As I've noted before, SeaMonkey's spell checker periodically switches
language without prompting or authorization. For example, I was minding
my own business today, browsing English-language sites, and it silently
switched to the Russian dictionary.
Edit | Preferences | Appearance | Spelling
Language: English (United States) => Russian (Russian Federation)
I didn't notice until I began composing this message, when the entire
subject line, as well as the body text, was flagged with wavy underlines.
So I went into the pref and switched it back to English. No effect. Wavy
lines still there. Confirmed the pref -- still set to English (United
States), but ignored by the spell-checker.
So I launched the spell-checker (CTRL-SHIFT-P), and despite the
preference I had set, it checked the page against the Russian
dictionary. I switched it to English, and it still flagged "As" at the
beginning of this message. Not until I told it to "Recheck page" did it
get a clue and start using the English dictionary.
Apparently my preference can be overruled if SM decides that the current
page content isn't in that language. What I don't understand is why it
would do that for this message, and persist in the error even after I've
told it the correct language.
The language detection routine also appears to need work. Although roman
characters can appear in Russian text, it is highly unlikely than an
all-roman text, especially a long one, is Russian.
P.S. I do compose messages in Russian, which is why I have the Russian
dictionary installed. But this ain't that.
--
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--
Paul B. Gallagher
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