[OS X TeX] install spell checking dictionary for Bulgarian

[Roussanka Loukanova]

Hi Herb,

> On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 5:27 PM Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Howdy,
>>>
>>> Are you installing for use with cocoAspell? If so you can't ise the
>>> ispell dictionries. You can pick up dictionaries for aspell 0.60 (which is
>>> used by cocoAspell) at <https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/0index.html
>>> >.
>>
>>
There is Aspell on osMac version 11.4. (/usr/local/bin/aspell) and
(/usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60/) I downloaded the bulgarian dictionary folder,
created by the same developer, Radostin Radnev, from the above website. The
installation commands ran finely, from inside aspell6-bg-4.1-0 directory. I
see newly generated Makefile and bg.rws, and bg dictionary files in:

/usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60

But I do not know how to use aspell in TeXShop, and that temporarily, on a
single .tex file , without overriding the default spelling program
(ispell-program-name NSSpellChecker).

Better, to get the default spelling for Bulgarian work. I see some
instructions:
System Preferences > Keyboard > Text  > Spelling > Set up...
To add an additional spelling dictionary, copy the dictionary fies (.aff
and .dic) to the Spelling folder in your Library folder.
I tried, but it doesn't work for the bulgarian.aff and  bulgarian.dict (given
in ispell-bg-4.2/data).

Regards,
Roussanka

Assuming you are using version 2.5 (that's the last version created quite a
>>> few years ago) follow the directions in
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> for installation of the dictionary. You don't need `Stuffit Expander'
>>> just double click the .tar.bz2 file and it should expand to a folder.
>>>
>>> PS: that document is just the Readme file from the cocoAspell 2.5
>>> distribution.
>>>
>>> PPS: cocoAspell hasn't been updated in a very long time and is getting a
>>> bit long in the tooth. One of these days it will no longer work and every
>>> time there is a major macOS update I'm apprehensive. If there is someone
>>> out there with Apple programming experience who is interested in Spell
>>> Checkers and who might be interested in the project for ``fun'' there is a
>>> GIT project at <https://github.com/leuski/cocoAspell>.
>>>
>>>
>> I've been trying to use ispell or what is the default spell checking
>> program on the Mac / TexShop / Aquamacs. I though it is via ispell, for
>> TexShop, because:
>>
>> Aquamacs has LaTeX aware spell checking, by Mac / Apple spelling program,
>> with ispell-program-name NSSpellChecker, via ispell interface of Emacs.
>>
>> No, I do not have cocoAspell. I lost it when I tried to update it from
>> leuski's website. It's indeed very old and I would prefer what TeXShop and
>> Aquamacs use. And that is why I picked up
>>
> ispell-bg-4.2
>> from:
>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/bgoffice/files/Ispell%20BG/
>> (nothing there is specifically for Mac)
>>
>> If you would recommend cocoAspell, I'll try to install it.
>>
>
> It seems I have some aspell. Shall I download and try the dictionary:
>  <https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/0index.html>
>  But I already tried it a few months ago, and it didn't work.
>
> PIus, I do not know how  I would be switching between what is the default
> spelling program in TeXShop and in Aquamacs, which I think is the same: ispell-program-name
> NSSpellChecker
>
> /usr $ find . -name "*aspell*"
>
> find: ./sbin/authserver: Permission denied
>
> ./local/bin/aspell-import
>
> ./local/bin/aspell
>
> ./local/bin/run-with-aspell
>
> ./local/include/aspell.h
>
> ./local/etc/aspell.conf
>
> ./local/lib/libaspell.15.dylib
>
> ./local/lib/libaspell.dylib
>
> ./local/lib/libaspell.la
>
> ./local/lib/aspell-0.60
>
>
> ./local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/doc/latex/latex2e-help-texinfo/aspell.en.pws
>
>
> ./local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/doc/latex/latex2e-help-texinfo-fr/aspell.fr.pws
>
> ./local/share/man/man1/aspell-import.1
>
> ./local/share/man/man1/run-with-aspell.1
>
> ./local/share/man/man1/aspell.1
>
> ./local/share/info/aspell-dev.info
> ./local/share/info/aspell.info
>
> Roussanka
>
>> Thanks!
>> Roussanka
>>
>
>
>
>> Good Luck,
>>>
>>> Herb Schulz
>>> herbs at wideopenwest.com
>>>
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