Installing Spell Checker in TeXworks (Mac)

Installing spell checker in TeXworks is going to be straightforward after I write this note.
The dicttionary for TeXworks is located at:
/Users/gajab/Library/TeXworks/dictionaries
where gajab is your username.

• I went to the site:
  http://code.google.com/p/texworks/wiki/SpellingDictionaries
  and got the clue that

One easy source of dictionaries is the OpenOffice.org project, which uses the same spelling engine. There is a list of available dictionaries at http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Dictionaries (see the All Language Packs download, or links to individual language dictionaries). Note that TeXworks only uses the spelling dictionaries (*.dic and *.aff) for each language ...

• So I downloaded the dictionary file from
  http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/dictionaries
  It is located currently at:
  http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/en_US-dict
  
• However, the file is saved as .oxt.  I simply renamed the package as a zip file
  en_US.oxt >> en_US.zip
  and unzipped the package (well, double click and rename along with the extension. It warns, but you can change the extension). It worked!!
  The package contains:
  META-INF description.xml en_US.aff info
  README_en_US.txt dictionaries.xcu en_US.dic
  
• WE only need .dic and .aff files. So I copied it to the library folder for the TeXworks.

cp ~/Downloads/en_US/en_US.aff /Users/gajab/Library/TeXworks/dictionaries
cp ~/Downloads/en_US/en_US.dic /Users/gajab/Library/TeXworks/dictionaries

The dictionary worked nicely after I restarted the TeXworks.

Kile on Mac

Somehow the Macports evaporated out of my system.
So, I end up reinstalling the Kile via macports.

export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
$ sudo port selfupdate

$ port upgrade outdated
Reinstalled KILE:
$ sudo port install kile

I think installing one of the program last week kicked it out... I will need to verify that.

Can't create index output file in texnic center

I was beating my day because the index was not being printed on the report.
Later, after a good number of search(es),  I found that this is interesting feature of MikTex 2.9

The problem was solved by changing %bm to %tm in the MakeIndex option.

Here is what I did:
Go to build > Define Output Profiles (Alt+F7)
Change %bm to %tm in the MakeIndex option.
Probably same thing needs to happen with Bibtex (if problem persists).


Edit:
I am really glad that you are finding it useful. Happy Texing!

Upgrading Texnic Center

Upgrading Texnic Center can be tricky.

When I updated it from previous version, I came across problems.
The MikTex was updated from 2.5 to 2.8. And, I ignorantly had uninstalled the 2.5 version.

I realized that changing 2.5 to 2.8 in the output section worked!!

Instead of this:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exeI wanted to use the Yap, it is still not working.
C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin

Kile on Mac and troubles

One down...

[ViewDVI] finished with exit status 127
???

$ kdvi test.tex
The program 'kdvi' is currently not installed.  You can install it by typing:
                                    
sudo apt-get install kdvi
bash: kdvi: command not found


sudo port -f activate dbus
sudo port install kile
(From https://trac.macports.org/ticket/26862)