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From: Rowland McDonnell on 23 Jun 2010 19:33
Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote:

> Howard said:
>
> > Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I tried to change from the US dictionary in the Dictionary app but there
> >> is none in my list. Only US dictionaries. Also in the System Prefs
> >> there is only one English language listed.
> >>
> >> How can I change over the UK spelling in all of my apps ?
> >>
> >>
> >> Howard
> >
> > ooops... of course I meant a UK English Dictionary.
>
> Apple separates out the language you want to use in the UI from the
> language you want to use in spelling checking. Both are in "Language &
> Text", the former's in the Language tab and the latter's in the Text
> tab. Use the Edit List button to enable "British English" and drag it
> to the top of the list.
>
> Have you run something like Monolingual, which strips out the unwanted
> (heh) languages from your OS? Or did you do the original OS install
> with reduced languages?
>
> If so, you will *probably* need to reapply at least the last OS combo
> update, and possibly even the original OS.

There's CocaAspell out there <http://cocoaspell.leuski.net/>

It'll work using the normal Mac spelling checking mechanism - but using
a Mac port of the Aspell spelling checker to do the donkey work instead
of Apple's spelling checking code. This is very handy for LaTeX pervs
like me /in principle/.

But: the support ain't great, the documentation is almost non-existent
(one gets lots of things to manage and no instructions on how to do so),
and (worst of all) the available UK English word lists do not do what
they say on the tin.

I use Excalibur for almost all my spelling checking.

<http://excalibur.sourceforge.net/>

I like it - been around for ages, still works well, still maintained.
Drag-and-drop or via the clipboard is the easy way to use it - it's an
outboard spelling checker.

Rowland.

P.S. The subject change?

Yeah: <http://www.excalibur.com/> - currently displaying a special
offer: `All you can eat all day long for only $29.99'

Okay, it's `Excalibur Hotel Casino Las Vegas', but still...

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