{spelling} is for questions addressing issues related to the application programs that flags words in a document that may not be spelled correctly.
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Is there a spell check package for LaTeX?
I normally use my gedit spell check extension for the task, but wouldn't it be much better if you could fix any typos or otherwise during compilation time, in a sort of interactive mode?
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Dictionary for TeXstudio: “No dictionary Available”
I have trouble spell checking my document in TeXstudio. When I press spellcheck, I get the error No dictionary Available. Am I supposed to install a dictionary separately? How? Any suggestion?
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Add word to TexMaker dictionary?
How can I add a word to the dictionary of TexMaker? I cannot see any options for this in the software.
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Ignoring arguments of label, ref etc. for spell checking in TeXnicCenter
It is well-known that the argument of certain commands (label, ref, cite are typical examples) almost never make any sense in LaTeX, and should be hence avoided when spell checking is performed.
I ...
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Hebrew spellchecking does not work in LyX
Hi I've scoured the internet for a solution for my spellchecker problem but with no luck.
The problem is that when I write misspelled Hebrew text nothing happens I did follow the guide at their ...
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Vim-Latex spell checking : ignore comment regions
I'm using the Vim-Latex environment for writing french documents. The problem is that when I comment a line containing a command, the spell checking tool highlights the command as a spelling mistake.
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better spellchecker for lyx
I am using LyX 2.0.5.1 and the spell checker here does not seem to have a well developed dictionary - a lot of words that are marked as wrong are actual words. Is there a way to install another ...
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Hyphenating words with archaic spellings
I often work with texts from the 17- to 1800s that (in addition to now obsolete words) contain familiar words in slightly different spelling. The language of these texts, and of the ones I'm writing, ...
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Editor with a TeX-aware spellchecker
Is there around a TeX editor with a spellchecker that recognizes and handles properly TeX commands? For instance, I'd like it to underline with a red wavy line if I write "ntheorem" in my text, but ...
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Make spellchecker ignore contents of certain commands in TexMaker
Some commands in LaTeX almost never contain meaningful words. Some prime examples are:
\label
\ref
\includegraphics
\input
\cite
In TexMaker, however, all words are included in the spellcheck, ...
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TeXworks: How to add a word to the spell checker dictionary?
I use TeXworks to write my documents. The spell checker tool works nice, but I'd like to add some words to the dictionary, but I can't find a function for that.
So how can I do that?
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How to configure the dictionary-path for TeXworks @ TeX Live portable?
I want to use spell-checking with TeXworks under TeXlive (portable) under Windows XP.
Is it possible to use the dictionaries of Mozilla, e.g. en-GB.aff
and en-GB.dic?
Where do I place the ...
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Spellchecking in TexStudio
I just switched from TexMaker to TexStudio - one of the main reasons is the improved spellchecker that lets you add words your ignore list directly (instead of manually modifying the .dic file, as you ...
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Spell checking in Shell
I know I can use TeXShop or any other word processing program to spell check my document, but I was wondering, if there are any spell checking scripts, which run in a shell/Terminal.
I saw that there ...
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Is there a program similar to detex for windows
Detex strips a TeX file from its TeX commands to turn it into a plain *.txt file. Is there a detex program for Windows.
I am looking for ways to use spell/grammar editing tools in Word or other ...
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How to disable spell checking or equivalent features in TeXmaker/TeXstudio?
The spell checker is really good when I type English words. However I am a Chinese user and it always annoys me when I type Chinese words since they are treated as misspelled. So how can I disable ...
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Spelling mistake detector for LaTeX/PDF [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Spell checking LaTeX documents
I have a LaTeX file which I use to generate a PDF.
Is there any tool which I can use to detect spelling mistakes, either directly in the ...
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Workflow for reviewing PDFs generated from TeX?
I am currently letting friends and family spellcheck my thesis written with LaTeX.
Since my markup is macro-heavy and not all of them have ever used another editor but MS Word, I cannot let them work ...
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Kile: How to spell check all files in a project? (recursive spell-checker?)
When I write a paper using Kile, I typically create a project for the paper, have each section of the paper in a separate file in the project, and use the \include command to order them in the ...
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How to perform advanced spell checking of latex documents?
I'm looking for a way to integrate something like After the Deadline or a similarly sophisticated spell checking tool into writing LaTeX documents. I don't mind it hitting the network each time. I ...
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Grammar-checking tool for use with LaTeX?
I am looking for a grammar-checking tool, i.e., something that checks for mistakes such as "two dog" or "a books". It has to work on Linux (Ubuntu). Also, since that I use macros to generate some of ...
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aspell - special characters and math mode
1) How can I make aspell cope with words containing special characters like F\"orster or \AA ngstrom? I can't simply add these to the dictionary.
2) How can I make aspell skip math mode? For example, ...
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Formal Writing Style Correction on Latex [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to perform advanced spell checking of latex documents?
Microsoft Word has a nifty property of style correction, where it can find phrasal verbs, passive voice and ...
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How can I make AUCTeX spell check in the language specified by babel and csquotes macros?
It is possible to make AUCTeX load the spelling dictionary of the language which babel is loaded with. One further convenience would be for it to appropriately react to changes of language within a ...
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How to add another dictionary in LaTeX/TeXnicCenter?
