[Evolution] Spell checker
Jeremey Wise
Jeremey.Wise@Agilysys.com
Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:21:03 -0500
I was refering to withing "gnome-spell-properties-capplet" which had the
top left pane listed as "MISSINGNAME" which I believe is not a good
thing... I do not have another SUSE box so I do not know for sure if
this is the case.
On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 14:02 -0500, Genady Perchenko wrote:
> Yes,
>
> when I tried to add the word to the dictionary, Evolution just crashed.
> I am not sure I understand your second question though. What menu are we
> talking
> about?
>
>
> On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 12:35 -0500, Jeremey Wise wrote:
> > Does your system hang if you try to add a word to the dictionary?
> >
> > Did your menu option show up as 'MISSINGNAME'?
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 11:31 -0500, Genady Perchenko wrote:
> > > You know, you will not believe it, but just this morning before I got
> > > this email, I did exactly same steps as described in the link. And yes!
> > > as of this morning I have my spelling back! I am happy camper now!!
> > >
> > > Thank you!
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 10:07 -0500, Jeremey Wise wrote:
> > > > Don't know for sure if this is related or what you are looking for but
> > > > this is what I had to do in evolution to get spelling to work. Like
> > > > yourself I had all packages installed but I could not get spell checking
> > > > to work.
> > > > http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2004-December/041169.html
> > > >
> > > > As it states this is not a fix as you can not add any 'user defined'
> > > > words (hangs the entire system hard) but it will do basic spell
> > > > checking.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 23:27 -0500, Genady Perchenko wrote:
> > > > > I added gtkspell as it was not on originaly. Now it looks like this:
> > > > >
> > > > > enady@igrushka:~> rpm -qa|grep spell| sort
> > > > > aspell-0.50.5-40
> > > > > aspell-en-0.51.1-2
> > > > > gnome-spell-0.5-248
> > > > > gnome-spell2-1.0.5-218
> > > > > gtkspell-2.0.5-58
> > > > > ispell-3.2.06-460
> > > > > ispell-american-3.2.06-460
> > > > > ispell-british-3.2.06-460
> > > > > myspell-american-20040623-2
> > > > > myspell-british-20040208-28
> > > > >
> > > > > still no langs listed in the spell options window.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 23:31 +0100, Andre Klapper wrote:
> > > > > > Am Donnerstag, den 30.12.2004, 12:25 -0500 schrieb Genady Perchenko:
> > > > > > > genady@igrushka:~> rpm -qa | grep aspell
> > > > > > > aspell-en-0.51.1-2
> > > > > > > aspell-0.50.5-40
> > > > > >
> > > > > > for your interest, i'm running 9.2, spell checking works fine and i've
> > > > > > got the following:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > andre@embrace:~> rpm -qa|grep spell
> > > > > > ispell-3.2.06-460
> > > > > > ispell-british-3.2.06-460
> > > > > > ispell-german-1.5-243
> > > > > > aspell-de-0.50.2-330
> > > > > > gnome-spell2-1.0.5-218
> > > > > > gtkspell-2.0.5-58
> > > > > > myspell-german-20040703-2
> > > > > > ispell-american-3.2.06-460
> > > > > > ispell-ngerman-1.5-243
> > > > > > aspell-0.50.5-40
> > > > > >
> > > > > > perhaps this helps you a bit.
> > > > > > there's also a guide by mark gordon for needed rpm's for spell checking
> > > > > > with evolution 1.4 which i will quote below.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > cheers,
> > > > > > andre
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Spell checking is one of the more complicated features in Evolution
> > > > > > from a standpoint of release engineering and package management.
> > > > > > Evolution uses a set of libraries for spell checking, some of which are
> > > > > > used by other applications. Evolution often requires newer versions of
> > > > > > some of these libraries. Making packages that work with both Evolution
> > > > > > and older applications can be tricky (hence some of the *spell-compat
> > > > > > packages we've been releasing lately for some platforms). Additionally,
> > > > > > there's the need to support a wide variety of languages. All these make
> > > > > > the problem unusually complicated.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The best diagnostic for broken spell checking is to run the following
> > > > > > command:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > rpm -qa | grep spell | sort
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Then check against the list below. If anything is missing, install it
> > > > > > via Red Carpet. If you have further unexplained problems, the output of
> > > > > > the above command should be included in the bug report and/or list post.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Mandrake Linux 9.1:
> > > > > > aspell-0.50.3-1mdk
> > > > > > gnome-spell1.0-1.0.4-0.ximian.6.1
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Red Hat Linux 7.3:
> > > > > > aspell-0.33.7.1-9
> > > > > > gnome-spell1.0-1.0.4-0.ximian.4.1
> > > > > > pspell-0.12.2-8
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Red Hat Linux 8.0:
> > > > > > aspell-0.50.3-1.ximian.2
> > > > > > gnome-spell1.0-1.0.4-0.ximian.5.1
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Red Hat Linux 9:
> > > > > > aspell-0.50.3-1.ximian.2
> > > > > > gnome-spell1.0-1.0.4-0.ximian.6.1
> > > > > >
> > > > > > SuSE Linux 8.2:
> > > > > > aspell-0.50.2-74
> > > > > > gnome-spell1.0-1.0.4-0.ximian.7.1
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This list is, of course, subject to change as new versions and revisions
> > > > > > are released.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This list provides the basic functionality needed to have spell
> > > > > > checking, but it doesn't necessarily provide the files necessary to
> > > > > > spell check in a particular language. These files are typically split
> > > > > > out into separate packages, since most machines will only need to carry
> > > > > > out spell checking in a small number of languages. Support for spell
> > > > > > checking in specific languages is typically added by packages with names
> > > > > > such as aspell-en (for US English), aspell-en-uk (for British English),
> > > > > > aspell-de (for German), etc. Note that Red Hat includes US English
> > > > > > support in its aspell package, and hence Red Hat users typically won't
> > > > > > need a separate aspell-en package. With the exception of
> > > > > > English-speaking Red Hat users, you will need to install an aspell-$LANG
> > > > > > package.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Important note for users of non-English languages: our gnome-spell1.0
> > > > > > packages for Red Hat Linux 8.0 and Red Hat Linux 9 don't work with the
> > > > > > aspell-$LANG packages provided by Red Hat. This is because the version
> > > > > > of gnome-spell1.0 used by Evolution requires an updated aspell which is
> > > > > > not compatible with the aspell-$LANG packages that come with those
> > > > > > versions of Red Hat Linux Consequently, updated packages from Ximian
> > > > > > will be needed to get spell checking to work in Evolution 1.4 under Red
> > > > > > Hat Linux 8.0 and Red Hat Linux 9 for languages other than English.
> > > > > > These packages are not yet available, but packages for several languages
> > > > > > should be released quite soon, and others are in the works.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > To configure the language(s) for which spell checking will be enabled by
> > > > > > default in the composer, go to:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Tools -> Settings -> Composer Preferences -> Spell Checking
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This should present a list of languages for which you can do spell
> > > > > > checking. If a language is enabled, words in the dictionary for that
> > > > > > language will be assumed spelled correctly. In most cases, users will
> > > > > > want only a single language checked. Polyglots may want several
> > > > > > languages selected, or they may want to change the list dynamically in
> > > > > > the composer window, which can be done from:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Edit -> Current Languages
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ...which presents a similar list of languages.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -Mark Gordon"
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
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