Re: [SLE] Abiword Spelling

From: Peter B Van Campen (peterb_at_vancampen.org)
Date: 09/18/03

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    To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:25:22 -0500

    Hi,

    YES I think you are on the right track. I reported here a month ago or so that
    spell checking in KDE 3.1.2 apps has failed on SuSE 8.2 . Never got an answer
    as to why or how to fix it. Still broke.

    Let us know what progress you make.

    PeterB
    On Thursday 18 September 2003 10:00 am, Paul Trevethan wrote:
    > On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:01:49 +0100
    >
    > Keith Powell <keith@keithg4jvx.force9.co.uk> wrote:
    > > On Thursday 18 Sep 2003 9:20 am, James Ogley wrote:
    > > > Let me tell you what settings I have enabled that relate to
    > > > spell-checking...
    > > >
    > > > Tools -> Spelling -> Auto spellcheck
    > > > Tools -> Spelling -> Spelling Options
    > > >
    > > > |-> Check spelling as you type
    > > > |-> Ignore [all checked]
    > > >
    > > > Tools -> Language -> English (UK)
    > >
    > > I have the same enabled, and the same language selcted. I have also
    > > tried unchecking "Check spelling as you type" and doing a manual spell
    > > check - it still just says that the spell checking is complete.
    > >
    > > I'll continue trying to see if it is a problem here, although it's the
    > > same on two installations :-(
    > >
    > > Thanks
    > >
    > > Keith
    >
    > I have recently done the same update to Abiword 2 (positive I got all
    > files) and like Keith it will not spell check anything at all.
    >
    > I have tried the same settings above and have marked selections with
    > obvious spelling mistakes in them, run the spell check and, no matter the
    > variation of scenario, it just keeps saying the check is complete but does
    > not actually do the checking.
    >
    > My thought is that this is not so much a problem with Abiword as with the
    > system recognising aspell-en as the dictionary?! I mean, I have ispell and
    > aspell installed and spell checking works just fine in other word
    > processors that use ispell. Perhaps there is a config required to 'find and
    > use' aspell properly?
    >
    > Just a thought?!
    > Paul. 

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