<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Roussanka,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">incidentally, I think Aquamacs can tap into the system spell checker. Anyway, it seems you have some aspell in your system. If it was properly installed, you should have about 739 files under /usr/local/lib/aspell-0.60. If bg.* is Bulgarian, I have:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; color: #141414" class=""><b class="">aspell-0.60</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">> ls -1 bg*</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">bg.dat</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">bg.multi</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">bg.rws</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">bg_affix.dat</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">bg_phonet.dat</span></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">(I installed aspell with HomeBrew for use with the other Emacs.app.)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But a more general question is: if you add Bulgarian to your “Language & Region” tab under System Preferences is it not picked up by both TexShop and Aquamacs?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hope this helps,</div><div class="">—Ettore</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 5, 2021, at 12:10, Roussanka Loukanova <<a href="mailto:rl.stpuu@gmail.com" class="">rl.stpuu@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AgmenaPro-Regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Best Regards,<br class="">Roussanka<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 5:58 PM Roussanka Loukanova <<a href="mailto:rl.stpuu@gmail.com" class="">rl.stpuu@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-size: small;" class="">Hi Herb,</div><div style="font-size: small;" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 5:27 PM Herbert Schulz <<a href="mailto:herbs@wideopenwest.com" target="_blank" class="">herbs@wideopenwest.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><br class="">Howdy,<br class=""><br class="">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 <<a href="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/0index.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/0index.html</a>>. Assuming you are using version 2.5 (that's the last version created quite a few years ago) follow the directions in<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">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.<br class=""><br class="">PS: that document is just the Readme file from the cocoAspell 2.5 distribution.<br class=""><br class="">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 <<a href="https://github.com/leuski/cocoAspell" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://github.com/leuski/cocoAspell</a>>.<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="font-size: small;" class="">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:</div><div style="font-size: small;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: small;" class=""><div class="">Aquamacs has LaTeX aware spell checking, by Mac / Apple spelling program,</div><div class="">with ispell-program-name NSSpellChecker, via ispell interface of Emacs.</div></div><div style="font-size: small;" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div style="font-size: small;" class="">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 <br class=""></div><div style="font-size: small;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 14px;" class="">ispell-bg-4.2</span><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: small;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 14px;" class="">from:</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: inherit;" class=""><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/bgoffice/files/Ispell%20BG/" target="_blank" class="">https://sourceforge.net/projects/bgoffice/files/Ispell%20BG/</a></div><div class=""><div class="">(nothing there is specifically for Mac)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="">If you would recommend cocoAspell, I'll try to install it.</div><div class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;">It seems I have some aspell. Shall I download and try the dictionary:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 14px;" class=""><</span><a href="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/0index.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/0index.html</a><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 14px;" class="">></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;"> But I already tried it a few months ago, and it didn't work.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;">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: <span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 14px;" class="">ispell-program-name NSSpellChecker</span></div><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; color: rgb(180, 36, 25);" class="">/usr</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>$ find . -name "*aspell*"</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">find: ./sbin/authserver: Permission denied</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">./local/bin/aspell-import</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">./local/bin/aspell</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">./local/bin/run-with-aspell</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">./local/include/aspell.h</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">./local/etc/aspell.conf</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">./local/lib/libaspell.15.dylib</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">./local/lib/libaspell.dylib</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">./local/lib/<a href="http://libaspell.la/" class="">libaspell.la</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">./local/lib/aspell-0.60</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">./local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/doc/latex/latex2e-help-texinfo/aspell.en.pws</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">./local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/doc/latex/latex2e-help-texinfo-fr/aspell.fr.pws</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">./local/share/man/man1/aspell-import.1</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">./local/share/man/man1/run-with-aspell.1</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">./local/share/man/man1/aspell.1</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;" class="">./local/share/info/<a href="http://aspell-dev.info/" class="">aspell-dev.info</a></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo; font-size: 14px;" class="">./local/share/info/<a href="http://aspell.info/" class="">aspell.info</a></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;">Roussanka</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;"></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; 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