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-\author -712698321 "Jürgen Spitzmüller"
-\author 5863208 "ab"
-\author 1414654397 "Richard Heck"
+\author -712698321 "Jürgen Spitzmüller"
+\author 5863208 "ab"
+\author 1414654397 "Richard Heck"
+\author 1556375488 "Stephan Witt"
\author 1607599024 "Richard Heck" rgheck@comcast.net
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\begin_layout Standard
-LyX itself has no built-in spell checker.
- Rather it uses one of the external programs
+LyX
+\change_deleted 1556375488 1303941439
+itself
+\change_unchanged
+has
+\change_deleted 1556375488 1303941464
+no
+\change_inserted 1556375488 1303941464
+a
+\change_unchanged
+ built-in spell checker.
+
+\change_deleted 1556375488 1303941484
+Rather i
+\change_inserted 1556375488 1303941484
+I
+\change_unchanged
+t uses one of the
+\change_deleted 1556375488 1303941504
+external programs
+\change_inserted 1556375488 1303940735
+libraries
+\change_unchanged
+
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aspell
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+
\family default
,
\family typewriter
ispell
+\change_unchanged
+
\family default
,
\family typewriter
-hspell
+h
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+un
+\change_unchanged
+spell
\family default
, or
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+
\family typewriter
pspell
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+enchant
+\begin_inset Foot
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
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+Enchant itself is a wrapper library having different configurable back-ends.
+ Please consult the documentation or man-page of it to learn more.
+\change_unchanged
+
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\change_unchanged
+
\family default
- as backend.
- This section assumes you have already installed and set up one of these
+ as back
+\change_inserted 1556375488 1303943654
+-
+\change_unchanged
+end.
+
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+Which back-ends are available depends on the platform and the build-time
+ configuration of the LyX program.
+ E.
+ g., on a Mac the operating system provides a spell checking service; there
+ it is available as an additional back-end to choose from.
+\change_deleted 1556375488 1303941812
+This section assumes you have already installed and set up one of these
programs.
\family typewriter
hspell
\family default
is a Hebrew spell-checker.
- The used spell checker and its settings are specified in LyX's preferences
+
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+
+\change_unchanged
+The used spell checker and its settings are specified in LyX's preferences
under
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Language Settings
\family default
.
+\change_inserted 1556375488 1303941721
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
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+LyX can correctly spell check documents containing multiple languages.
+ This does work with all back-ends, assuming you have marked the different
+ languages appropriately and the dictionaries installed.
+\change_unchanged
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
For LyX on Windows, the selection box for the spell checking program is
greyed out in the preferences dialog because only
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+
\family typewriter
-aspell
+a
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+hun
+\change_unchanged
+spell
\family default
can be used.
\end_layout
Settings
\family default
dialog.
- If you do not have a dictionary for the document language, spell checking
- will bring an error message.
- In this case, you can specify another dictionary file in the dialog by
- specifying a different
+ If you
+\change_deleted 1556375488 1303944090
+do not
+\change_unchanged
+ have
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+m
+\change_unchanged
+a
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+rked
+\change_unchanged
+
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+dictionary for
+\change_unchanged
+the
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+ document
+\change_unchanged
+
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+different
+\change_unchanged
+language
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+s in your document
+\change_unchanged
+, spell checking will
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+bring an error message
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+automatically switch to the appropriate dictionaries
+\change_unchanged
+.
+
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+In this case, y
+\change_inserted 1556375488 1303944236
+Y
+\change_unchanged
+ou can specify
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+another dictionary file
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+the language of a word
+\change_unchanged
+ in the
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+spellchecker
+\change_unchanged
+dialog by
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+specifying
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+choosing
+\change_unchanged
+ a different
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+ one
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+
\family sans
Alternative language
\family default
- in preferences dialog.
+ in preferences
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+ at the top of the
+\change_unchanged
+ dialog.
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+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
+
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After a spell check you will be informed about the number of checked words.
+\change_unchanged
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection*
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
+
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LyX cannot correctly spell check documents containing multiple languages.
This does work with
\family typewriter
pspell
\family default
, assuming you have marked the different languages appropriately.
+\change_unchanged
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection*
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
+
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Use
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+Spellcheck
+\change_unchanged
+
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\end_inset
+
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input
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-encoding Uses the document encoding that is set in the
+encoding
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+continously
+\change_unchanged
+
+\change_deleted 1556375488 1303936911
+Uses the document encoding that is set in the
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Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\family default
and can't spell check words with international letters in them.
There have been reports that this does not work with all dictionaries,
- so this is disabled by default.
+ so this is disabled by default
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+Check the spelling of your document as you type it
+\change_unchanged
+.
+
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+ Misspelled words gets underlined with a dotted red line.
+ The suggestions by the spell checker will be added to the context menu
+ of a misspelled word if there were some found.
+ Choosing one of them will replace the misspelled word with the suggested
+ word.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+
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+Spellcheck
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+notes
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+and
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+comments The spelling of non-printed document contents is checked as well.
+ You may disable this by deactivating this option.
+\change_unchanged
+
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\begin_layout Section
\family default
sets the cursor to the top of the currently displayed document part when
scrolling.
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+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
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+You can adjust the thickness of the cursor with the
+\family sans
+Cursor width
+\family default
+ setting.
+ If you set the value to zero the thickness of the cursor scales relative
+ to the zoom value you choose for the screen fonts.
+\change_unchanged
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard