then use that dictionary as default in other apps,
> like Mail, which I like but others may not. I believe you can choose the
> `English(Aspell)' dictionary for TeXShop alone by setting it in TeXShop's
> Edit->Show Spelling and Grammar (Cmd-:) Menu Item. Again, I use it for all
> my apps so I'm not sure.
>
> It did not occur to me to look at the  Edit->Show Spelling and Grammar
> menu item, I thought it would be in the preferences somewhere. Thanks for
> pointing this out.
>
> Themis
>
>
> Howdy,
>
> Have you installed cocoAspell?
>

I uninstalled it when I tried to update it. I can see an older version in:

root  admin  1444253 Nov  7  2016 /Applications/TeX/Docs and Spell
Utilities/Spelling/cocoAspell/cocoAspell.pkg

Shall I try to install that? If yes, is that by clicking the
(cocoAspell.pkg), in Finder?

Best Regards,
Roussanka


> If you do and there is a problem let us know.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>
>
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