Apparently Empathy is using Enchant for spell checking. It should properly inspect which dictionaries are installed and differentiate between en_GB and en_US and other dictionaries available.
One can set manually /org/gnome/empathy/conversation/spell-checker- languages in dconf to "en_GB,en-US,nl" if you would like to check spelling in English (British), American and Dutch. However using multiple dictionaries at the same time is *NOT* recommended by the spell checkers, even though the options is offered with Enchant and underlying checkers. For proper spell checking, fix this bug as follows: 1) Offer in the Spell Checking tab in Preferences an option "Check spelling as you type" (boolean) which enables/disables spell checking 2) When this option is enables, a 1-out-of-N selection is enabled for all available dictionaries. The user can select only one a time. 3) Offer in the chat dialogues a quick way to switch between the available dictionaries if spell checking is enabled. Via right click, get immediately a list of available dictionaries at the bottom of the popup menu. Do not put these in a separate submenu in order to switch dictionaries quickly. This is stored the same setting as the setting in Preferences. 4) Later on, implement a default dictionary as above and a per contact or room dictionary setting that is stored separately. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/445863 Title: Spell checking doesn't allow US English words when using "English" language To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/445863/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
