Bug#824852: texworks: Texworks does not detect myspell-es dictionary

[Preuße@buxtehude.debian.org, Hilmar <hille42@web.de>]

On 23.05.2016 15:10, Salvador Petit wrote:

Hi,

> If the path in texworks is hardcoded to /usr/share/myspell/dicts/ , then I
> can solve the problem by symlinking. I tested this and it works. Now
> spanish is available.
> 
> However, I'm not sure if the bug is due to texworks uses only one directory
> (since other editors seem to use several, because they do not require the
> symlink) or the bug is in myspell-es because it does not symlink on install.
> 
https://dict-common.alioth.debian.org/dsdt-policy.html#installdir

 * myspell/hunspell dictionary files

myspell/hunspell dictionary files (*.dic and *.aff) must be installed in
/usr/share/hunspell.

Note: Temporary symlinks at /usr/share/myspell/dicts location are obsolete. Do
not set them!

So, the path used in texworks is obsolete/broken. We'll fix it. This will break
other languages, but this is a bug in the myspell package then.

Hilmar
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