spell check feature in many programs

miesnerd · 2008-07-22 04:34:37

Hey-
In many programs, pidgin, tomboy, etc, I have the squiggly lines under my words as if they're misspelled. Is there one place where I set a dictionary, or can I set these program up to use openoffice's dictionary, gnome's dictionary, or firefox's dictionaries?

Really, i dont have a clue about this, all I know is that in other distros that's been done automatically so i dont know how to do it manually now.

Thanks
Miesnerd

Zeist · 2008-07-22 11:34:33

I am pretty sure pidgin uses Aspell, possibly through GtkSpell. I know for certain that Tomboy uses GtkSpell. So you're going to need the Aspell dictionaries for the languages you want installed. Then it is dependent on locale which language it uses with English as default if the correct dictionaries aren't installed.

However, I know that for example for pidgin there is a plugin: http://plugins.guifications.org/trac/wiki/switchspell to set spell check languages... even different for each contact. I think there may be some system-wide way to do it but I haven't seen any.

miesnerd · 2008-07-22 11:52:22

You sir, win an award. Unfortunately, the award is only my gratitude. <wonk wonk>
Installing the locale for aspell worked, as both gtkspell and aspell were already working.
BTW, it worked for both Tomboy and Pidgin. No plugin tinkering needed for pidgin.
Rarely do I use non-english words, and when I do, spelling is not the issue

silvernode · 2008-12-20 14:41:55

The locale package for aspell is aspell-en just for the record. It fixed pidgin for me.

Last edited by silvernode (2008-12-20 14:44:47)

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#1 2008-07-22 04:34:37

spell check feature in many programs

#2 2008-07-22 11:34:33

Re: spell check feature in many programs

#3 2008-07-22 11:52:22

Re: spell check feature in many programs

#4 2008-12-20 14:41:55

Re: spell check feature in many programs

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