In the options menu in TexnicCenter you can go to the tab Spelling. There is the option to download a dictionary. I did that, but I still cannot choose this dictionary as default language. How can I ...
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flyspell, emacs and aspell seem to diverge
I'm using the following configuration for aspell in my .emacs file
(setq ispell-program-name "/opt/local/bin/aspell")
(setq ispell-list-command "list")
(setq ispell-extra-args ...
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How can I make AUCTeX use the spelling dictionary in the same language as polyglossia is loaded with?
Is it possible to setup AUCTeX so that it loads the spelling dictionary in the same language as the language used by polyglossia? For example, is it possible to load the Danish ispell dictionary when ...
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How to add LaTeX style quotation marks to the Hunspell spell checker?
Quotation marks in LaTeX have to be added with `` and '', but this results in the word being marked as misspelled in Texmaker, which uses Hunspell files (.dic and .aff). I tried adding `` and '' to ...
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Which PDF/DVI viewers have spelling error or homonym detectors?
Sometimes it is easy to miss a spelling error in TeX. Which PDF/DVI editors let you a second check? Many allow you to spell check the input field in a form. I want the main document to be checked.
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Comparison of TeXworks editor with others with respect to spell checking
I use TeXworks editor on Windows where the default setting appears to be
a) Errors are underlined in red (but TeX code is not recognized and so it is underlined too; and ``comments'' are in red too) ...
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Tex2Word plugin for Microsoft Word
Is there any TeX to Word plugin to be added for free in Microsoft Word?
The main reason behind this is that I want to use the easy to use grammar checker of Microsoft Word after writing my article in ...
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Editor that highlights english syntax and/or fragmants? [closed]
I am looking for a text editor/latex IDE that can highlight sentence fragments and more importantly, incorrect english language syntax. I often end up with persistent typos such as "The quick brown ...
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Integrating external dictionaries with Texmaker
I'm a relatively new LaTeX user and I want to know:
Is there a way to link an external dictionary to LaTeX and
what dictionaries are recommended?
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How can I install scientific dictionaries to use with TeXworks? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
TeXworks: How to add a word to the spell checker dictionary?
I frequently use terminology common in biology and chemistry, but not found in the hunspell dictionary. I ...
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Spellchecker does not recognize amsmath commands such as \cdot, \binom
Why are basic amsmath commands like \binom and \cdot treated as if they are misspelled in the TeX editor? I have included the amsmath package, and the code works fine. I'm curious as to why those red ...
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How can I make AUCTeX use the spelling dictionary in the same language as babel is loaded with?
Is it possible to setup AUCTeX so that it loads the spelling dictionary in the same language as the language used by babel? For example, is it possible to load the Danish ispell dictionary when a ...
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aspell - how to ignore references inside \citep{} and \citet{} references
I'm using aspell --version
International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell 0.60.6)
to verify my tex files with the command:
aspell -d pt_PT --dont-tex-check-comments -c file0.tex
The ...
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How can I install Kile 2.1.0 spellcheck libraries other than English?
I need a french dictionary. At least, it would be nice to have any information on the location where kile stores its spell-checking dictionaries.
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Spell check for miktex [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Spell checking LaTeX documents
I have MiKTeX installed on my laptop running windows 7. I did some searching around google for spell checking documents in MiKTeX and I ...
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How to Spell-Check LaTeX in multiple languages / language variants
I am writing a PhD Thesis / Dissertation and would like to be able to spell-check the thing. The problem is that I'm required to write it in UK English, while many of my quotations are written in US ...
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Spellcheck in LEd editor
I'm writing a paper and have some problems with the LEd editor. I need to do a spellcheck (english) and the editor seems to have one built-in. When I click on spellcheck (or press ctrl+f7) it says ...
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Dash in labels (Was: Labeling and citations issues with spell checker)
I try to separated my LaTeX files into content files, and macro files. In content files, I minimize the use of macros, trying to restrict these to markup only,
e.g., \section, \caption. The benefit is ...
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Make emacs speller work with accented/modified letters
In continuation to this question I was wondering, now that my document is full of \' and other accents, the emacs speller balks on all the words... Is there a way to get a spell-checker to understand ...
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TeXworks: How to store spell checker settings?
I'm using TeXworks to write my documents. TeXworks provides the ability to spell check the document, chosing a specific language (english, german or french in my case).
But I noticed that every time ...
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Have ispell ignore certain LaTeX tags
Using ispell -t on a .tex file generally does a good job of figuring out what is TeX and what isn't but it seems to find misspellings on commands that are generally going to be misspelled, i.e.
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In vim: How to enable spellchecking of text only and exclude listings
How can I set up vim in such a manner, that it spellchecks only the text portion of my file?
I write a lot of reports that include code listings, which I would like to exclude from the spellchecking. ...
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What is the \name macro?
Is anyone familiar with the macro \name{}? The AucTeX configuration uses it to avoid spell-checking people names, but it does not seem to be defined. Is it just a mock macro, or it has some real ...
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Configuring vim to only check spelling in text regions
Is there a way to configure vim so that it only checks spelling in the text regions of tex files?
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How to turn on flyspell mode with AucTeX?
I'm using flyspell mode, but unfortunatly I have to M-x flyspell-mode in each AucTeX buffer.
Somehow (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook 'flyspell-mode) doesn't work for me.
What is the correct flyspell-hook ...
