Re: [Evolution] Spell checker and evolution 1.4

[Ted Anderson <tja pobox com>]

This is what Mark Gordon had to say about troubleshooting spell
checking:

On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 21:56, Mark Gordon wrote:
> Spell checking is one of the more complicated features in Evolution
> from a standpoint of release engineering and package management. 
> Evolution uses a set of libraries for spell checking, some of which
> are used by other applications.  Evolution often requires newer
> versions of some of these libraries.  Making packages that work with
> both Evolution and older applications can be tricky (hence some of the
> *spell-compat packages we've been releasing lately for some
> platforms).  Additionally, there's the need to support a wide variety
> of languages.  All these make the problem unusually complicated.
>
> The best diagnostic for broken spell checking is to run the following
> command:
>
> rpm -qa | grep spell | sort
>
> Then check against the list below.  If anything is missing, install it
> via Red Carpet.  If you have further unexplained problems, the output
> of the above command should be included in the bug report and/or list
> post.
>
> Mandrake Linux 9.1:
> aspell-0.50.3-1mdk
> gnome-spell1.0-1.0.4-0.ximian.6.1
>
> Red Hat Linux 7.3:
> aspell-0.33.7.1-9
> gnome-spell1.0-1.0.4-0.ximian.4.1
> pspell-0.12.2-8
>
> Red Hat Linux 8.0:
> aspell-0.50.3-1.ximian.2
> gnome-spell1.0-1.0.4-0.ximian.5.1
>
> Red Hat Linux 9:
> aspell-0.50.3-1.ximian.2
> gnome-spell1.0-1.0.4-0.ximian.6.1
>
> SuSE Linux 8.2:
> aspell-0.50.2-74
> gnome-spell1.0-1.0.4-0.ximian.7.1
>
> This list is, of course, subject to change as new versions and
> revisions are released.
>
> This list provides the basic functionality needed to have spell
> checking, but it doesn't necessarily provide the files necessary to
> spell check in a particular language.  These files are typically split
> out into separate packages, since most machines will only need to
> carry out spell checking in a small number of languages.  Support for
> spell checking in specific languages is typically added by packages
> with names such as aspell-en (for US English), aspell-en-uk (for
> British English), aspell-de (for German), etc.  Note that Red Hat
> includes US English support in its aspell package, and hence Red Hat
> users typically won't need a separate aspell-en package.  With the
> exception of English-speaking Red Hat users, you will need to install
> an aspell-$LANG package.
>
> Important note for users of non-English languages: our gnome-spell1.0
> packages for Red Hat Linux 8.0 and Red Hat Linux 9 don't work with the
> aspell-$LANG packages provided by Red Hat.  This is because the
> version of gnome-spell1.0 used by Evolution requires an updated aspell
> which is not compatible with the aspell-$LANG packages that come with
> those versions of Red Hat Linux  Consequently, updated packages from
> Ximian will be needed to get spell checking to work in Evolution 1.4
> under Red Hat Linux 8.0 and Red Hat Linux 9 for languages other than
> English.  These packages are not yet available, but packages for
> several languages should be released quite soon, and others are in the
> works.
>
> To configure the language(s) for which spell checking will be enabled
> by default in the composer, go to:
>
> Tools -> Settings -> Composer Preferences -> Spell Checking
>
> This should present a list of languages for which you can do spell
> checking.  If a language is enabled, words in the dictionary for that
> language will be assumed spelled correctly.  In most cases, users will
> want only a single language checked.  Polyglots may want several
> languages selected, or they may want to change the list dynamically in
> the composer window, which can be done from: 
>
> Edit -> Current Languages
>
> ...which presents a similar list of languages.
>
> -Mark Gordon