Agreed, but this might be an issue in the PyEnchant library. I suppose it can be coded around, though.
On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 9:35 AM Thomas Passin <tbp100...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the tip. I'll see if it works out. Still, I think Leo should > not fail to load if the spell checker is not functional, and it looks like > there's now a PR about that. > > On Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 8:55:14 AM UTC-5 gates...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Some packagers of PyEnchant do not include any dictionary files. The >> PyEnchant documentation explains how to find one and install them: >> https://pyenchant.github.io/pyenchant/install.html#installing-a-dictionary >> >> Try installing the package 'hunspell-en_US' (or the language of your >> choice). That *should* do the trick to get this working on Manjaro, as it >> did on my Arch installs. >> >> Jake >> >> On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 8:47 AM Thomas Passin <tbp1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> No, unfortunately it didn't. There is something else wrong in the >>> pyenchant package or the enchant support libraries (both of which which are >>> installed by the distro's package manager). >>> >>> On Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 4:49:25 AM UTC-5 lewis wrote: >>> >>>> In leosettings.leo under Spell checking there is a node: >>>> @string enchant-language = en-US >>>> >>>> Does that help? >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 4:18:20 PM UTC+11 tbp1...@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Of course, one solution is to uninstall pyenchant. I did that and now >>>>> Leo can run. >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 10:53:40 PM UTC-5 Thomas Passin wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I created a new virtual machine for a Linux distro new to me - >>>>>> Manjaro. Although pyenchant is installed, and the system's package >>>>>> manager >>>>>> claims that the Enchant libraries are installed, they aren't playing >>>>>> together. >>>>>> >>>>>> I installed Leo but it won't start because pyenchant isn't working. >>>>>> I don't think the error messages will be helpful, but here are the last >>>>>> few >>>>>> lines: >>>>>> >>>>>> File >>>>>> "/home/tom/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/enchant/__init__.py", line >>>>>> 287, in _request_dict_data >>>>>> self._raise_error(e_str % (tag,), DictNotFoundError) >>>>>> >>>>>> File >>>>>> "/home/tom/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/enchant/__init__.py", line >>>>>> 233, in _raise_error >>>>>> raise eclass(default) >>>>>> >>>>>> enchant.errors.DictNotFoundError: Dictionary for language 'en_US' >>>>>> could not be found >>>>>> Please check https://pyenchant.github.io/pyenchant/ for details >>>>>> >>>>>> I don't think that the problem is really that the en_US dictionary >>>>>> can't be found, because of other errors when I import pyenchant into a >>>>>> Python REPL session. It imports but then can't actually run various >>>>>> functions. >>>>>> >>>>>> I looked in the pyenchant web site, and found that it can be tricky >>>>>> to get the right version of the pyenchant working with the versions of >>>>>> the >>>>>> enchant binaries that might have been compiled for your machine >>>>>> (especially on Windows, and yes, I know this case is Linux). >>>>>> >>>>>> I can't find a setting to allow Leo to skip loading the >>>>>> spellchecker. I have looked in LeoSettings.leo and myLeoSettings, and >>>>>> searched through pyLeoRef without hitting on one. It seems to me that I >>>>>> remember such a setting, but I haven't been able to find it. >>>>>> >>>>>> If there is not such a setting, I think there should be one. It >>>>>> doesn't make sense for Leo to be unable to run because of a problem with >>>>>> the pyenchant system. >>>>>> >>>>>> Does anyone have some insight here? >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "leo-editor" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to leo-editor+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/2cd290a1-fe2f-4e47-99e9-1830528b85f0n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/2cd290a1-fe2f-4e47-99e9-1830528b85f0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/1d6de462-3da4-450f-8281-263b56d242b4n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/1d6de462-3da4-450f-8281-263b56d242b4n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. 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