[OS X TeX] Cocoaspell does not know common words

[Herbert Schulz]

On Aug 27, 2010, at 8:53 PM, Arthur Snoke wrote:

> Inspired by this exchange and  not having updated my spelling packages since pgrading to SnowLeopard, I just installed cocoAspell.  Previoiusly I had Aspell, installed in August 2009.
> 
> I see that in /library/Application Support I have
> 
> Nov  2  2009 Aspell/
> 
> and
> 
> Aug 27 21:05 cocoAspell/
> 
> Should I erase the Aspell directory?
> 
> (I do not understand the reltionship between Aspell and CocoAspell.)
> 

Howdy,

Don't think you need to do anything with that dictionary. It appears that the the dictionaries used with CocoAspell are in /Library/Application Support/cocoAspell.

If CocoAspell is working I'd stay away making changes that aren't needed.

Just looked at the CocoAspell.pkg and it installs aspell, etc., in /usr/local/bin as well as other files in /usr/local/etc, .../include, .../lib and .../share plus other files in /Library/Application Support and /Library/PreferencePanes.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)