Re: [Evolution] Spell Check Component Fails to start

[Yves Bajard <netcfs shaw ca>]

On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 08:46, Rick Friedman wrote in answer to Aaron
Smith, who is struck with the same  problem as me about spell checking:
> Aaron,
>
> I think you are still missing at least one rpm. Here is the result I get
> when I search my rpms:
>
> rpm -qa | grep spell
>
> ispell-american-3.2.06-205
> ispell-british-3.2.06-205
> ispell-3.2.06-205
> gnome-spell-0.5-1.ximian.4
> aspell-en-0.33.7.1-207.ximian.4
> aspell-0.33.7.1-207.ximian.4
> pspell-12.2-ximian.7
>
> I'm sure that you need aspell-en-0.33.7.1-207.ximian.4. That's the
> dictionary for aspell. The ispell packages show up in Evolution as well.
>
> Rick

I am quite new to Linux and just learning the ropes of system
administration. Therefore, working in root, I do not want to damage my
RH 7.3. installation of filesystems etc..

No, working in Konsole (in root), I typed the first command suggested by
Rick:
 # rpm -qa ! grep spell

And here is the answer I got:
aspell-da-1.4.22-2
gnome-spell-o.5-1.ximian.3
aspell-devel-0.33.7.1-9
aspell-en-ca-0.33.7.1-9
aspell-es-0.2.8
aspell-fr.1-1
pspell-0.12.2-8
pspell-devel-0.12.2-8

My scant understanding of Linux is that:
 -qa in the command means question and answer
 grep may means go and fetch data 
 spell means files with the letteres spell in them.

Am I understanding this correctly?

In the answer, I understand that I have in my filesystem (how do I find
where they are?), aspell files (are they programs or data?)for Danish, 
Spanish, Canadian English, and French, which are my four operating
languages. I do not have the American English aspell and my various
dictionaries or spell check programs are of different ages (if I read
their numbering OK).

Now, I hesistate about what to do next. Should I rpm the aspell programs
separately? How do I get the gnome-spell-0.5-1.ximian.4, instead of my
older file? How do I activated my aspells etc..?

How do I get the spell check to work on my current ximian evolution,
which is 1.2.0., untio I sort out Mark Gordon's instructions adn advice
(Thanks, Mark) about how to get on to Red Carpet and download 1.2.1.?

And wher do I get a tutorial explaining in plain English how toadminster
my system, where the authors are really clear about the starting points
in taking on the tasks (for example, telling us where from we start from
on the konsole, rather than assuming we know it already)(I am wading
through O'ReillY,s latest publication of Running Linux, a very good
book, but sometimes arcane..)

Sorry for a long post, bu i ahve quite a few questions adn feel
somehwhat stupid when I read explanations given by people who think I am
at their (unstated) starting point when I am not..

Yves Bajard

>
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I leave Aaron's message, at the end of my message for reference:
> On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 10:30, Aaron Smith wrote:
> >     So I've been trying to diagnose why my Spell Checker in Evolution
> > doesn't function.  I've had a few conversations with some folks on the
> > Users list who were quite helpful but weren't able to come up with an
> > answer.  I thought I'd try this list and see if I can come up with a
> > solution.
> >     Basically, spell checking is no longer working.  It used to work just
> > fine, but somewhere amongst the flurry of upgrades, it ceased.  I
> > suspect it had something to do with the upgrade from Redhat 7.1 to
> > Redhat 7.2.  I'm currently running Evolution 1.2.1, and all my RPM's are
> > fully up to date:
> >
> > rpm -qa | grep spell:
> > pspell-0.12.2-ximian.7
> > aspell-0.33.7-1
> > gnome-spell-0.5-1.ximian.3
> >     
> >     Spell check doesn't work in the composer window, the language option in
> > the Edit menu of the composer window doesn't show up, and if I go into
> > Composer Preferences->Spell Checking, no dictionarie's are listed.  If I
> > run gnome-spell-component-0.5 by hand in a terminal window, then spell
> > checking will suddenly start working.  I can launch a composer window
> > and the option for what language to use will appear in the Edit menu.  I
> > do, however, have to go in and unselect English, then select it again to
> > cause the automatic spell checking to start working.  If I also go into
> > the Preferences, I see that I suddenly have an english dictionary
> > installed.  Once I send the mail off, the spell-component exits and I no
> > longer have spell check until I manually launch another one.
> >     Another piece of evidence is that, if I run gtkhtml-properties-capplet,
> > and cick on the Miscellaneous tab, spell-checking IS checked.  However,
> > if I click on "Configure Spell Checking" I get an error dialog that says
> > "Cannot execute GNOME Spell control applet.  Try to install GNOME Spell
> > if you dont' have it installed."  Meanwhile, the terminal window burps
> > up THIS error: "Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds:
> > returning -1"
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas?
>
>
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