[OS X TeX] Spell checking

[Roussanka Loukanova]

Hi Herb,

My answer are in Reply mode:

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
>
> ...

> 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
>
> ...

>
> Howdy,
>
> That sounds like the right Date.
>
> Please note that it hasn't been updated in a long time and it may need
> command line tools to get a new installation working under Catalina.
>
> In Terminal run `make --version` and let me know what you get. If you get
> a dialog box that asks if you want to install the CL tools or XCode decline
> and let me know.
>
>
I'm on an oldish MacBoocAir 13", macOS Catalina 10.15.6.
I installed the CL tools a couple of days ago. But, I managed that in a
different way, after some searches:

- In the Terminal run `make --version` didn't offer any dialog box, only
complained about a wrong path.
- I ran (while not sure, after many attempts, I did that in the root
directory /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools)

xcode-select --install

Perhaps it offered installation of CL tools. But the 1st attempt didn't go
through well, and I saw the red warning for Update available.

After Restarting the MacB Air, and issuing, in Terminal:
xcode-select --install

The installation of the CL tools went OK (hopefully). It took some time.
The warning for Update available  disappeared.

By the way, I just went to the web site for cocoAspell and it seems to be
> dead.
>

I saw that too.

> Finally, before trying to install cocoAspell, TeXShop has some settings
> that help in skipping over commands so you want to try that and see if it's
> `good enough' for your purposes. Under the Source tab of
> TeXShop->Preferences there is a section labelled Spell Checking. Simple
> play with the three check box items and see if that works for you.
>

I did that with some simple sample files. It seems that without cocoAspell,
quite some commands are recognised. I see that the following are not, and
are underlined as misspellings, but I think I can live with them. As I
recall from some previous emails, and also by you, if my memory speaks
correctly, there is a way to get TexShop to learn these.

documentclass{article}

\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}

\maketitle


The argument of \label is underlined as misspelling:

\label{sec:abstr:why}


To get Swedish and Bulgarian letters, I had to select UTF-8. But TexShop
can't offer corrections for words in these languages. Bulgarian dictionary
is missing. But there is a default one for Swedish (Svenska), by Apple,
seen under:


System Preferences > Keyboard > Text > Spelling


I have selected Automatic by Language


By previous tests, I had to select Svenska to get Swedish words checked,
but then a file with mixed languages, EN + Svenska, didn't get EN  correct
suggestions.


Here is what I have in TexShop Preferences:



[image: TexShopprefs.png]

Thanks,
Roussanka

Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>
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