Re: Re: [Evolution] Dictionary broken

[Gavin Chester <sales ecosolutions com au>]

On Fri, 2002-08-23 at 02:44, evolution-admin ximian com wrote:

> Message: 8
> Subject: Re: [Evolution] Dictionary broken
> From: "Carlos 'Fjrb' Almeida" <fjrb netcabo pt>
> To: Evolution List <evolution ximian com>
> Date: 22 Aug 2002 19:02:20 +0100
>
> > The FAQ for evolution seemed to answer my problem exactly.  It was given
> > thus:
> >
> > "My spell-checker used to work, but now it's stopped, and I don't know
> > why. It hasn't just stopped working in Evolution-- it doesn't work
> > anywhere!"
> >
> > I implemented the fix suggested for that problem in the FAQ but it had
> > no effect on the spell-checking by evolution.  The spell check option is
> > simply greyed-out from the menu (>Edit>Spell Check Document) and the
> > preferences dialog has the spell check 'enable' button greyed-out as
> > well.  Any fresh ideas?
>
> It happened to me as well when upgrading to developer snapshots from
> 1.0.8. Spelling was completely greyed out, no way to use it. The problem
> was clearly of Evolution since other apps used it well, i reverted back
> to 1.0.8 and all is working well.

Thanks for that feedback, Carlos. I kind of suspected that my problem
would not be unique.  I guess I now face the dilemma of going back or
waiting for a few developer snapshots to pass and then just keep going
forward?  Meantime, my memory of spelling and my time spent proof
reading is being given a good workout.

Gavin.