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FS#10134 - Pidgin Spell check doesn't work

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Dan (orblivion) - Wednesday, 09 April 2008, 16:16 GMT
Last edited by Dan McGee (toofishes) - Thursday, 15 May 2008, 16:20 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Dan McGee (toofishes)
Architecture i686
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Highlight of misspelled words on Pidgin doesn't work, even though the option is set in preferences.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.
extra/pidgin 2.4.0-1
(prefs.xml attached)

Steps to reproduce:
Run Pidgin, open a chat window, misspell something.
   prefs.xml (20 KiB)
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Closed by  Dan McGee (toofishes)
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 16:20 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Install dictionary packages
Comment by Riri (chicha) - Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 10:48 GMT
Hello,

a new version of Pidgin is out : 2.4.1.
Do you still have this problem with this new version ?
Do you have gtkspell installed, and which version ?

Thank you !
Comment by Dan McGee (toofishes) - Saturday, 10 May 2008, 13:58 GMT
Works for me, doubtful this is an Arch bug if a bug at all. Ensure you have any necessary dictionaries installed, etc.
Comment by Kenny Mccormick (poor_kenny) - Thursday, 15 May 2008, 16:00 GMT
I have the same problem with pidgin 2.4.1

I have gtkspell and aspell both installed.
Comment by Kenny Mccormick (poor_kenny) - Thursday, 15 May 2008, 16:09 GMT
The reason is that it needs "aspell-en" package.... I installed aspell-en and now it works fine...maybe this should be a dependency.
Comment by Dan (orblivion) - Thursday, 15 May 2008, 16:16 GMT
Yep, getting the aspell-en fixed it for me as well, thanks! I'm not sure if I should close this issue now, or if it should wait until it's made a dependency (assuming that's the chosen course of action), so I'll leave it to those in charge.
Comment by Dan McGee (toofishes) - Thursday, 15 May 2008, 16:20 GMT
As I said in my original comment (but may have been a bit unclear), you will have to install the necessary dictionary packages to get aspell to do its thing, even if you have aspell and gtkspell installed.

Just because you happened to need aspell-en doesn't mean my non-English speaking buddy will want it, so I'm not going to add a dependency on aspell-en. It is really up to you to get the languages and dictionaries you want in order to have spell-checking capability.

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