[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#265030: lyx: Spell checking fails

[John Goerzen]

Here's a workaround I discovered for anyone that may be experiencing
this problem: use aspell.

No idea why that works but ispell doesn't.

On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 06:14:17PM -0400, Erinn Clark wrote:
> 
> package lyx
> severity 265030 important
> retitle 265030 lyx should use an English dialect dictionary that exists
> merge 265030 135149
> thanks
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> * John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> [2004:08:11 08:07 -0500]: 
> > When I run the spell checker, I get a box that says:
> > 
> > The spell-checker has failed
> > 
> > Can't open /usr/lib/ispell/english.hash
> 
> Yes, I've found in my testing that it does this with almost every file..
> Unfortunately, I've yet to track it down. I'll look into it further and see
> what else I can find and will keep you updated.
> 
> Thanks for your report!
> 
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