This is what Mark Gordon had to say about troubleshooting spell checking: On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 21:56, Mark Gordon wrote: > 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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