[TxMt] Re: detect language (german, english)

[Hans-Jörg Bibiko]

On Nov 16, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Christian wrote:

> Am 16.11.2009 um 13:28 schrieb Hans-Jörg Bibiko:
>> On Nov 16, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Christian wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> is there a way that textmate can detect the used language (german or  
>>> english). Normally I write in german and now when I type english  
>>> everything is underlined. With a right click tm tries to correct in to  
>>> a german word.
>> 
>> Did you try ⌘: to set the language to English?
> 
> There I have "Automatic by language" as standard. The OS-Prefs also set to "Automatic by language".
> 
> When I highlight the entire document (Plain Text) and hit cmd + : and set it to English nothing happens.

You do not need to select the entire doc. Simply set the language to English and change the doc by typing eg " " to trigger the spell checker.

--Hans