Re: [Evolution] Spell-checker underlines even the words correctly spelled

[Peter N Spotts <pspotts comcast net>]

On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:23:41 +1100
Nick Jenkins <nickpj gmail com> wrote:

> > > > Sorry if I've missed a prior post on this and any subsequent
> > > > answers, but since upgrading Xubuntu from 8.04 to 8.10, Evo's
> > > > email editor consistently underlines all words, not just those
> > > > incorrectly spelled. And now for the obligatory cliche: It
> > > > worked just fine under 8.04. 
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone else seen this behavior? And the fix?
> > >
> > > It's a bug in 2.24.0 that occurs when you have multiple
> > > dictionaries enabled.  It's already been fixed in 2.24.1.
> >
> > Thanks Matthew, and interesting. I'm running 2.24.1 and only have US
> > English checked as a dictionary preference. I still have the
> > problem. That could mean that a trip to the bug-reporting arena is
> > in order...
>
> I saw the same or a very similar problem yesterday on 2.24.1, after
> upgrading a laptop from Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 (which took Evo from
> 2.22.3.1 to 2.24.1). Every single word in a draft email was underlined
> in red.
>
> I either had one or zero languages ticked under Edit -> Preferences ->
> Composer Preferences -> Spell checking. I think I had one language
> ticked, I think it was "English (Australia)", but I'm not 100% certain
> about that.
>
> Anyway, I then ticked "English", "English (Australia)", "English
> (Canada)", "English (United Kingdom)", "English (United States)" -
> since I figure the English language we actually use is a composite of
> all these variants and more anyway - and then the spell checking
> worked as per normal.
>
> Out of curiosity, I have just tried changed it back to having only
> "English (Australia)" to see what happens, and now it's working fine.
> So, sounds like maybe first time Evo 2.24.1 is run after an upgrade,
> with one language selected (or maybe just one English variant), that
> every word can be underlined as red, but if you change the languages,
> then change it back, then it works as per expected ... ?
>
> -- All the best,
> Nick.
>
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Ayuh, Nick. That did it. Dunno why it works, but at least my typos now
stand out from the pack!  ;-)

With best regards,

Pete


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